PRAGUE, March 15 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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============================EVENTS=============================== PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to detail Q4 government debt
figures at 0800 GMT.
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PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to hold a session
(until March 25).
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CEE RATES POLICY: Low core inflation and the need to
concentrate on fragile domestic recoveries are likely to
insulate the European Union's eastern members from the euro
zone's unexpected lurch towards tighter policy.
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NEW DATA METHOD COULD HIT CROWN: The Czech current account
showed a 0.31 billion crown deficit in January on a large
revision that cut the trade surplus and analysts said this could
make the crown currency volatile or weaken it in the mid-term.
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INTEREST RATES: The Czech central bank should raise interest
rates by a quarter-point to head off inflation that is set to
accelerate and put real rates back in positive territory, bank
policymaker Kamil Janacek said.
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BUDGET LAWS: The Czech constitutional court said on Monday
it would strike down budget laws passed in a fast-track
procedure at the end of the year if the centre-right government
did not reapprove them under a normal vote.
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NO NUCLEAR REVIEW: The Czech Republic has no immediate plans
to review its atomic expansion plans due to the nuclear crisis
in Japan following an earthquake and tsunami, the Czech's
nuclear safety office chief said on Monday.
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SKODA PROFIT: Net profit for Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's
Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE>, more than tripled to 349 million euros
in 2010 when the Czech carmaker sold a record number of cars.
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SKODA DIVIDEND: Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's Volkswagen
<VOWG_p.DE>, will pay around 190 million euros in a dividend
from 2010 profits, depending on the Czech crown exchange rate,
the Czech carmaker said on Monday.
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CEE MARKETS: Plans by the Polish finance ministry to carry
out interest rate swaps (IRS) boosted Polish fixed rate
government bonds on Monday and sent the zloty back near
three-month lows.
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CEE POWER: Czech power futures soared on Monday due to the
Japanese nuclear crisis with long-term contracts hitting their
highest levels since late June, traders said.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.344 24.298 -0.19 2.62
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.481 17.916 2.43 6.36
Czech Equities <> 1,208.1 1,208.1 -0.73 -1.36
U.S. Equities <> 11,993.16 12,044.4 -0.43 3.59
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
NEW SKODA CAR: Skoda Auto, part of VW <VOWG.DE>, will start
selling its new small car, named City Car, on the domestic
market at a price below 200,000 crowns this year.
Pravo, page 1
POPULATION GROWTH: The Czech population grew by 26,000 last
year to 10,532,770 people.
E15, page 3
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