Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 9

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    No economic indicators are due for release until September 
current account numbers on Tuesday. 
    Real-time economic data releases.................... 
 
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    INFLATION SURPRISES ON UPSIDE: Inflation leapt to its 
highest annual rate in nearly six years in October as food price 
growth surpassed expectations, heightening the chances of an 
interest rate increase this month. 
    Story: [nL08707305] 
    Instant View: [nL08387816] Table: [nPRA001597] 
    FIRM CROWN TO TAME RATE HIKES: Sustained strength in the 
crown currency   could dampen inflation and 
mean that Czech interest rates do not need to go much higher, 
Vice-Governor Ludek Niedermayer said. 
    Story: [nJAK219072] 
    Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI] 
    Overview of economic data and forecasts.......... 
    Updates on Czech currency.............................[CZK/] 
 
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    EBRD WARNS ON HOUSE PRICES: Fast paced house price growth in 
post-Communist Europe is probably unsustainable and prices could 
moderate as global borrowing conditions become tighter, the EBRD 
said. 
    Story: [nL08675858] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EBRD] 
    For TAKE A LOOK on EBRD's transition report, see [nL0765348] 
 
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    GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Foreign Minister Karel 
Schwarzenberg meets his German counterpart Frank-Walter 
Steinmeier at 1430. 
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP] 
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------ 
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change 
                                 close   on day       in 2007 
 Czech Equities   1,860.9  1,871.4   -0.56        +17.12 
 vs Euro       26.850   26.850   +0.00         +2.42 
 vs Dollar        18.227   18.278   +0.29        +14.24 
 U.S. Equities    13,266   13,300   -0.25         +6.44 
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 
 
 ==================== ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS ==================== 
    CEZ UPS PROFIT FORECAST: Power company CEZ  said 
it would raise its 2007 profit forecast when releasing 
third-quarter result on Nov. 15. 
    Story: [nPRA001599] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEZPsp.PR] 
     
    KOMERCNI POSTS BIGGER PROFIT: Komercni Banka , 
the only listed Czech bank, reported a bigger-than-expected 19 
percent rise in nine-month net profit on Thursday, helping its 
shares gain in the face of global equity market falls. 
    Story: [nL08598853] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BKOMsp.PR] 
     
    UNIPETROL CHARGE: Polish fuel group PKN Orlen  will 
book a 200 million zloty ($80 million) charge in the third 
quarter due to lower valuation of Czech assets which it plans to 
sell, a PKN official said. The charged will be taken through 
PKN's Czech unit Unipetrol . 
    Story: [nL08611980] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-UNPEsp.PR] 
     
    HAVEL RETURNS TO DRAMA: Former Czech president Vaclav Havel 
has returned to his roots as a playwright after years in 
politics, revealing a new drama set to debut next spring. 
    Story: [nL08454546] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ] 
 
 ======================= PRESS DIGEST ========================== 
    RISING DIESEL PRICES: Retail diesel prices rose to their 
highest level since September 2005, to more than 30 crowns per 
liter, due to tight supplies caused by a refinery outage. The 
refinery wants to come back to running at full steam in the 
coming days. 
    Mlada fronta Dnes, page B1 
     
    NEW LINE AT PEGAS: Pegas Nonwovens , an 
artificial textile maker, has launched a 1 billion crown 
production line that will allow it to boost its output by 30 
percent. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 19 
     
    NEW IPO: ICZ, a software company, is considering going 
public via an initial public offering (IPO) on the Prague 
bourse. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 25 
     
 
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