BRATISLAVA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
PARLIAMENT SESSION
Parliament will start a regular session, 1100 GMT. The
agenda will include fast track procedures on government
legislation boosting bank deposit guarantees.
C.BANK REPO TENDER
The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender.
SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 2.9 BLN WORTH OF 9-YR BOND
Slovakia sold 2.9 billion crowns ($128.5 million) worth of
nine-year, 4.2 percent state bonds <SK040417208=> in an auction
on Monday, the Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management
Agency said.
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EURO ZONE ENTRY SEEN BACKING SLOVAKIA'S BOND MARKET
Slovakia sold 2.9 billion crowns ($128.5 million) worth of
nine-year, 4.2 percent state bonds <SK040417208=> in an auction
on Monday, faring better than others in central Europe that have
been hit by the global financial crisis.
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PRESS DIGEST
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ECONOMY GROWTH
Slovakia's analysts lowered forecasts of the 2009 gross
domestic product (GDP) growth to below 5 percent year-on-year,
due to effects of global financial crisis. Finance ministry,
however, still maintain its 6.5 percent growth prediction.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS
Prime Minister Robert Fico attacked country's private
pension funds and linked them to origins of Iceland crisis,
adding the system was dangerous for Slovaks' savings.
Association of pension funds rebuffed such allegation.
Sme, page 7
BANKING SECTOR
Global financial crisis has had only a limited impact on
Slovak banks, mainly through higher inter-bank borrowing costs
as well as via purchases of shares and and debt securities, the
central bank and finance ministry wrote in an analysis.
Sme, page 6
PRICE GROWTH
Prices of selected goods and services rose slightly by 0.3
percent, the Statistics Office's latest regular 10-day survey
showed. Analysts, however, said seasonal effects were likely
behind the growth.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
CHEAPER FUEL PRICES
Prices of petrol fuels fall by 1 crown ($0.044) per liter
and diesel fuels by 0.8 crown per liter, effective from October
21., due to cheaper prices of oil, and analysts expected the
decline to continue in the coming term.
Sme, page 1
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