Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Aug 8

...  The Statistics Office will publish industrial output data 
for June. The market sees annual output growth of 15.5 percent. 
(0700 GMT) 
     
    CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT 
    The Statistics Office will publish construction output data 
for June. (0700 GMT) 
     
    GOVERNMENT MEETING 
    The government will hold the regular weekly meeting. The 
cabinet is expected to debate a finance ministry report on euro 
adoption process. 
     
    CBANK TAKES ALL BIDS IN REPO TENDER 
    The Slovak central bank (NBS) accepted all bids in a regular 
two-week repo tender on Tuesday, draining 169.465 billion crowns 
($7.02 billion) from the market. 
    [ID:nL07212725] [SK-CEN-MMT] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    PM ATTACKS PENSION FUNDS AGAIN 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico continues attacking pension 
funds, saying their losses from the past two years were 
endangering future pensions. The pension funds said their 
operation results are strictly separated from pension savings 
they are managing for their clients. 
    Sme, page 1 
     
    LABOUR SHORTAGE CONTINUES 
    Companies operating in Slovakia are experiencing shortage of 
skilled workers. The trend is visible not only in the main 
economic sectors, such as the automotive industry, but also 
smaller companies like shoe producers lack workers. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 9 
     
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