Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 30

    Here are news stories, press 
repors and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial 
markets on Tuesday. 
     
    MONETARY POLICY MEETING 
    The central bank (NBS) will hold its monthly monetary policy 
meeting. Analysts in a Reuters poll forecast the NBS to keep the 
key two-week repo rate on hold at 4.75 percent. The meeting 
starts at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), a news conference is preliminary 
scheduled for 1 p.m. (1200 GMT). 
     
    TWO-WEEK REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold the regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    JAN-NOV C/A BALANCE 
    The central bank will release current account data for 
January-November 2006. 
     
    END-OCT FOREIGN DEBT 
    The central bank will release gross foreign debt data for 
Jan-Oct 2006 period. 
     
    INTERVENTION VOLUME 
    The central bank will disclose how much euros it bought in 
December 28. intervention against the crown. 
     
    ORCO NEWS CONFERENCE 
    Real estate developer Orco Property Group  will 
hold a news conference on a Slovak project, 11.30 a.m. (1030 
GMT). 
     
    FIN MIN SEES HIGHER GDP GROWTH IN 2007-AGENCY 
    The Slovak economy should grow faster than expected this 
year and next, led by household spending and rising exports, 
Deputy Finance Minister Frantisek Palko was quoted as saying by 
SITA news agency on Monday. 
    [nL29265590] [RTRS-GVD-ECI-SK] 
     
    CROWN RANGEBOUND VS EURO, C.BANK IN FOCUS 
    The Slovak crown hovered in a narrow range against the euro 
on Monday, tracking regional moves as the market looked ahead to 
the outcome of the central bank's (NBS) policy meeting on 
Tuesday, dealers said. 
    [nL29220463] [RTRS-MMT-FRX-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    CZECH CTP INVEST TO INVEST $128 MLN IN SLOVAKIA 
    Czech ITP Invest plans to invest 3.5 billion crown ($128.3 
million) in Slovakia to build a logistic centre near the 
northern Slovak city of Zilina. 
    Pravda, page 9 
     
    JOHNSON CONTROLS TO EXPAND SLOVAK OPERATION 
    Car parts maker Johnson Controls  considers boosting 
its investment in Slovakia and relocate its central-eastern 
Europe headquarters to eastern Slovak town of Kosice. 
    Pravda, page 8 
     
    DOCTORS SLAMS GOVERNMENT 
    Slovak Doctors' Union has criticised the government of Prime 
Minister Robert Fico for not meeting an agreement on 30 percent 
wage growth. The union said they would consider a strike as one 
of the option. 
    Sme, page 1 
     
    HZDS CRITICISES LABOUR CODE 
    A junior government party HZDS has criticised the new labour 
code draft for giving trade unions too much power. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 
     
    United States and other Group of Seven countries, see 
. For a diary of forthcoming Slovak events, double 
click [SK/DIARY], and a calendar of east European economic 
indicators, see [CONV/DIARY]. 
     
    News editor of the day: Peter Laca on +421 2 5341 8402; fax: 
+421 2 5341 8403 
    E-mail: editorial@reuters.sk 
    Reuters Messaging: martin.dokoupil.reuters.com@reuters.net 
     
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 ((Compiled by Martin Santa; Bratislava Newsroom; Email: 
editorial@reuters.sk; +421-2-5341-8402)) 
 ($1=27.27 Slovak Crown) 
  

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