Poland - Factors to Watch on Aug 27

WARSAW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Poland's financial
markets on Wednsday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland GMT + 2 hours):

RATES

Poland's Monetary Policy Council will decide on Polish
interest rates on Wednesday. Analysts expect the council will
leave the rates unchanged this month. The rate decision is
expected around noon, with press conference planned for 1400GMT.

GDP

Poland's economy is expected to slow down to 5.2 percent
this year and to 4.6 percent in 2009 due to a slowdown in
Europe, Fitch Ratings Agency's analyst David Heslam was quoted
as saying. [ID:nLR561177]

RETAIL SALES

Poland's retail sales rose a touch more than expected in
July, while unemployment fell faster, showing demand holding up
despite signs central Europe's biggest economy is easing after a
two-year boom. [ID:nLQ171256]

PGNIG

Poland's gas monoply PGNiG PGNI.WA wants to extract 1.5
billion cubic meters from Norwegian gas fields and is interested
in acquiring new licences on the Norwegian Shelf, a deputy chief
executive was quoted as saying by Gazeta Prawna.

News editor of the day: Patryk Wasilewski

NOTE - For a diary of forthcoming events see [PL/DIARY] and
a calendar of east European economic indicators see
[CONV/DIARY].

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