DIARY - Czech Republic - to December 31

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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 05/12  0800/0900   Foreign trade          Oct        6.3bln     14.37bln 
 06/12  0900/1000   CA balance euro        Q3         n/f        -1.52bln 
 07/12  0800/0900   GDP y/y                Q3         5.8%        6.0% 
 07/12  0900/1000   FX reserves            Nov        n/f        23.08bln 
 10/12  0800/0900   Inflation m/m          Nov        0.4%        0.6% 
 10/12  0800/0900   Inflation y/y          Nov        4.5%        4.0% 
 10/12  0800/0900   Unemployment           Nov        5.7%        5.8% 
 11/12  0800/0900   Industrial output      Oct        6.0%        1.2% 
 11/12  0800/0900   Construction output    Oct        n/f        -1.8% 
 12/12  0900/1000   CA balance CZK         Oct      -16.4bln     -5.82bln 
 14/12  0800/0900   Producer prices m/m    Nov        0.4%        0.4% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Producer prices y/y    Nov        5.0%        4.4% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Oct        n/f         0.7% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Oct        n/f        -1.1% 
 17/12  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Oct        6.0%        4.3% 
 31/12  0900/1000   Money supply           Nov        n/f        10.6% 
 31/12  0900/1000   Foreign debt euros     Q3         n/f        45.71bln 
 02/01  0830/0930   PMI index              Dec        n/f        54.9 
 02/01     n/a      Budget balance         Dec        n/f        12.77bln 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (eur mln)     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 
published as listed in separate tables below. The nearest coming indicators are 
also listed among other diary items below. 
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    TUESDAY, December 4 
    PRAGUE - Conference "Business and Innovation" and a news conference with 
Industrial and Trade Minister Martin Riman at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold an extraordinary session on a 
vote of no-confidence initiated by the leftist opposition. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, December 5 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October foreign trade 
data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction . 
    PRAGUE - Third reading of the 2008 state budget draft in parliament. 
 
    THURSDAY, December 6 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release Q3 current account balance at 
0900 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 7 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its November 29 
governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release Q3 gross domestic product 
data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release November forex reserves at 0900 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Real estate developer VGP expected to debut on the Prague Stock 
Exchange.  
 
    MONDAY, December 10 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release November inflation at 
0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release November 
unemployment data at 0800 GMT. 
    OSTRAVA - Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Four group of countries (Poland, 
the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) and Slovenian Prime Minister to meet. 
News conference at 1100 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, December 11 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October industrial and 
construction output at 0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, December 12 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release October current account balance 
at 0900 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
    
    THURSDAY, December 13 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 14 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October foreign trade 
prices and November producer prices at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to detail Q3 government debt figures. 
     
    MONDAY, December 17 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October retail sales at 
0800 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, December 20 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
 
    MONDAY, December 24 
    Christmas Eve. Banks and market closed. 
     
    TUESDAY, December 25 
    Christmas Day. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, December 26 
    Boxing Day. Banks and markets closed. 
 
    MONDAY, December 31 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release November money supply and Q3 
foreign debt at 0900 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 1 
  * New Year. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, January 2 
  * PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for December due out at 0830 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-2007 budget balance. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 no meeting on the schedule 
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      The Statistical Bureau (CSU) has set the following dates for release of 
macroeconomic indicators (data released at 0800 GMT unless noted): 
    DECEMBER 
     5     Foreign trade (Oct) 
     7     Gross domestic product (Q3) 
    10     Inflation (Nov) 
    11     Construction output (Oct) 
           Industrial output (Oct) 
    14     Producer prices (Nov) 
           Foreign trade prices (Oct) 
    17     Retail sales (Oct) 
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    The central bank (CNB) set the following dates for releases of economic 
indicators (data released at 0900 GMT unless noted): 
    DECEMBER 
     6     Balance of payments (Q3) 
     7     Forex reserves (end-Nov) 
    12     Balance of payments (end-Oct) 
    31     Money supply (end-Nov) 
           Foreign debt (Q3) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    DECEMBER 
     6                             regular 
    13                             regular 
    19                             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): 
    DECEMBER 
    10  to end-November 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    JANUARY 
     2   to end-December 
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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  
3.55%/12        Dec 5, 2007     Dec 10, 2007    Oct 18, 2012       5         7 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.00%/17        Jan 9, 2008     Jan 14, 2008    April 11, 2017    10         7 
New issue 
x.xx%/11        Jan 23, 2008    Jan 28, 2008    April 11, 2011     3         8 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.70%/22        Feb 6, 2008     Feb 11, 2008    Sept 12, 2022     15         6 
Reopening of existing issue  
3.55%/12        Feb 20, 2008    Feb 25, 2008    Oct 18, 2012       5         7 
New issue 
x.xx%/11        Feb 27, 2008    March 3, 2008   April 11, 2011     3         6 
Reopening of existing issue  
4.00%/17        March 5, 2008   March 10, 2008  April 11, 2017    10         7 
New issue 
x.xx%/11        March 26, 2008  March 31, 2008  April 11, 2011     3         6 
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 (Editing by Mirka Krufova)