Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on June 4

                                
 PRAGUE, June 4 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies.............................[CEE/]
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 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS===============================
                                
 CZECH PM ON EU: The European Union will be able to provide
Ireland this month the guarantees it seeks so it can hold a new
referendum on reforming the European Union, the Czech prime
minister said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL31014417] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EU]
                                
 
                                
 PM ON ECON: The Czech economy has dropped to the bottom and
should not see any more big falls but there is a bumpy ride
along the bottom ahead and no quick recovery in sight, Prime
Minister Jan Fischer said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL329982] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 KOMERCNI CEO: France's Societe Generale <SOGN.PA> proposed
Henri Bonnet as chairman and chief executive officer of its
Czech unit Komercni Banka <BKOMsp.PR>, the French lender said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nnWLA5784] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MNGISS]
                                
 
                                
 BOND ACUTION:  Demand held up for a Czech 10-year bond
auction on Wednesday but the yield rose from previous auctions
as global supply issues and concerns over rising Czech
government debt took a toll on pricing.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3458200] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 REUTERS MACRO POLL: The Czech trade surplus was much smaller
in April than a month earlier after the fall in imports slowed
and the underlying picture signalled the worst is past for the
economy, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nnL329982] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX>   000.0    923.7   +0.00           /a
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  26.870   26.860   +0.00         -1.38
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  18.961   18.993   -0.48         -4.25
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  08,675   08,741   -0.75        -34.60
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 CAR SALES: Sales of passenger cars and light utility
vehicles dropped 10 percent year on year in May to 15,000. For
the first five months overall car sales dropped to some 75,000
vehicles from 86,000 a year ago. Sales of Skoda's <VOWG.DE>
Fabia models in Germany rose by 121 percent in the Jan-April
period to 38,000 cars thanks to a scrap subsidy.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 20
                                

                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jana Mlcochova)