Poland - Factors to Watch June 7

Capitea SA

07/06/2018 07:15

Following are news stories, press reports and events that may
affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT
(Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
  
    INTEREST RATES
    Poland's central bank governor Adam Glapinski reiterated his
longstanding view that interest rates may remain at the current
level until the end of 2019, but possibly also in 2020, as
inflation remains weak, despite robust economic growth.
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    UNEMPLOYMENT
    Polish unemployment fell in May to 6.1 percent from 6.3
percent a month earlier, the Labour Ministry said on its website
late on Wednesday.
    
    CABLE CAR
    Luxembourg-based company Altura created by Mid Europa
Partners fund wants to sell its stake in the landmark cable car
in Zakopane, southern Poland, valuing the company at 524 million
zloty ($145 million). The government plans to deliver on its
2015 election promise to buy it back, Gazeta Wyborcza daily
said.
    
    MORTGAGES
    In May, consumers filed for mortgages worth 26 percent more
than a year ago. It is the biggest monthly rise since January
2017, Parkiet daily said, quoting official data.
        
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
    For other related news, double click on:
 Polish equities        PL-E      E.Europe equities      .CEE 
 Polish money           PL-M      Polish debt            PL-D  
 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG 
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX 
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX 
 
 For real-time index quotes, double click on:
 Warsaw WIG20  .WIG20   Budapest BUX  .BUX   Prague PX  .PX 
($1 = 3.6153 zlotys)

 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau; Editing by Adrian Croft)
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