Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 10

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 SEPTEMBER INFLATION
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish September headline and
core inflation data, 0700 GMT. 
                                
 Analysts forecast consumer prices to rise by 0.1 percent on
the month and 4.8 percent on the year. Core inflation was
forecast at 0.1 percent month-on-month and 5.2 percent
year-on-year.
                                
 
                                
 AUGUST FOREIGN TRADE
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish August foreign trade
data, 0700 GMT. The market forecast a trade deficit of 3.3
billion crowns in August.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES
                                
 The central bank will publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data, 1200 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 UNION SAYS VW'S SLOVAK PLANT EYES OUTPUT CUT
                                
 The Slovak factory of Germany's Volkswagen <VOWG.DE> is
considering a production cut due to weaker demand for its cars
as a result of the global financial crisis, a Slovak trade union
chief said on Thursday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA SAYS TO AVOID DIRECT HIT IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
                                
 Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said on Thursday his
country would largely avoid a "direct hit" from the global
financial crisis, but its exports could suffer.
                                
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 SKYEUROPE SAYS SHAREHOLDER NOT PULLING OUT
                                
 SkyEurope's <SKYV.VI> main shareholder is not planning to
pull out and the Bratislava-based low-cost carrier is not
planning to wind down, its chief executive said in an interview
on Thursday.
                                
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 AUG REAL AVERAGE IND WAGE +0.7 PCT Y/Y
                                
 The real average industrial wage in Slovakia rose by 0.7
percent year-on-year in August, compared with a 3.6 percent
increase in July, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Thursday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 BANK DEPOSITS 
                                
 The junior government party HZDS of former Prime Minister
Vladimir Meciar said it would support the government's decision
to guarantee full amount of bank deposits only if the state
takes ownership stakes in banks.
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 HIGHWAY TENDERS
                                
 The European Commission has criticised Transport Minister
Lubomir Vazny for picking CMS Cameron McKenna as a consulting
partner for public-private partnership highway projects without
public procurement proceeding.
                                
 Pravda, page 18
                                
 
                                
 RETAIL SALES
                                
 Slovakia's retail sales are not expected to fall due to
global financial turmoil in the coming months because wages are
rising and outpacing price growth, analysts said.
                                
 Pravda, page 19
                                
 
                                
 TELEFONICA LOSS
                                
 Telefonica O2 Slovakia, the country's third and smallest
mobile network services provider, reported a loss of 1.9 billion
crowns ($85.70 million) for 2007, compared with a loss of 285
million crowns in 2006.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 11
                                
 
                                
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