Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 13

PRAGUE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Friday:

PRODUCER PRICES

September producer prices (PPI) and August foreign trade prices are due for release at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT).

CURRENT ACCOUNT

August current account balance is due out at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT).

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- For real-time economic data releases and consensus market forecasts, double click on <ECONCZ>.

POLITICAL TALKS

President Vaclav Klaus meets Christian Democrat (KDU-CSL) leaders at 1:30 p.m. (1130 GMT). Klaus has said he will not name a new prime minister until after local and Senate elections to be held later this month.

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COMMUNISTS REJECT EARLY POLLS

The Communist Party rejected calls for early elections after the fall of the country's centre-right government, saying they wanted the left-leaning Social Democrats to try to form a cabinet.

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TELEFONICA O2 CLEARED

The competition watchdog turned down a protest by telecoms firm GTS Novera against two IT Ministry orders, worth 805 million crowns ($35.71 million), awarded to dominant telecoms player Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <SPTTsp.PR>.

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INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT

Industrial output rose by a slower than expected 7.4 percent year-on-year rate in August, after upwardly revised 12.2 percent growth in the prior month.

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EU COMMISSIONER

European Commissioner for the Internal Market Charlie McCreevy gives a speech entitled "The Future of Europe and the Internal Market" at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT).

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CEZ EYES FURTHER EXPANSION

Power utility CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> is considering taking part in the tender for the construction of a coal power plant in Kosovo, worth an estimated 80 billion crowns ($3.55 billion), writes the daily Mlada fronta Dnes.

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($1=22.54 Czech Crown)