FACTBOX-Central Europe cbanks meet on interest rates

...discuss monetary policy. The following 
table outlines the dates and market forecasts for decisions taken on interest 
rates at the meetings, and lists recent Reuters news reports on monetary policy 
in the region. 
     
 COUNTRY     DECISION DATE  DECISION       FCAST            CURRENT RATE  
 Hungary      March 26      no change     no change           8.00 pct 
 Romania      March 26         -          no change           8.00 pct 
 Slovakia     March 27         -        cut by 25-50 bps      4.75 pct 
 Poland       March 27-28      -          no change           4.00 pct 
 Czech Rep    March 29         -          no change           2.50 pct 
 
 RECENT STORIES ON CENTRAL EUROPEAN RATES  
 Hungary c.bank leaves rates on hold at 8pct       [nL26584586] 
 INSTANT VIEW-Hungary cbank keeps rates on hold    [nL26502025] 
 Hungary cbank nominee-Price stability key      [ID:nL26480471] 
 Hungary cen banker says forint needs watching   [ID:nL2327646] 
 Hungary cbanker says Cbank must watch forint-MTI [ID:nL231240] 
 Hungary must defend or kill forint band        [ID:nL19431067] 
 No need to scrap forint band - officials       [ID:nL20020046] 
 Hungary seen retaining forint band near-term   [ID:nL20116555] 
 Hungary c.bankers split on rates               [ID:nL14407495] 
 
 Romania    
 Romania c.bank rates seen unchanged            [ID:nL09155710] 
 TABLE-Romanian interest rates forecasts        [ID:nL09150424] 
 Romania central bank adds new norms for lending[ID:nL14553338] 
 IMF tells Romania to work for sustained growth [ID:nL13125961] 
    
 Slovakia  
 Slovak interest rate forecasts for 2007       [ID:nL22309171] 
 Slovak rate cut seen after FX jump            [ID:nL22182827] 
 Slovak crown still overvalued-c.bank chief    [ID:nL21488965] 
 Slovak c.bank fights to halt crown rally       [ID:nL2032940] 
 ECB sets intervention rates for SKK           [ID:nL19405656] 
 Where Slovakia stands on road to euro         [ID:nL17177829] 
 How the ERM-2 mechanism works                 [ID:nL17174191] 
 EU says Slovak crown revalued in ERM-2        [ID:nL16153510] 
     
 Poland  
 Analysts see rising chance of Q2 Polish hike  [ID:nL21490006] 
 Polish c.bank sounds hawkish, still divided   [ID:nL20730650] 
 Rise in Polish PPI "slightly worrying"        [ID:nWAR005502] 
 Odds on Polish rate hike rising               [ID:nL20727328] 
 Poland needs 2-3 smaller rate hikes-c.banker  [ID:nL19579484] 
 Polish output growth eases, PPI above fcast   [ID:nL19520627] 
 Polish rate hikes not neded yet - c.banker    [ID:nL19403242] 
     
 Czech Republic 
 Czech rates seen on hold into third quarter   [ID:nL21219974] 
 Czech cbank vice-gov sees no need for action  [ID:nL19394999] 
 Czech c.banker says rates set well -report     [ID:nL1621050] 
 Czech c.banker: rate hike timing in the air   [ID:nL12289539]