Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 7

                                
 PRAGUE, April 7 (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 hour)

======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 March foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 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/]
=========================== EVENTS =============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Developer ORCO <ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR> should release
2008 results.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
===========================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 GOVT DEAL IN DOUBT: Two small Czech parties on Monday pulled
out of a deal with the two main parties to form a caretaker
administration before an October early election, casting doubt
on the plan.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL6606108] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 KLAUS SATISFIED WITH GOVT TALKS: Czech President Vaclav
Klaus said on Monday he was satisfied with a deal among the main
political parties to appoint non-partisan Jan Fischer as interim
prime minister until an early election.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL6578373] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 CEE FX GIVE UP GAINS: The Czech crown surrendered its gains
on Monday and dragged its peers lower after a global rally in
shares lost steam, overshadowing the optimism triggered by
Prague's deal for a new government.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL6445628] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE EURO SWITCH: Struggling European Union countries in
central and eastern Europe should switch to the euro even
without full euro zone membership, according to a confidential
report quoted by the Financial Times on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL6497311] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES DOWN: Falling demand for company cars dented
automobile sales in the Czech Republic in the first three months
of 2009, pushing new registrations down by an annual 16.4
percent, the country's Car Importers Association said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL629417] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-AUT]
                                
 
                                
 EU SUPERVISION: Proposals to transfer more supervisory
powers over European financial markets to a single regulator are
unacceptable unless the same amount of responsibilities is moved
alongside, two Czech central bankers said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL6499886] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REGS]
                                
 
                                
 TRADE SURPLUS: The Czech foreign trade balance posted an 8.7
billion crown ($431.8 million) surplus in February, better than
forecast in a Reuters poll, helped mostly by imports falling
faster than exports, data showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL6257013] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities  <.PX>   814.2    814.2   +0.00          N/A 
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  26.533   26.533   +0.00         +0.97
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  19.851   19.849   -0.14         -3.85
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>   7,976    8,018   -0.52         -9.12
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT

===========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 CSSD DEPUTY APPOINTEES: The main opposition Social Democrats
plan to partly fill its cabinet seats in the proposed interim
government with deputy ministers.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A1
                                
 
                                
 RETAIL BONDS: The first Czech issue of retail bonds will
take place in the third quarter, and its coupon will be
announced just prior to that, a deputy finance minister said.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
 EUROISATION: A reported IMF recommendation for struggling
central and eastern European Union members to euroise was likely
aimed at the Baltic states and others with a pegged currency,
central bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer said.
                                
 E15, page 3
                                
 
                                
 ECO PROGRAM: The Environment Ministry officially launches
today a 25 billion crowns ($1.28 billion) program to subsidize
housing refittings and insulation.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B1
                                
 
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jason Hovet)