Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 25

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    MONETARY POLICY MEETING 
    The central bank's policy-making board will hold its monthly 
monetary policy meeting. Analysts polled by Reuters unanimously 
expected the key two-week repo rate to stay unchanged at 4.25 
percent. 
    Rate decision expected between 11.15 a.m.-1.00 p.m. 
(0915-1100) GMT, news conference 1.00 p.m. (1100 GMT) 
     
    REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain money market liquidity. 
     
    CURRENT ACCOUNT DATA 
    The central bank will publish current account data for 
January-July. 
     
    GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 
    The central bank will publish end-June gross foreign debt 
data. 
     
    SLOVAKS EYE POWER PROJECTS WORTH $19.2 BLN BY 2030 
    Slovakia needs to build installed power capacity of 6,600 
Megawatt worth combined 464 billion crowns ($19.19 billion) by 
2030 to secure electricity self-sufficiency, the economy 
ministry said on Monday. 
    [ID:nL24885614] [RTRS-ELG-NGS-UTIL-SK] 
    [ID:nL24426803] [RTRS-ELG-NGS-UTIL-SK] 
     
    CROWN EXTENDS LOSSES ON EURO TARGET WORRY 
    The Slovak crown continued to weaken on Monday on worries 
among some investors that a Eurostat demand to recalculate local 
budget data may delay euro adoption from the planned 2009, 
traders said. 
    [ID:nL24700742] [RTRS-MMT-FRX-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    PENSION SYSTEM CHANGES 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico has reached an agreement with his 
coalition partner, the HZDS party of Vladimir Meciar, on changes 
to the pension system. The parliament has forwarded the draft 
law amending the pension system to second reading. 
    Sme, page 1 
     
    ENERGY PRICES SEEN UP 
    Gas prices in Slovakia could rise by as much as 20 percent 
by 2013, while electricity prices could increase by at least 10 
percent by 2010, the economy ministry said. The ministry cites 
higher oil prices and investments in new energy sources as 
reasons for the price increase. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    GDP GROWTH SEEN AT 8.9 PERCENT 
    The median forecast in a survey of eight bank analysts 
showed gross domestic growth of 8.9 percent in 2007. 
    Hosopodarske Noviny, page 17 
     
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