Hungary, Factors to watch, Jan 7
BUDAPEST, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Hungary and the region, as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HUNGARY (ALL TIMES GMT)
BUDAPEST - Retail sales, November (0800)
BUDAPEST - Government bond tenders (1030)
BUDAPEST - Reuters CEE FX poll (1220)
BUDAPEST - British PM David Cameron visits Budapest, to meet Prime Minister Viktor Orban (1400)
IN THE REGION
ROMANIA - Unemployment data for November
ROMANIA - Central bank rate decision (1000)
CZECH - Foreign reserves, December (1000)
CZECH - 8-week T-bill auction (1215)
POLAND - Foreign reserves (1400)
IN THE NEWS REUTERS
Hungary posts 247.8 bln forint Dec budget deficit -MTI
Hungary posted a budget deficit of 247.8 billion forints ($847.59 million) in December based on preliminary figures, boosting the full-year shortfall to 1.219 trillion, state news agency MTI reported.
Orban to meet Polish ruling party chief Kaczynski -source
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), a party source said, in an apparent move to strengthen an emerging eurosceptic axis in central Europe. (Reporting by Gergely Szakacs)
