Poland - Factors to Watch April 13
Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch that may affect Poland's financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
DATA
The statistics office will release March inflation data at 0800.
TELECOMMUNICATION
Polish telecommunication companies have asked Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to block the European Union's initiative to bring prices of international phone calls down to the level of the local calls in order to avoid financial losses, Gazeta Wyborcza daily said.
JUDICIARY
Poland's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved changes to judiciary reforms in a bid to soothe European Union concerns that the rule of law in Poland would be weakened.
STATE COMPANIES
Every 20 days, one state-run company chief executive officer has lost their job, since the nationalist-minded, eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) party won the 2015 election, Puls Biznesu daily calculated.
STANDARD & POOR'S
On Friday Standard & Poor's is expected to reveal its update on Poland's rating, Puls Biznesu said. mBank economists expect that the rating agency may hike Poland's outlook to "positive" from "stable", but other analysts do not expect any change.
POULTRY
Ukrainian poultry has provided strong competition to Polish chickens, as it is exported to the European Union at prices that are 40 percent lower, Rzeczpospolita daily said.
****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
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