FACTBOX-Central Europe cbanks meet on interest rates

...week to discuss monetary policy. The following 
table outlines the dates, market forecasts and decisions so far 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      50 bp cut     no change           7.50 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  
 Romania c.bank cuts key rate by 50 bps         [ID:nL26711211]  
 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] 
 
 Hungary 
 Hungary cbank holds rates, to defend fx band      [nL26584586] 
 HIGHLIGHTS-Hungary Cbanker Simor press conference [nL26070151] 
 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] 
 
 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]