Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 10

                                
  PRAGUE, March 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

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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/]
 
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 PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 CORPORATE LENDING: Corporate lending by Czech banks is
bottoming out but a recovery will only begin in the second half
of this year and will be gradual, the country's banking
association chief said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62720F] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 AIRPORT SALE BAN: Czech lawmakers overrode a presidential
veto on Tuesday and banned the sale of the country's main
airport as the left wing showed muscle ahead of an election in
May.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62822G] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies rebounded late on
Tuesday as a retreat of the dollar versus the euro, the region's
reference currency, helped reverse earlier losses.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6280HL] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 INDUSTRY, CPI DATA: Czech industry picked up speed in
January while consumer inflation slowed in February, indicating
modest recovery in a low-inflation environment that will allow
the central bank to keep rates flat into the second half of the
year. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62809K] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 CBANK ON CPI: Czech February consumer inflation was below
the central bank's forecast due lower adjusted inflation,
excluding fuel prices, the bank said on Tuesday. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003967] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1171.7    0.09        4.87
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.57     25.576    0.02        2.84
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  18.836    18.788   -0.26       -2.5
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10564.38  10552.52  0.11        1.31
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 RATINGS: Finance Minister Eduard Janota said the Czech
Republic's credit ratings would not be cut after the May
election if the next government follows through on plans set out
in the interim cabinet's convergence programme.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
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