Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 15

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C.BANK NON-POLICY MEETING

Central bank's governing board holds a regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.

It is next due to review interest rates on March 29.

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Q4 DEBT FIGURES

The Finance Ministry is due to detail four-quarter government debt figures.

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CEZ SALE IN CABINET

The Czech Finance Ministry will recommend, probably at Monday's Cabinet meeting, that the government sells a 7 percent stake in power utility CEZ on the stock exchange.

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The daily Mlada fronta Dnes quoted on Thursday a ministry's document as recommending the cabinet consider selling either only 0.91 percent of CEZ shares or as much as 15 percent, which would still enable the government to retain a 51 percent stake.

The daily said that both selling 7 percent and up to 15 percent would deprive the government of its two-thirds majority in CEZ, which gives it absolute control over the company, enabling it to freely change its statutes or equity capital.

WEAK DEBT DEMAND

Investors showed weak demand for a Czech Republic sale of 30-year government debt on Wednesday, and analysts said the paper was too richly priced.

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ECONOMIC DATA

Industrial producer prices rose by 0.5 percent in February from January, lifting the annual index (PPI) to 3.2 percent, well above the consensus market forecast.

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The current account posted an unexpected surplus of 5.5 billion crowns ($256.9 million) in January, from a revised 14.91 billion crown gap a month earlier.

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DEPUTY PM UNDER FINE

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on Wednesday turned up the heat on his deputy Jiri Cunek to quit over an investigation into alleged bribe-taking.

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CME MAY LIST IN WARSAW

Television station group Central European Media Enterprises (CME) will consider share listing in Warsaw if the Polish bourse allows firms to report under rules applied at CME's home Nasdaq market.

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($1=21.41 Czech Crown)