WARSAW, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Poland's
financial markets on Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland GMT +
2 hour):
FILAR ON RATE CUTS IN 2009
The Polish central bank's Monetary Policy Council may have
to cut rates next year if the economy slows, its member Dariusz
Filar was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
[ID:nLA3905]
PKN ORLEN MAY SELL ANWIL
Poland's largest oil company PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> may sell
its chemical unit Anwil as part of the strategy review, Deputy
Chief Executive Jacek Krawiec was quoted as saying by newspaper
Puls Biznesu.
AGORA TO BUY SUPERSTACJA
Poland's largest publisher Agora <AGOD.WA> has agreed to pay
20 million zlotys ($8.13 million) for one third of small local
news channel Superstacja and buy the rest of the company in
three years, newspaper Gazeta Prawna reports without giving
sources.
CEZ PLANS
Czech power company CEZ <CEZsp.PR> plans to build 400 MW and
800 MW power plants in Poland in the next five years and will
decided on the location of the smaller unit in the first quarter
of 2009, the head of its Polish unit Petr Ivanek told daily
Gazeta Prawna.
2009 BUDGET
Poland's government approved the 2009 budget draft on
Tuesday, slashing the deficit by almost half and lowering the
tax burden as the economy heads for a slowdown. [ID:nL9296389]
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Poland's economic growth may slow to near 4 percent in 2009,
well below the government's 4.8 percent forecast, a member of
the central bank's management board said on Tuesday.
[ID:nL9557488]
BOND TENDER
Poland will offer 1.0 billion zlotys in WS0429 bonds due in
2029 at a tender at 1000 GMT.
News editor of the day: Piotr Skolimowski
NOTE - For a diary of forthcoming events see [PL/DIARY] and
a calendar of east European economic indicators see
[CONV/DIARY].
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=2.459 Zloty)