DIARY - Czech Republic - to May 31

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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 13/04  0800/1000   Monetary base          March      n/f       354.7bln 
 13/04  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         Feb        7.0bln      5.49bln 
 16/04  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    March      0.3%        0.5% 
 16/04  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    March      3.4%        3.2% 
 16/04  0700/0900   Import prices y/y      Feb        n/f        -1.9% 
 16/04  0700/0900   Export prices y/y      Feb        n/f         1.0% 
 17/04  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Feb        6.5%        7.7% 
 30/04  0800/1000   Money supply           March      n/f        10.6% 
 02/05  0730/0930   PMI index              April      n/f        57.0 
 02/05     n/a      Budget balance         April      n/f        11.26bln 
 09/05  0700/0900   Foreign trade          March      n/a        13.61bln 
 09/05  0800/1000   FX reserves            April      n/f        23.76bln 
 10/05  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          April      n/a         0.3% 
 10/05  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          April      n/a         1.9% 
 10/05  0700/0900   Unemployment           April      n/a         7.3% 
 15/05  0700/0900   Industrial output      March      n/a        15.4% 
 15/05  0700/0900   Construction output    March      n/f        32.5% 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                     (euro mln)      ITEM 
 26/04  Telefonica O2        Telecoms         n/a       Q1 net profit 
 30/04  Erste Bank  Bank             n/a 
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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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    FRIDAY, April 13 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release March monetary base and 
February current account balance at 0800 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - President Vaclav Klaus speaks in the upper house of parliament at 
0900 GMT. 
     
    SATURDAY, April 14 
  * PRAGUE - The Green Party leadership meets. Expected to discuss tensions in 
the ruling centre-right coalition. The Green are calling on Deputy PM Jiri Cunek 
of the Christian Democrats to quit. Meeting starts at 0800 GMT. 
     
    MONDAY, April 16 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release March producer prices and 
February foreign trade prices at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Annual Global Airport Expansion Congress 2007 with Vienna 
International Airport CEO Herbert Kaufmann, Dublin Airport Director Robert 
Hilliard and Airports Company South Africa CEO Monhla Hlahla.  News conference 
at 0930 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, April 17 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release February retail sales at 
0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Roundtable on Ecology Tax Reform and Oil and Gas Prices Trends with 
Environment Minister Martin Bursik, Deputy Finance Minister Dana Trezziova and 
RWE Transgas  CEO Martin Herrmann. 
  * BERLIN, Germany - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to visit Germany. Scheduled 
to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former German President  Roman 
Herzog. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, April 18 
    PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction . 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
     
    THURSDAY, April 19 
    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 should set the coupon for the new 10-year 
benchmark government bond at 1200 GMT. 
 
    FRIDAY, April 20 
    PRAGUE - Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (CSOB), unit of KBC , to 
hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. 
     
    MONDAY, April 23 
    PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ  to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
  
    TUESDAY, April 24 
    KUTNA HORA - Cigarette maker Philip Morris CR  to hold an annual 
shareholders' meeting. 
  * LUXEMBOURG - Property group ECM Real Estate Investments  to hold 
an annual and extraordinary shareholders' meetings. 
 
    TUESDAY, April 24 - FRIDAY, May 4 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, April 25 
    PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction. 
    PRAGUE - Komercni Banka  to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. 
 
    THURSDAY, April 26 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna, a unit of Erste Bank  , to 
hold an annual shareholders' meeting. 
    PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic , a unit 
of Spain's Telefonica , to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. 
    PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic , a unit 
of Spain's Telefonica , to release Q1 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. 
    LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group   to hold an 
annual shareholders' meeting. It is scheduled to vote on dividends. 
     
    MONDAY, April 30 
    VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank  to release Q1 results. 
    PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna, a unit of Erste Bank  , to 
release Q1 results. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release March money supply at 0800 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, May 1 
    May Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets are to be 
closed. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, May 2 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-April budget balance. 
 
    FRIDAY, May 4 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its April 26 
governing board meeting at 0700 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, May 8 
    Liberation Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets 
are to be closed. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, May 9 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release March foreign trade data 
at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release April forex reserves at 0800 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
    PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction . 
 
    THURSDAY, May 10 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release April inflation at 0700 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release April  
unemployment data at 0700 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.  
 
    TUESEDAY, May 15 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release March industrial and 
construction output at 0700 GMT. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 CSOB                                         April 20 
 CEZ                                         April 23 
 ECM                                         April 24 
 PHILIP MORRIS                               April 24 
 KOMERCNI BANKA                              April 25 
 CESKA SPORITELNA                   April 26 
 ORCO                               April 26 
 TELEFONICA O2 CR                            April 26 
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      The Statistical Bureau (CSU) has set the following dates for release of 
macroeconomic indicators (data released at 0700 GMT unless noted): 
    APRIL 
    16     Producer prices (March) 
           Foreign trade prices (Feb) 
    17     Retail sales (Feb) 
    MAY 
     9     Foreign trade (March) 
    10     Inflation (April) 
    15     Construction output (March) 
           Industrial output (March) 
    16     Producer prices (April) 
           Foreign trade prices (March) 
    21     Retail sales (March) 
           Service sales (Q1) 
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    The central bank (CNB) set the following dates for releases of economic 
indicators (data released at 0800 GMT unless noted): 
    APRIL 
    13     Balance of payments (end-Feb) 
           Monetary base (end-March) 
    30     Money supply (end-March) 
    MAY 
     9     Forex reserves (end-April) 
    14     Monetary base (end-April) 
    18     Balance of payments (end-March) 
    31     Money supply (end-April) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    APRIL 
    19                             regular 
    26                             Situation report 
    MAY 
     3                             Inflation report 
    10                             regular 
    17                             regular 
    24                             regular 
    31                             Situation report 
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    The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry set the following dates for releasing 
monthly unemployment data (data released on the same day as CPI figures): 
    MAY 
    10  to end-April 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    MAY 
     2   to end-April 
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              REGULAR STATE BONDS ISSUE CALENDAR 
ISSUE NAME      AUCTION DATE    ISSUE DATE     MATURITY DATE  MATURITY   VOLUME 
                                                            (in years) (CZK bln) 
New issue  
3.55%/12        Apr 11, 2007    Apr 16, 2007    Oct 18, 2012       5         8 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.25%/09        Apr 18, 2007    Apr 23, 2007    Nov 27, 2009       3         6 
New issue 
x.xx%/17        Apr 25, 2007    Apr 30, 2007    Apr 11, 2017      10         8 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.55%/12        May 9, 2007     May 14, 2007    Oct 18, 2012       5         7 
Reopening of outstanding issue 
x.xx%/17        May 16, 2007    May 21, 2007    Apr 11, 2017      10         7 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.25%/09        May 30, 2007    June 4, 2007    Nov 27, 2009       3         6 
Reopening of outstanding issue 
x.xx%/17        June 6, 2007    June 11, 2007   Apr 11, 2017      10         7 
New issue 
x.xx%/22        June 13, 2007   June 18, 2007   Sept 12, 2022     15         7 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.25%/09        June 20, 2007   June 25, 2007   Nov 27, 2009       3         6 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.55%/12        June 27, 2007   July 2, 2007    Oct 18, 2012       5         7 
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