Poland - Factors to Watch April 15

Sfinks Polska SA

15/04/2020 07:09

WARSAW, April 15 - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on
Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
    
    DATA
    Poland's statistics office to release March CPI data at 0800
GMT. 
    
    JUDICIARY/EU
    The European Union has no competence in judiciary issues,
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland's ruling Law and Justice
party and the country's de facto leader said in an interview for
Gazeta Polska weekly.
    Kaczynski also said that the EU has to be an organisation of
souvereign nations, each of which can deal with their issues on
their own and "noone has the right to interefere."
    
    ELECTION
    Holding presidential election set for May 10 remotely
carries the smallest risks in the coronavirus epidemic, "Do
Rzeczy" weekly quoted Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro as
saying. 
    
    RESTAURANTS
    One third of restaurants may disappear from the Polish
market as a result of the epidemic lockdown, Dziennik Gazeta
Prawna quoted the CEO of Sfinks Polska as saying. 

    COAL
    Poland's coal group PGG considers cutting daily coal output
by 20% to around 80.000 tonnes on average and reducing salaries
by 20% for three months starting from May, Rzeczpospolita daily
said quoting unnamed sources. 
    
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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 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 
 
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 Warsaw WIG20  .WIG20   Budapest BUX  .BUX   Prague PX  .PX 

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