Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 12

                                
  PRAGUE, Feb 12 (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 hour)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 Q4 gross domestic product estimate data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 December current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
                                
 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===============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Minutes from the February 4 governing board meeting
at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies firmed on Thursday,
with Poland's zloty leading gains after European Union leaders
agreed to help debt-troubled Greece.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61A0N1] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 BOND SITUATION: The Czech Finance Ministry will consider
borrowing through eurobonds but an issue is not imminent,
Finance Minister Eduard Janota said on Thursday, a day after the
ministry scaled back a local bond auction due to high yields
demanded by investors.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61A178] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CSOB PROFIT: Net profit at KBC's <KBC.BR> Czech unit CSOB,
set to be floated in Prague this year, jumped almost 17-fold in
2009 on one-off items and after it had booked trading losses the
year before. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61A1SB] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 SKODA PRODUCTION CUT: Volkswagen's <VOWG.DE> Czech unit
Skoda Auto will cut production of its best-selling Octavia car
to 441 vehicles daily from 574 starting in March, a spokesman
said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61A0ZM] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-AUT]
                                
 
                                
 OUTPUT DATA: Czech industrial output rose 1.8 percent
year-on-year in December, final data showed on Thursday, after
a preliminary estimate had showed slightly faster growth.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61A09V] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1122     -0.92         0.42
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.899    25.907    0.03         1.59
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  18.919    18.916   -0.02        -2.95
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10144.19  10038.38  1.05        -2.72
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 CSOB: KBC <KBC.BR> may sell a majority or all of Czech unit
CSOB in 2011 after a planned stock floatation this year,
according to two unnamed sources.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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