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WARSAW, June 28 (Reuters) - The Hungarian forint led Central European currencies lower on Wednesday while Poland's zloty retreated after testing a 2-1/2 year high in the previous session, as investors took profit ahead of key U.S. data later this week. The pull-back for Emerging Europe's currencies continued from Tuesday, despite high interest rates throughout the region, with markets seeking new impulses. "The whole of the region started a correction all at once, weakening against the euro before Friday's U.S. inflation data," a Budapest-based trader said. Analysts in a Reuters poll expect U.S. core PCE in May to remain flat at 4.7% "If it comes out higher than expected, that will fuel rate-hike expectations, very likely moving EMEA markets." The trader attributed Wednesday's slip to profit-taking through closing or easing CEE currency positions. The Hungarian forint was down 0.47% by 0858 GMT leading losses in the region, after hitting its highest level in two weeks on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Polish zloty eased 0.28% to 4.46 per euro. It had come close on Tuesday to matching a 2-1/2-year high of 4.421 hit last Thursday. ING Bank Slaski analysts expect the zloty's correction to be temporary and see it returning to the 4.40 level within the next week or two, according to a morning note. Poland will publish its June flash CPI reading on Friday, which could help back bets of rate cuts coming later this year. The Czech crown also slipped 0.28% against the euro to 23.67. "Since CZK was flat yesterday, while most other CEE currency lost few tenths versus euro, it could be just a catch-up of the relative outperformance seen yesterday," Generali Investments analyst Jakub Kratky said. Both Poland and the Czech Republic hold bond sales on Wednesday, with the latter auction a further test of investor appetite while the government battles a budget deficit ballooning at a record pace. CEE SNAPSHOT AT MARKETS 1058 CET CURRENCI ES Latest Previous Daily Change bid close change in 2023 Czech 23.6700 23.6040 -0.28% +2.06% crown Hungary 370.7000 368.9500 -0.47% +7.75% forint Polish 4.4605 4.4480 -0.28% +5.14% zloty Romanian 4.9595 4.9600 +0.01% -0.34% leu Serbian 117.2100 117.2800 +0.06% +0.08% dinar Note: calculated from 1800 CET daily change Latest Previous Daily Change close change in 2023 Prague 1290.86 1289.940 +0.07% +7.42% 0 Budapest 50437.56 50060.44 +0.75% +15.17% Warsaw 2055.49 2039.34 +0.79% +14.70% Bucharest 12210.87 12089.90 +1.00% +4.69% Spread Daily vs Bund change in Czech spread Republic 2-year 5-year 10-year Poland 2-year 5-year 10-year FORWARD 3x6 6x9 9x12 3M interban k Czech Rep < 7.07 6.31 5.65 7.14 PRIBOR=> Hungary < 13.56 11.42 10.16 15.18 BUBOR=> Poland < 6.56 5.95 5.41 6.90 WIBOR=> Note: FRA are for ask prices quotes ************************************************** ************ (Reporting by Karol Badohal in Warsaw, Boldizsar Gyori in Budapest and Jason Hovet in Prague; Editing by Christina Fincher)