DIARY - Czech Republic - to October 31

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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 27/09  0800/1000   Foreign debt euros     Q2         n/f        44.21bln 
 27/09  0800/1000   Money supply           Aug        n/f        11.4% 
 01/10  0730/0930   PMI index              Sept       n/f        58.8 
 01/10     n/a      Budget balance         Sept       n/f        22.23bln 
 05/10  0800/1000   FX reserves            Sept       n/f        23.48bln 
 08/10  0700/0900   Foreign trade          Aug        n/a        -0.73bln 
 08/10  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          Sept       n/a         0.3% 
 08/10  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          Sept       n/a         2.4% 
 08/10  0700/0900   Unemployment           Sept       n/a         6.4% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Industrial output      Aug        n/a        11.5% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Construction output    Aug        n/f        -1.7% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    Sept       n/a        -0.1% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    Sept       n/a         3.7% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Export prices y/y      Aug        n/f         3.0% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Import prices y/y      Aug        n/f         0.1% 
 12/10  0800/1000   Monetary base          Sept       n/f       365.9bln 
 15/10  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         Aug        n/a        -8.80bln 
 18/10  0700/0900   Retail sales y/y       Aug        n/a         8.9% 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (CZK bln)      ITEM 
 no results on the schedule 
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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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    MONDAY, September 24 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
    PRAGUE - Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to hold a news briefing. 
    PRAGUE - Used car dealer AAA Auto  expected to debut on the 
Prague Stock Exchange. 
     
    TUESDAY, September 25 - THURSDAY, September 27 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, September 26 
    PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, September 27 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release August money supply and Q2 
foreign debt at 0800 GMT. 
    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, September 28 
    CZECH REPUBLIC - Public holiday. Banks and markets closed. 
    
    MONDAY, October 1 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September due out at 0730 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-August budget balance. 
 
    TUESDAY, October 2 
    LUXEMBOURG - Property group ECM  to hold an extraordinary 
shareholders' meeting. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 3 
    PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction . 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 4 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, October 5 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its September 27 
governing board meeting at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release September forex reserves at 
0800 GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, October 8 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release September inflation, 
August foreign trade data and grain harvest forecast at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release September 
unemployment data at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry should release data on Q3 government debt duration 
at around 1200 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 10 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 11 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, October 12 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release August industrial and 
construction output, August foreign trade prices and September producer prices 
at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release September monetary base at 0800 
GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, October 15 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release August current account balance 
at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
 
    TUESDAY, October 16 - FRIDAY, October 26 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 17 
    PRAGUE - Former Federal Reserve President Alan Greenspan to speak at a 
conference via a live satellite link at 1440 GMT. Czech central bank 
Vice-Governor Ludek Niedermayer to speak at 1420 GMT. 
     
    THURSDAY, October 18 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release August retail sales at 
0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 24 
    PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction . 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 ECM                                         October 2 
 ORCO                               October 5 
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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): 
    OCTOBER 
     8     Foreign trade (Aug) 
           Grain harvest forecast (Sept) 
           Inflation (Sept) 
    12     Construction output (Aug) 
           Industrial output (Aug) 
           Producer prices (Sept) 
           Foreign trade prices (Aug) 
    18     Retail sales (Aug) 
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    The central bank (CNB) set the following dates for releases of economic 
indicators (data released at 0800 GMT unless noted): 
    SEPTEMBER 
    27     Money supply (end-Aug) 
           Foreign debt and investment balance (Q2) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    SEPTEMBER 
    27                             Situation report 
    OCTOBER 
     4                             regular 
    11                             regular 
    18                             regular 
    25                             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): 
    OCTOBER 
     8  to end-September 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    OCTOBER 
     1   to end-September 
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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  
4.00%/17        Sept 19, 2007   Sept 24, 2007   Apr 11, 2017      10         6 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.25%/09        Oct 3, 2007     Oct 8, 2007     Nov 27, 2009       3         6 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.70%/22        Oct 24, 2007    Oct 29, 2007    Sept 12, 2022     15         7 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.00%/17        Nov 7, 2007     Nov 12, 20077   April 11, 2017    10         7 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.55%/12        Dec 5, 2007     Dec 10, 2007    Oct 18, 2012       5         7 
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