Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 9

                                
 PRAGUE, Oct 9 (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 hours)
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 August industrial and construction data at 0700 GMT.
                                
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 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is to announce ahead of meeting
whether it will discuss monetary policy issues.
                                
  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
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 CZECH C.BANK MAY DISCUSS RATES: Czech central bank (CNB)
could react to global rate cuts at Thursday Oct 9 meeting,
Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer was quoted as saying.    
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG001048] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 LOOSER C.EUROPE POLICY SEEN AFTER GLOBAL CUT: Central
European policymakers stayed on the sidelines on Wednesday as
the world's major central banks eased policy in a concerted
effort to relieve the crisis-stricken global financial markets.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8533018]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]

                                
 DEMAND LOW FOR ROMANIAN BONDS: Investors shunned a
Romanian debt tender on Wednesday, highlighting wariness towards
emerging European assets, but Poland bucked the trend with
demand analysts chalked up to its economy and 2012 euro plans.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL876167] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]

                                
 C.BANK CHIEF: GLOBAL RATE CUTS "SIGNIFICANT": The concerted
global interest rate cuts were a significant step, Czech central
bank Governor Zdenek Tuma said on Wednesday, adding the bank
board would decide on Thursday whether to extraordinarily
discuss monetary policy.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA002160] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MMT]
                                
 
                                
 FUELS, FOOD SQUASHES CPI: Food and food prices continued to
push Czech inflation below the central bank's forecast in
September, the bank said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA002158] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ TAKES STAKE IN TURKISH PROJECT: Czech power utility CEZ
<CEZPsp.PR> took a 37.4 percent stake in Turkey's Akenerji
<AKENR.IS> on Wednesday, boosting the Czech firm's foothold in
the Turkish market.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8707456] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 CPI DROP SLOWER: Czech consumer prices dropped less than
forecast in September, pushing year-on-year inflation up, but
the expected weakening in price pressures and economic growth in
the months ahead still pointed to interest rate cuts.    
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8621385] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 1,042.6  1,084.6   -3.87        -42.56
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  24.710   24.670   -0.16         +7.24
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  18.025   18.072   +0.37         +0.91
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  09,258   09,447   -2.00        -30.21
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

 ======================= PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 "THANKS GOD FOR THE CROWN": Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek
said it was lucky that the Czechs had not adopoted the euro yet
as the crown shields the country from the latest market turmoil.
He also said the state guarantees of several EU countries are a
"shameless act" and that what happened in past days destroys
confidence in the EU.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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