Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 29

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CONFIDENCE INDICATORS

Statistical Bureau (CSU) releases December confidence indicators at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT).

Central bank releases November money supply and third-quarter foreign debt figures at 10 a.m. (0900 GMT).

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POLITICS

Three Czech centre-right parties finalised a deal to form a government on Thursday after nearly seven months of talks following an inconclusive June election, but the threat of an early election still hung in the air.

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TEMELIN OUTAGES

The two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant, operated by utility CEZ , will be out of service for a period of six months in 2007, one month longer than this year, writes the daily Hospodarske Noviny.

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