BRATISLAVA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
FICO WITH BANKS
Prime Minister Rober Fico will meet representatives of
commercial banks to debate lending freeze.
BOND AUCTION
The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
to auction 9-year , 4.2 percent state bonds.
SLOVAKS TO DUCK UNDER EURO SHIELD, PEERS EXPOSED
Slovakia will leap-frog its bigger east European peers by
adopting the euro on Jan. 1, hoping this will shield it from the
global crisis just as it dawns on its neighbours that staying
out has left them exposed.
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SLOVAK CORPORATES HAIL EURO UMBRELLA AS STORM HITS
Slovak firms have welcomed the country's Jan. 1 euro zone
entry plans as a move that will remove uncertainty after years
of wrangling with a volatile currency and new pressure from the
global economic crisis.
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SLOVAK TRADE SURPLUS UP, BUT CRISIS HITS EXPORT
Slovakia's foreign trade surplus rose in October, data
showed on Friday, but analysts said falling exports confirmed
grim outlook as the global financial crisis affects the future
euro zone economy.
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PRESS DIGEST
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EURO GAINS SUPPORT
Public opinion is shifting in favour of euro adoption as the
euro zone entry date nears, an opinion poll showed. Some
analysts said one of the factors boosting euro's appeal were
comments by politicians that the euro will help shield Slovakia
from the global financial crisis.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
INTEREST RATES DOWN
Banks in Slovakia are beginning to lower interest rates on
loans and deposits following interest rate cuts by the National
Bank of Slovakia and the European Central Bank.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
SRAMKO SAYS CRISIS NOT NEAR END
The global economic crisis is being compared to the great
depression of the 1930s, and the world is not even in the middle
of it, Slovak central bank Governor Ivan Sramko said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 6
ARMY PLANES
Slovakia has dropped out from a multinational tender to buy
military planes, which may boost the cost for its own purchase
of army transportation planes by hundreds of millions of crowns.
Sme, page 2
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