Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 11

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    No data due out on Tuesday. 
    Real-time economic data releases.................... 
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    INFLATION: Czech consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in August 
on the back of cigarette price hikes, meeting market 
expectations of an acceleration in the inflation rate which will 
continue in the coming months amid strong output. 
    Story: [ID:n L10319072] 
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI] 
     
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    FX LOANS - Far from trimming exposure to foreign exchange 
loans at a time of market turmoil, households from the Baltics 
to the Balkans are loading up with billions credits in euros and 
Swiss Francs. 
    Story: [ID:nL10366509] 
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EEU] 
     
=======================PRESS DIGEST============================= 
    POWER PLANT BID: Skoda Praha, a unit of power firm CEZ 
 is trying to secure a contract to build a 
3,000-megawatt black coal power plant in Vietnam worth 90 
billion crowns ($4.49 billion) . 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1. 
     
    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE: The centrist Christian Democrats 
(KDU-CSL) want to nominate Senate Vice-Chairman Petr Pithart for 
presidential election due early next year. The favourite is 
current President Vaclav Klaus. 
    Mlada fronta Dnes, page 2. 
     
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