Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 14

PRAGUE, March 14 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours) =========================ECONOMIC DATA========================== Real-time economic data releases.................... Summary of economic data and forecasts........... Recently released economic data.................. Previous stories on Czech data............. **For a schedule of corporate and economic events: http://emea1.apps.cp.thomsonreuters.com/Apps/CountryWeb/#/2E/events-overview ======================== EVENTS ================================ LIBEREC - Czech central bank Governor will speak at a business roundtable (0900 GMT). Related news: ========================= NEWS ================================= SLOVAKIA: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico faced pressure on Tuesday to agree to an early election with his coalition crumbling in the face of mass protests prompted by the murder of a young journalist who specialised in exposing corruption. Story: Related news: SKODA: VW's Czech unit Skoda Auto posted 2017 operating profit of 1.6 billion euros, up from 1.2 billion the year before. Story: Related news: SOCCER: Czech-based Arca Capital has bought a 1.3 percent stake in the Borussia Dortmund soccer club as part of the group's efforts to increase investments in Germany, Arca said on Tuesday. Story: Related news: CEE MARKETS: Serbia's dinar and the Polish zloty eased on Tuesday as mild inflation readings in Central Europe increased the likelihood that monetary policy in the region will be looser than expected. Story: Related news: ***For real-time stock market index quotes click in brackets: Warsaw WIG20 Budapest BUX Prague PX For updates on CEE markets TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets =========================PRESS DIGEST=========================== STEEL: Around 3 percent of Czech steel exports go to the United States, valued at 200 million crowns ($9.73 million), although a bigger fear for the industry is a flood of steel that cannot be sold in the U.S. because of higher tariffs will hit Europe. Hospodarske Noviny, page 12 (Reuters has not verified the stories, nor does it vouch for their accuracy.) Prague Newsroom: +420 224 190 477 E-mail: prague.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com ($1 = 20.5530 Czech crowns) (Reporting by Prague Newsroom)

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