DIARY - Slovakia - to Dec 18, 2007

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                          UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS 
 DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST---------PRIOR 
 14/08    0700/0900  GDP growth flash estimate  Q2/07       9.4 pct     +9.0 pct 
 16/08    0700/0900  EU-inflation     (HICP)    July     0.0,+1.4  +0.1,+1.5 pct 
 28/08    0700/0900  PPI                        July    +0.2,+1.0  +0.3,+1.3 pct 
 04/09    0700/0900  GDP growth                 Q2/07       N/A         +9.0 pct 
 07/09    0700/0900  industrial output          July        N/A        +12.0 pct 
 07/09    0700/0900  construction output        July        N/F         +1.7 pct 
 10/09    0700/0900  retail sales               July        N/A         +7.5 pct 
 11/09    0700/0900  headline inflation         Aug         N/A     0.0,+2.3 pct 
 11/09    0700/0900  core inflation             Aug         N/A    -0.1,+2.4 pct 
 11/09    0700/0900  foreign trade              July        N/A        -4.51 bln 
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    TUESDAY, Aug 14 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish the flash estimate of second 
quarter GDP data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain money market liquidity. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Pension Funds Association to hold a news conference. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, Aug 15 
    BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting. 
     
    FRIDAY, Aug 17 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to release weekly foreign currency reserves. 
     
    MONDAY, Aug 20 
    BRATISLAVA - The Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to auction 12-year,  
5.3 percent state bonds on behalf of the finance ministry. 
     
    TUESDAY, Aug 21 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain money market liquidity. 
 
    TUESDAY, Aug 28 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly 
monetary policy meeting. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain money market liquidity. 
     
    THURSDAY, Aug 30 
    BRATISLAVA - The deadline for preliminary bids in the tender for a new road 
toll system. 
     
    TUESDAY, Sept 25 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly 
monetary policy meeting. 
     
    MONDAY, Oct 15 
    BRATISLAVA - The deadline for submitting the government's draft of 2008 
state budget to parliament. 
     
    TUESDAY, Oct 30 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly 
monetary policy meeting. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish the quarterly update of its 
economic outlook. 
     
    TUESDAY, Nov 27 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly 
monetary policy meeting. 
     
    TUESDAY, Dec 18 
    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 
    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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