Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 8

                                
 PRAGUE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

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 Q2 gross domestic product at 0700 GMT.
                                
 August unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 Harvest estimate due at 0700 GMT.
                                
 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 lower house of parliament to hold a session, may
debate constitutional amendment that would allow planned early
elections to go forward by early Nov.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 CEZ: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> is seeking to double
its power deliveries to customers in Slovakia in 2010 and
looking for big increases in Poland and Hungary as well, the
company said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL7580811] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]

                                
 CEE MARKETS: Polish bonds and the zloty weakened on Monday
after weekend news the country's budget deficit was expected to
double next year, while stocks rallied with peers.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL7540158] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 ROMANIAN WIND PROJECT: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>
said on Monday it signed a contract with General Electric <GE.N>
to supply wind turbines for its 600 megawatt, 1.1 billion euro
project in Romania -- the largest of its kind in Europe.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL747826] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RNW]
                                
 
                                
 TRADE: The Czech foreign trade posted a 12.25 billion crown
($686.4 million) surplus in July, above analyst forecasts in a
Reuters poll, data showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL7161509] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 CME: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) <CETV.O>
<CETVsp.PR> plans a private placement of fixed rate senior notes
in the amount of around 150 million euros, it said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003603] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CORPD]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1156     0.69         34.7
 vs Euro   <EURCZK=>   25.436    25.43   -0.02          4.92
 vs Dollar    <CZK=>   17.738    17.727  -0.06          7.2
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 9441.27   9344.61   1.03          7.58
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 BUDGET: Finance Minister Eduard Janota will submit a draft
2010 budget with a deficit of 231 billion crowns ($13.01
billion), along with a savings package that could cut the gap by
70 billion crowns. He said there was a risk the deficit could
grow.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 ELECTIONS: Political leaders agreed late Monday on steps
that could allow for early elections to take place in November.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A1
                                
 
                                
 NWR COAL: New World Resources <NWRSsp.PR> may sell up to 11
million tonnes of coal this year, more than the 10.5 million
planned.
                                
 E15, page 14
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)