Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 31

                                
 PRAGUE, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)

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 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies............................[CEE/]
=============================EVENTS=============================
                                
 MONEY SUPPLY, FOREIGN DEBT: November money supply data and
third quarter foreign debt figures are due out at 0800 GMT.
=============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 DEFICIT TOUCH BELOW TARGET: The  government will meet its
2010 central state budget deficit target of 163 billion crowns
($8.55 billion), Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6BT112] Related news; [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS:  The Czech crown was the
top performing currency in emerging Europe on the last full
trading day of the year, punctuating a strong performance in
2010 that reflected confidence in the republic's fiscal and
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6BT09V] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power prices fell sharply on
Thursday ahead of the New Year's holiday, though cold weather
supported prices for the Monday delivery contract.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6BT0M5] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2010
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     25.09      25.185    0.38       4.67
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     18.777     18.908    0.69      -2.18
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,224.8    1,234.9     -0.82       9.62
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,569.71  11,585.38    -0.14      10.95
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN BANK IPB CASE: Finance Minister
Miroslav Kalousek plans to file criminal complaints against
members of the former cabinet led by Milos Zeman and against
former central bank chief Josef Tosovsky for their role in the
2000 forced takeover of ailing bank IPB by rival CSOB. The deal
was backed by state guarantees which Kalousek said the bank
should have paid for. The state lost a 33.3 billion crown
arbitration claim against CSOB.
                                
 HospodarskeNoviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
 BROKER LEAVES PSE: Capital Partners has informed the Prague
Stock Exchange it was ending its membership. The firm was fined
20 million crowns ($1.05 million) by the central bank for
violating regulations.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 23
                                
 
                                
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