FACTBOX-Central Europe cbanks meet on interest rates

...outlines the dates, market forecasts and decisions 
already made or to be made on interest rates at the meetings, and lists recent 
Reuters news reports on monetary policy in the region. 
 
 COUNTRY     DECISION DATE    DECISION       FCAST          PREVIOUS RATE 
 Hungary      May 21          unchanged     unchanged          8.00 pct 
 Slovakia     May 29            N/A         unchanged          4.25 pct 
 Poland       May 29-30         N/A         unchanged          4.25 pct 
 Czech Rep    May 31            N/A      +25bps to 2.75 pct    2.50 pct 
  
 RECENT STORIES ON CENTRAL EUROPEAN RATES 
  
 Slovakia 
 Slovak gets new c.banker, no big policy shift seen        [ID:nL23296105] 
 Slovak cbank seen leaving rates on hold in May            [ID:nL23518218] 
 TABLE-Slovak interest rate forecasts for 2007             [ID:nL23100700] 
 Slovak cbanker says Q1 GDP in line, not inflationary      [ID:nL16498611] 
  
 Poland 
 Polish Q1 growth seen at 7.3 pct, rates flat in May       [ID:nL28726508] 
 Polish c.bank hiked rate to up credibility-minutes        [ID:nL24671017] 
 Polish c.bankers comments before rate meeting             [ID:nL28311098] 
 Hike possible if CPI exceeds 2.5 pct -Owsiak              [ID:nL21486625] 
 Polish cbank chief sees no series of rate rises           [ID:nL18693364] 
 INTERVIEW-Polish rate outlook mixed, more hikes possible  [ID:nL16567793] 
  
 Czech Republic 
 Rate rise seen more likely as c.banker absent             [ID:nL25550817] 
 Czech interest rate forecasts for next 12 months          [ID:nL25394000] 
 Czech household debt low, room for growth-cbanker         [ID:nL25241121] 
 Who is who on Czech central bank policy board             [ID:nL23227933] 
 Czech central bankers' recent remarks on policy           [ID:nL23155637] 
 Czech interest rate forecasts for next 12 months          [ID:nL23322036] 
 Czech rates seen likely to rise to 4-yr high in May       [ID:nL23361023] 
 Current Czech data don't warrant rate hike-cbanker        [ID:nL22287045] 
 Czech cbank vice-gov eyes tighter credit conditions       [ID:nL21519402] 
 
 Hungary 
 Hungary c.bank split as it leaves rates on hold           [ID:nL21622820] 
 Current forint level good for CPI goal-cbank              [ID:nL29478243] 
 Hungary Cbank head needs clearer view on inflation        [ID:nL24247470] 
 Hungary cbank may start easing at any time-Nemenyi        [ID:nL24575371] 
  
 

[Reuters/Finance.cz]