Poland - Factors to Watch Aug. 19

Mennica Polska SA

19/08/2015 07:11

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch 
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Wednesday. All 
times GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): 
     
    DATA 
    Polish statistics office will publish output, PPI and retail 
sales data at 1200 GMT.  ECONPL  
     
     
    SWISS FRANCS  RBIV.VI  
    Poland's central bank said on Tuesday that banks could  
challenge a plan to make them foot the bill for fixing the 
country's Swiss franc mortgage problem and their owners may 
demand compensation from the state.  ID:nL5N10T2UJ  
    The Finance Stability Committee that gathers representatives 
of the central bank, finance ministry and regulator KNF will 
discuss on Wednesday the Swiss franc denominated mortgages 
issue, according to Rzeczpospolita daily. 
    Raiffeisen International said on Wednesday its Swiss franc 
loan exposure in Poland at June-end amounted to 3.21 billion 
euros ($3.55 billion).  ID:nV9N0XE02A  
     
    REAL ESTATE 
    As of September, more families will be eligible to get 
cheaper mortgages for their first apartment under a 
government-sponsored programme "Flats for the young", Gazeta 
Wyborcza daily reported. 
     
    ELECTION POLL 
    Ahead of an October parliamentary election, a conservative 
coalition led by the largest opposition party Law and Justice 
(PiS) leads in a TNS OBOP poll with 41 percent, with the ruling 
Civic Platform (PO) party on 22 percent. 
     
    ENI  ENI.MI   MOLB.BU   PKN.WA  
    Italian's ENI plans to sell its petrol station chain in 
Hungary. Interested parties include local refiner MOL and Polish 
PKN Orlen, Rzeczpospolita reported. 
     
    LOT  LOT.UL  
    Poland's treasury said on Tuesday it would continue talks 
with a potential investor for flagship airline LOT  LOT.UL  
despite the resignation of the carrier's chief executive. 
 ID:nL5N10T32G  
     
    DROUGHT 
    Farmers demand the government declare a state of natural 
disaster due to drought as this would allow them to get state 
financial support, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported. 
    Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechocinski told TVN24 private 
broadcaster that he is against the idea, as it would delay the 
parliamentary election scheduled for October by six months. 
     
    MENNICA  MNCP.WA  
    Mennica Polska plans to buy a 40 percent stake in a gold 
mine in South Africa, Parkiet daily quoted Mennica head Grzegorz 
Zambrzycki as saying. 
     
    ****Reuters has not verified these stories and does not 
vouch for their accuracy.**** 
     
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 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG  
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX  
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX  
  
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 (Editing by David Clarke) 
 
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