Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 1

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 STATE BUDGET
                                
 The finance ministry will publish central state budget data
for January-September.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 CBANK KEEPS RATES UNCHANGED BEFORE EURO ADOPTION
                                
 The Slovak central bank left interest rates unchanged for a
17th month on Tuesday, in line with market expectations it would
hold borrowing costs at par with the euro zone before its 2009
adoption of the euro.
                                
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 NO SIGNS OF GLOBAL TURMOIL IMPACT ON SLOVAKIA-CBANK
                                
 There are no signs of any impact of the global financial
turmoil on future euro zone member Slovakia, central bank
Governor Ivan Sramko said on Tuesday.
                                
 [ID:nPRA002143] [RTRS-ECB-MCE-GVD-MMT-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 JAN-JULY C/A SHOWS SKK 75.1 BLN DEFICIT
                                
 Slovakia's current account showed a preliminary deficit of
75.1 billion crowns ($3.54 billion) from January to July,
compared with 51.3 billion in the same period last year, the
central bank said on Tuesday.
                                
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 C.BANK DRAINS SKK 124.3 BLN IN REPO TENDER
                                
 The Slovak central bank (NBS) accepted all bids in a regular
two-week repo tender on Tuesday, draining 124.311 billion crowns
($5.89 billion) from the market, NBS data showed.
                                
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 END-JUNE FOREIGN DEBT RISES TO $56.1 BLN
                                
 Slovakia's gross foreign debt rose to $56.110 billion at the
end of June, from $52.368 billion at the end of May, the central
bank said on Tuesday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 DEXIA BANK
                                
 Some clients of the Slovak unit of Dexia bank <DEXI.BR> have
withdrawn their saving due to troubles of the parent bank, but
the bank and the National Bank of Slovakia said the local branch
was safe with sufficient capital and liquidity.
                                
 Pravda, page 1
                                
 
                                
 TAX COLLECTION OUTLOOK
                                
 The finance ministry has raised its tax collection forecast
for 2008 by 1.7 billion crowns ($79.55 million), and by 1.4
billion crowns for 2009.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 OPPOSITION COOPERATION
                                
 Christian Democrats (KDH) have rejected a proposal by fellow
opposition party SDKU to sign a formal deal on a future
cooperation.
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACTS
                                
 Slovakia will feel effects of the global financial meltdown
in slower pace of job creation and weaker export, analysts said.
They added, however, that euro adoption could attract new
foreign investors.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1

                                
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