Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 2

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 FINAL Q2 GDP GROWTH DATA
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish final gross domestic
product (GDP) growth data and structure for the second quarter,
0700 GMT. A flash estimate showed that the heavily
export-reliant economy rose by 
                                
 
                                
 REAL AVERAGE WAGE
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish real average wage data
for the second quarter, 0700 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 JUNE CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE DATA
                                
 The central bank will publish preliminary current account
balance data for June, updated May figures, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 JAN-AUG CENTRAL STATE BUDGET
                                
 The finance ministry will publish the central state budget
data for the January-August period.
                                
 
                                
 FINMIN ON 2010 PUBLIC FINANCES
                                
 Finance Minister Ivan Miklos will comment on current state
of country's public finances, 1200 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 The government of Prime Minister Iveta Radicova will hold a
regular weekly meeting, no major economic items on agenda, 0800
GMT.
                                

                                
 TRANSPORT MINISTER ON HIGHWAYS
                                
 Transport Minister Jan Figel will hold a news conference on
a planned highway projects worth hundreds of millions of euros,
1300 GMT.
                                
 Radicova's cabinet pledged to revise large construction
projects, such as highways, financed via a public private
partnership schemes.
                                
 
                                
 GOVT TO CUT SPENDING BY EUR 900 MLN IN 2011
                                
 Slovakia will cut state budget expenditure by at least 900
million euros ($1.14 billion) next year, Prime Minister Iveta
Radicova said on Tuesday.
                                
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 NATIONAL MOURNING
                                
 Slovakia holds a day of national mourning in memory of seven
victims of Monday's rampage shooting in capital Bratislava. A
gunman, whose motive remains unclear, killed six members of a
Roma family and a woman before shooting himself.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST HEAD OF PARLIAMENT
                                
 The strongest opposition party SMER will initiate a no
confidence vote against Richard Sulik, the Head of parliament
 next week, but has weak chances to succeed.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 VOLUME OF OUTSTANDING LOANS DROPS
                                
 Number of outstanding loans in Slovakia fell in July for the
first time since December last year, the central bank data
showed. Oustanding loans' volume was 758.2 million euros in
July, down from 771.9 million euros in June.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
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