Slovakia - Factors To Watch on July 8

                                
 BRATISLAVA, July 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 MAY INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office to publish May industrial output data,
0700 GMT. Analyst forecast a 20.2 percent decline on the year in
May.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting in the
southern Slovak village of Banov. Prime Minister Robert Fico
will miss the meeting due to acute spine problems.
                                
 
                                
 POLAND, ROMANIA GET EU DEADLINES TO CUT BUDGET GAPS
                                
 European Union finance ministers gave Poland and Romania
until 2012 and 2011 respectively to cut their budget deficits
below the bloc's cap of 3 percent of gross domestic product. 
                                
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 FORECASTS FOR SLOVAK ECONOMIC DATA DUE IN JULY
                                
 The following table shows the results of a Reuters
survey of analysts' forecasts of Slovak economic data due out
this month.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 WIDENNING FISCAL DEFICIT
                                
 Slovakia will probably cut its public finance deficit below
EU's limit of 3 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) only
in 2012, Deputy Finance Minister Peter Kazimir said. Kazimir
also confirmed Prime Minister Robert Fico's estimate of a fiscal
gap at around 6 percent of GDP this year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 BRATISLAVA BECOMES REGION'S MOST EXPENSIVE SPOT
                                
 Slovakia's capital Bratislava became the world's 30th most
expensive city, in terms of cost of living, survey  conducted by
consulting company William Mercer showed. Bratislava outpaced
its regional peers Prague, Budapest and Warsaw.
Hospodarske Noviny, Page 1
                                
 
                                
 FICO ON EMISSIONS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico asked Environment Minister Viliam
Tursky to explore options to re-sell 15 million tones of excess
carbon emission for a higher price. Slovaks sold the amount for
5.05 euro per tonne to an little-known U.S.-based Interblue
Group.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 NO LOWER VAT ON FOOD
                                
 Agriculture Ministry rejected proposal to cut the value
added tax on food from current 19 percent, citing crisis impacts
on the economy and the state budget revenues as reasons for
staying put.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
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