Hungary, Factors to watch, Sept 30

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30/09/2021 07:37

BUDAPEST, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events
in Hungary and the region, as well as news stories which may
influence financial markets.
    (For any queries: Budapest editorial +36 1 882 3606)
    
    WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HUNGARY (ALL TIMES GMT)
    BUDAPEST - PPI data (0700)
    BUDAPEST - Central bank holds one-week depo tender (0950)
    BUDAPEST - 12-month Treasury bill auction (0930) HUISSUE
    BUDAPEST - Preliminary results expected in first round of
opposition primary to take on PM Orban in 2022 elections
    
    IN THE REGION
    CZECH - central bank to decide on interest rates
    CZECH - Czech tobacco group Philip Morris CR  TABK.PR  is
expected to publish H1/21 results.
           
    IN THE NEWS, REUTERS
    Pro-EU Dobrev leads in opposition primary to take on
Hungary's Orban 
    BUDAPEST, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Klara Dobrev, a 49-year-old
lawyer, has emerged as the front-runner in a joint opposition
bid to unseat Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in 2022
elections, partial results of an opposition primary showed on
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    Hungary's Orban hits Czech campaign trail to back PM Babis -
    USTI NAD LABEM, Czech Republic, Sept 29 (Reuters) -
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban backed his Czech
counterpart Andrej Babis' re-election bid on Wednesday, making a
display of the close ties between the two central European
leaders who have supported each other in disputes with the EU.
    
    UPDATE 2-Hungary's OTP Bank to take over Uzbekistan's
Ipoteka Bank 
    TASHKENT, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hungary's OTP Bank OTPB.BU
plans to take over Uzbekistan's state-owned Ipoteka Bank
(Mortgage Bank), according to a memorandum signed by OTP and the
Tashkent government on Wednesday.
    
    CEE MARKETS-Czech crown firms ahead of c.bank meet, forint
edges up 
    BUDAPEST, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Central European currencies
firmed on Wednesday, with the Hungarian forint snapping a
five-day losing streak and the Czech crown among the top gainers
a day ahead of an expected central bank rate hike.
    
    Hungary's July gross wage growth picks up to 8.1% y/y 
BUDAPEST, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hungary's gross average wages
HUWAGE=ECI rose by an annual 8.1% in July after a 3.7% rise in
June and a 8.5% year-on-year increase in May, the Central
Statistics Office (KSH) said on Wednesday.


    
    

 (Reporting by Krisztina Than)
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