Slovakia - Factors To Watch on June 17

                                
 BRATISLAVA, June 17 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 The government will hold a regular weekly meeting, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS CUT 2009 GDP FORECAST, SEE REBOUND NEXT YEAR
                                
 Slovakia expects its economy to shrink as much as 6.2
percent this year, official forecasts showed on Tuesday,
confirming expectations that global downturn will drag the euro
zone newcomer into its first recession ever.
                                
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 ECB'S SRAMKO: DEFLATION RISKS IN EURO ZONE LOW
                                
 The risk of deflation in the euro zone is low at the moment
despite possible price drops in the summer, ECB Governing
Council member Ivan Sramko said on Tuesday.
                                
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 MAY EU-NORM INFLATION SLOWS TO ALL-TIME LOW
                                
 Slovakia's annual inflation slowed for the eighth
consecutive month and hit an all-time low in May, data showed on
Tuesday, with analysts expecting price growth to stay on the
easing path.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 FINMIN SEES RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
                                
 Finance ministry said it expected the unemployment rate to
jump to 12.5 percent this year, leaving some 334,000 Slovaks
without a job. The ministry added the jobless rate would peak at
13.4 percent in 2010 and decelerate from then on.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 HIGHER FUEL PRICES
                                
 Prices of petrol fuels will rise by 2 euro-cents per liter,
putting the average price above 1.15 euro/litre, diesel fuel
costs will rise by 2 euro-cents per litre too.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 ENERGY PRICES FOR COMPANIES
                                
 The dominant gas company, Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel
(SPP), said a 20-30 percent drop could be expected in prices of
gas for companies, compared with January's outlook. Electricity
prices are seen down by 15 percent as of next January.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
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