Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Jan 18

                                
  PRAGUE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

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 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 - The Czech cabinet to hold a session to debate
saving measures aimed at keeping the public sector deficit at
the planned 5.3 percent/GDP to be discuss. News conference to
follow.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
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 EAST EU RECOVERY: Germany's disappointing fourth quarter
growth figures bode ill for recovery in the European Union's
emerging economies and add to string of factors that look set to
hamper expansion later this year.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE60C21Y] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEEU]
                                
 
                                
 SKODA: Volkswagen's <VOWG.DE> Czech unit Skoda Auto sold a
record number of cars in 2009, it said on Friday, helped by
expansion in China and car scrapping subisidies in western
European markets.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE60E099] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-AUT]
                                
 
                                
 CURRENT ACCOUNT:The Czech current account swung to a 1.61
billion crown ($89.34 million) deficit in November after
recording a 12.4 billion crown surplus in October, and was close
to a market consensus of 1.5 billion crowns.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE60E0DP] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 PPI: Czech industrial producer prices rose by 0.1 percent in
December from November, showing an annual decline of 0.8
percent, data showed on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE60E07C] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>   1185,6  1185,6    -1,12       6,11
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,92    25,95      0,12      1,51
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,008   18,096     0,49       2,01
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10609,65 10710,55  -0,94      1,74
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 EURO: The leading rightist party Civic Democrats' economic
expert Michal Doktor said ideal years for euro adoption in the
Czech Republic are 2019 and 2020.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 16
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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