Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 5

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FOREIGN TRADE

December foreign trade data are due out at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT).

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CABINET MEETING

The cabinet meets in a regular weekly session. News conference seen at 11:30 a.m. (1030 GMT).

No major market-related items are on the agenda.

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NEW EURO ENTRY TARGET DATE

The Czech Republic may set 2012 as the new euro entry target, Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday.

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INFLATION SEEN TICKING UP

Czech inflation jumped to 1.9 percent on an annual basis in January as regulated price hikes and food prices feed into consumer prices, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. The data are due out on Feb. 14.

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SOME C.BANKERS DO NOT RULE OUT RATE CUT

The central bank board voted unanimously to hold interest rates at its Jan. 25 policy meeting, but some board members said a future rate cut could not be ruled out, minutes from the meeting showed on Friday.

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- For full TEXT of the meeting's minutes, click on [ID:nL02143082].

RATES ON HOLD

The central bank left interest rates on hold at its monthly board meeting last Thursday, and gave the market a clear signal that policy in the European Union member was unlikely to be tightened in the coming months.

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HIGHLIGHTS from c.bank news conference: [ID:nL25636968]

LEFTISTS AGAINST MISSILE SHIELD

The opposition Social Democrats turned against a plan to build part of the U.S. missile defence shield in the country on Friday, laying a stumbling block to the plan's approval in parliament. [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]

NO CONSENSUS ON REAL-ESTATE BUBBLE

Central bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer was quoted as saying in an interview with the daily Hospodarske Noviny that there was no consensus on the bank's policy board as to whether there was a bubble on the real estate market.

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Overview of past economic data and market forecasts For Instant Views of key economic data click on [CZ/INSTANT] For summary of economic data and forecasts For diary of forthcoming Czech events [CZ/DIARY] For calendar of east European economic indicators [CONV/DIARY] TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets [TOP/EMRG] TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch [TOP/EAST]

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