DIARY - Czech Republic - to August 31

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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 07/08  0700/0900   Foreign trade          June       9.5         6.92bln 
 07/08  0800/1000   FX reserves            July       n/f        23.1bln 
 08/08  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          July       0.5         0.3% 
 08/08  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          July       2.6         2.5% 
 08/08  0700/0900   Unemployment           July       6.5         6.3% 
 13/08  0700/0900   Industrial output      June       7.8         7.5% 
 13/08  0700/0900   Construction output    June       n/f         1.4% 
 13/08  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         June     -20.0        -5.35bln 
 14/08  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    July       0.4         0.7% 
 14/08  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    July       4.4         4.6% 
 14/08  0700/0900   Import prices y/y      June       n/f        -0.1% 
 14/08  0700/0900   Export prices y/y      June       n/f         2.8% 
 14/08  0800/1000   Monetary base          July       n/f       372.7bln 
 17/08  0700/0900   Retail sales y/y       June       6.5         7.0% 
 17/08  0700/0900   Service sales y/y      Q2         n/f         8.4% 
 31/08  0800/1000   Money supply           July       n/f        11.2% 
 03/09  0730/0930   PMI index              Aug        n/f        59.5 
 03/09     n/a      Budget balance         Aug        n/f        19.68bln 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (CZK bln)      ITEM 
 02/08  CME          Media          $35.3 mln   Q2 net profit 
 03/08  Komercni Banka       Bank             5.03      H1 net profit 
 06/08  Zentiva              Pharma           n/a       H1 net profit 
 13/08  Unipetrol            Oil              n/a       H1 net profit 
 15/08  CEZ                  Energy           n/a       H1 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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    THURSDAY, August 2 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
    HAMILTON, Bermuda - Central European Media Enterprises (CME)  
 to release Q2 results before U.S. market hours. Teleconference to 
discuss results scheduled for 1400 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
     
    FRIDAY, August 3 
    PRAGUE - Komercni Banka  to release H1 results at 0800 GMT. News 
conference with Chief Executive Laurent Goutard at 0900 GMT.  
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its July 26 
governing board meeting at 0700 GMT. 
     
    MONDAY, August 6 
    PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva  to release H1 results. 
     
    TUESDAY, August 7 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release June foreign trade data 
and grain harvest forcast at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release June forex reserves at 0800 
GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, August 8 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release July inflation at 0700 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release July 
unemployment data at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - The budget committee of the lower house of parliament is expected 
to discuss government public finance reform. 
 
    THURSDAY, August 9 
    PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction. 
     
    FRIDAY, August 10 
    PRAGUE - Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (CSOB), unit of KBC , to 
release H1 results. 
 
    MONDAY, August 13 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release June industrial and 
construction output at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release June current account balance at 
0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol , a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen 
, to publish H1 results. 
     
    TUESDAY, August 14 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release July producer prices and 
June foreign trade prices at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release July monetary base at 0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, August 15 
    PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ PR> to release H1 results. 
 
    THURSDAY, August 16 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, August 17 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release June retail sales and Q2 
service sales at 0700 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, August 23 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, August 29 
    PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction . 
     
    THURSDAY, August 30 
    PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank 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, August 31 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release July money supply at 0800 GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, September 3 
  * PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for August due out at 0730 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-August budget balance. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 no meetings on the schedule 
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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): 
    AUGUST 
     7     Foreign trade (June) 
           Grain harvest forecast (July) 
     8     Inflation (July) 
    13     Construction output (June) 
           Industrial output (June) 
    14     Producer prices (July) 
           Foreign trade prices (June) 
    17     Retail sales (June) 
           Service sales (Q2) 
    30     Real wage (Q2) 
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    The central bank (CNB) set the following dates for releases of economic 
indicators (data released at 0800 GMT unless noted): 
    AUGUST 
     7     Forex reserves (end-July) 
    13     Balance of payments (end-June) 
    14     Monetary base (end-July) 
    31     Money supply (end-July) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    AUGUST 
     2                             Inflation report 
    16                             regular 
    23                             regular 
    30                             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): 
    AUGUST 
     8  to end-July 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    SEPTEMBER 
     3   to end-August 
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              REGULAR STATE BONDS ISSUE CALENDAR 
ISSUE NAME      AUCTION DATE    ISSUE DATE     MATURITY DATE  MATURITY   VOLUME 
                                                            (in years) (CZK bln) 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.70%/22        Aug 29, 2007    Sept 3, 2007    Sept 12, 2022     15         7 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.55%/12        Sept 5, 2007    Sept 10, 2007   Oct 18, 2012       5         6 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.00%/17        Sept 19, 2007   Sept 24, 2007   Apr 11, 2017      10         6 
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