DIARY - Czech Republic - to April 30

    New or amended items marked * 
    ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+1) 
    See below for full macroeconomic forecasts 
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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 19/03  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Jan        6.0%        4.4% 
 21/03  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Jan        n/f        -2.0% 
 21/03  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Jan        n/f         0.8% 
 30/03  0800/1000   Money supply           Feb        n/f        10.2% 
 30/03  0800/1000   Foreign debt euros     Q4         n/f        40.99 
 02/04  0730/0930   PMI index              March      n/f        58.5 
 02/04     n/a      Budget balance         March      n/f        -6.73bln 
 04/04  0700/0900   Foreign trade          Feb        n/a        10.96bln 
 06/04  0800/1000   FX reserves            March      n/f        23.88bln 
 10/04  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          March      n/a         0.3% 
 10/04  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          March      n/a         1.5% 
 10/04  0700/0900   Unemployment           March      n/a         7.7% 
 11/04  0700/0900   Industrial output      Feb        n/a         9.8% 
 11/04  0700/0900   Construction output    Feb        n/f        29.2% 
 13/04  0800/1000   Monetary base          March      n/f       354.7bln 
 13/04  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         Feb        n/a         5.49bln 
 16/04  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    March      n/a         0.5% 
 16/04  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    March      n/a         3.2% 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (CZK bln)      ITEM 
 20/03  PEGAS                Textil           n/a       net profit 
 29/03  ORCO                 Real estate      n/a       net profit 
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    NOTE. n/a = not yet available 
          n/f = not forecast 
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================================================================================     CENTRAL BANK GOVERNING BOARD MEETINGS are usually held on Thursdays, but not 
necessarily every Thursday, with monetary policy specifically discussed on the 
last Thursday of the month in the board's "situation report" (see below for 
updated schedule). 
    WEEKLY CABINET MEETINGS are usually held on Wednesdays. 
    FULL LIST of ECONOMIC INDICATORS released in the coming weeks by the Czech 
Statistical Bureau (CSU), the central bank (CNB) and the finance ministry are 
pbublished as listed in separate tables below. The nearest coming indicators are 
also listed among other diary items below. 
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    Until FRIDAY, May 23 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
  
    THURSDAY, March 15 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.  
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to detail Q4 government debt figures. 
     
    FRIDAY, March 16 
    PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet his Slovak 
counterpart Jan Kubis. 
     
    FRIDAY, March 16 - SATURDAY, March 17 
    PRAGUE - Conference on "European Integration at the Crossroads" with Deputy 
Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra delivering a speech. 
     
    MONDAY, March 19 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release January retail sales at 
0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
     
    TUESDAY, March 20 
    PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens  to release 
2006 results. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, March 21 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.  
    PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction . 
 
    THURSDAY, March 22 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Prague city council to meet and vote on whether to make a bid for 
the 2016 Summer Olympics. No time set for vote. 
     
    SUNDAY, March 25 
    The Czech Republic switches to daylight saving time (GMT+2). 
     
    THURSDAY, March 29 
    PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group  to publish 2006 results. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to meet on interest rates. An 
announcement is expected after 1000 GMT with a news conference to follow at 
around 1330 GMT. 
 
    FRIDAY, March 30 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release February money supply and Q4 
foreign debt at 0800 GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, April 2 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for March due out at 0730 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-March budget balance. 
    AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Drug maker Zentiva  to hold an 
extraordinary shareholders meeting. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, April 4 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release February foreign trade 
data at 0700 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, April 5 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.  
 
    FRIDAY, April 6 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release March forex reserves at 0800 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its March 29 
governing board meeting at 0700 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, April 10 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release March inflation at 0700 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release March 
unemployment data at 0700 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, April 11 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release February industrial and 
construction output at 0700 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction . 
 
    FRIDAY, April 13 
  * PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release March monetary base and 
February current account balance at 0800 GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, April 16 
 *  PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release March producer prices at 
0700 GMT. 
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 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 ZENTIVA                                     April 2 
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