Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 23

                                
 PRAGUE, April 23 (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 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/]
============================EVENTS==============================
                                
 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]
=============================NEWS===============================
                                
 10-YR BOND: The Czech Republic sold more of its 10-year bond
than planned at an auction on Wednesday, and  yields dipped from
the paper's inaugural sale last month in a bullish response to
government plans to issue a eurobond.     
                                
 Story: [ID:nLM348212] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE FX REBOUND: Central European currencies pared intraday
losses versus the euro late on Wednesday and a 10-year Czech
bond sale drew healthy demand in response to government plans to
issue a eurobond.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLM609560] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL OUTLOOK: Czech oil refiner Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR>
will likely report an operating (EBIT) loss in the first quarter
although it will be smaller than in the fourth quarter 2008, the
company said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLM482174] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REFI]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities  <.PX>   822.3    822.3   +0.00          n/a 
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  26.945   26.850   -0.35         -0.58
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  20.628   20.603   -0.04         -7.28
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>   7,887    7,970   -1.04        -10.14
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT

==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 BUDGET SUCCESSION: Outgoing Finance Minister Miroslav
Kalousek will hand over a plan to his successor aimed at
lowering the budget deficit by 30 billion crowns ($1.44 billion)
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CEZ ABROAD: CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> is still looking for
acquisitions opportunities in central and southeastern Europe,
said its chief operating officer, Daniel Benes.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 14
                                
 
                                
 MORTGAGE RATES LOWER: Average interest rates for mortgages
fell in March to 5.5 percent from around 5.75 percent earlier
this year, according to one monitoring index. The volume of
loans was 3 percent lower than the year before after falling 35
percent in February.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
                                
 
                                
 FUND INFLOWS: Members of the Czech Association for Capital
Markets (AKAT) have added 95 million crowns in assets since the
start of the year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 19
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jason Hovet)