This diary is updated every weekday and new listings or amendments are
marked *. Reuters will not always produce a news item on each event listed...
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST---------PRIOR
28/03 0800/0900 producer prices Feb +0.2,+2.2 -0.5,+3.4 pct
10/04 0800/1000 industrial output Feb N/A +17.5 pct
10/04 0800/1000 construction output Feb N/F +24.1 pct
10/04 0800/1000 retail sales Feb N/A +0.9 pct
10/04 0800/1000 real industial wages Feb N/F +8.6 pct
11/04 0800/1000 foreign trade Feb N/A +3.98 bln
12/04 0800/1000 headline inflation March N/A +0.2,+2.7 pct
12/04 0800/1000 core inflation Feb N/A +0.3,+2.5 pct
27/04 0800/1000 producer prices March N/A N/A pct
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MONDAY, March 19
*BRATISLAVA - Finance Minister Jan Pociatek and Central Bank Governor Ivan
Sramko to hold a news conference on revaluation of the crown's central parity
rate in the exchange rate mechanism ERM-2. (0830 GMT)
BRATISLAVA - The Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to auction 5-year,
zero-coupon state bonds.
TUESDAY, March 20
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender.
BRATISLAVA - Parliament starts a regular session.
BRATISLAVA - T-Mobile Slovakia to announce 2006 results
WEDNESDAY, March 21
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
FRIDAY, March 23
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
TUESDAY, March 27
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender.
TUESDAY, April 10
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February industrial output
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February construction output
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February retail sales data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February average industrial
wage data.
WEDNESDAY, April 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February foreign trade data.
THURSDAY, April 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish march core inflation data.
FRIDAY, April 27
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
TUESDAY, May 29
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
TUESDAY, June 26
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
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The Slovak central bank's (NBS) monetary policy making Bank Board usually
holds a policy meeting on the last Tuesday of every month. The board may change
the date of its policy meetings.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
15th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond auctions for 2006:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
March 19 5-year zero-coupon May 4, 2012
April 2 to be announced
April 27 19-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
May 14 7-year 4.9 pct Feb 11, 2014
May 28 5-year zero-coupon May 4, 2012
June 11 12-year 5.3 pct May 12, 2019
July 9 19-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
July 23 to be announced
Aug 6 5-year zero-coupon May 4, 2012
Aug 20 12-year 5.3 pct May 12, 2019
Sept 17 19-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Oct 1 7-year 4.9 pct Feb 11, 2014
Oct 15 5-year zero-coupon May 4, 2012
Oct 29 12-year 5.3 pct May 12, 2019
Nov 12 to be announced
Nov 26 19-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Dec 10 7-year 4.9 pct Feb 11, 2014
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