DIARY - Slovakia - to Dec 18, 2007

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                          UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS 
 DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST---------PRIOR 
 26/10    0700/0900  producer prices            Sept     0.0,+1.2  -0.2,+0.5 pct 
 08/11    0700/0900  industrial output          Sept        N/A         +5.7 pct 
 08/11    0700/0900  construction output        Sept        N/F         -1.7 pct 
 09/11    0700/0900  retail sales               Sept        N/A         +5.1 pct 
 09/11    0700/0900  real industrial wage       Sept        N/F         +2.8 pct 
 09/11    0700/0900  foreign trade              Sept        N/A        -7.56 bln 
 12/11    0700/0900  headline inflation         Oct         N/A    +0.2,+2.8 pct 
 12/11    0700/0900  core inflation             Oct         N/A    +0.2,+3.0 pct 
 13/11    0700/0900  GDP flash estimate         Q3/2007     N/A         +9.4 pct 
 15/11    0700/0900  EU-norm inflation          Oct         N/A    +0.3,+1.7 pct 
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    THURSDAY, Oct 25 
    BRATISLAVA - Finance Minister Jan Pociatek to address parliament with a 
report on economic developments in the first half of 2007. 
    BRATISLAVA - Budget airline SkyEurope to hold a news conference on business 
plans in Slovakia. 
     
    FRIDAY, Oct 26 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency 
reserves data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish September producer price data. 
     
    MONDAY, Oct 29 
    BRATISLAVA - The Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to auction 12-year,  
5.3 percent state bonds on behalf of the finance ministry. 
 
    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. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, Oct 31 
    BRATISLAVA - Regular weekly government meeting. 
     
    THURSDAY, Nov 1 
    National holiday, all financial markets are closed 
     
    FRIDAY, Nov 2 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency 
reserves data. 
     
    TUESDAY, Nov 6 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, Nov 7 
    BRATISLAVA -Regular weekly government meeting. 
     
    THURSDAY, Nov 8 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release September industrial output 
data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release September construction output 
data. 
     
    FRIDAY, Nov 9 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release September retail sales data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release September industrial real 
average wage data 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release September foreign trade data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency 
reserves data. 
     
    MONDAY, Nov 12 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October headline inflation 
data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October core inflation data. 
     
    TUESDAY, Nov 13 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, Nov 14 
    BRATISLAVA - Regular weekly government meeting. 
     
    THURSDAY, Nov 15 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October EU-norm inflation 
data. 
     
    FRIDAY, Nov 16 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency 
reserves data. 
     
    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 
    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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