DIARY - Slovakia - to December 12, 2006

    This diary is updated every weekday and new listings or amendments are marked *. Reuters 
will not always produce a news item on each event listed. 
 
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                          UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS 
 DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST---------PRIOR 
 16/11    0800/0900  EU-norm inflation          Oct     +0.1,+3.3     -0.2,+4.5 
 28/11    0800/0900  producer prices            Oct      0.0,+6.9     -0.7,+7.5 
 07/12    0800/0900  real GDP growth            Q3/06       N/A            +6.7 
 08/12    0800/0900  industrial output          Oct         N/A            +9.7 
 08/12    0800/0900  construction output        Oct         N/F           +11.4 
 11/12    0800/0900  headline inflation         Nov         N/A       +0.2,+3.7 
 11/12    0800/0900  core inflation             Nov         N/A       +0.1,+2.4 
 12/12    0800/0900  foreign trade              Oct         N/A           -9.46 
 13/12    0800/0900  retail sales               Oct         N/A           +10.6 
 13/12    0800/0900  real industial wages       Oct         N/F            +1.6 
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    THURSDAY, Nov 16 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release EU-norm inflation data for 
October. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to release regular weekly forex reserves data. 
   *BRATISLAVA - The Labour Office to release October unemployment data. 
     
    FRIDAY, Nov 17 
    National holiday, all financial markets are closed 
     
    TUESDAY, Nov 21 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, Nov 22 
    BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting. 
     
    FRIDAY, Nov 24 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to release regular weekly forex reserves data. 
     
    TUESDAY, Nov 28 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly monetary policy 
meeting 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release producer prices data for October. 
    BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    FRIDAY, Dec 1 
    BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to release central state budget date for 
January-November period. 
     
    TUESDAY, Dec 5 
    BRATISLAVA - Parliament starts a regular session with the 2007 state budget draft as the 
key item on the agenda. 
     
    FRIDAY, Dec 8 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October industrial output data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October construction output data. 
     
    MONDAY, Dec 11 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release November headline inflation data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release November core inflation data. 
     
    TUESDAY, Dec 12 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October foreign trade data. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, Dec 13 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October retail sales data. 
    BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to release October avg industrial wage data. 
     
    TUESDAY, Dec 19 
    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 
    Nov 27          13-year         5.3 pct       May  15, 2019 
    Dec 4                      to be announced 
    Dec 11                     to be announced 
    NOTE: The auctions without specification will be subject to the Debt and Liqudity 
Management Agency's decision whether to issue treasury bonds, treasury bills, or whether to 
hold the action at all. 
    The ministry did not specify volumes that will be offered in the auctions. 
    The ministry also said it might buy back or exchange three-year bonds maturing on Jan. 14, 
2007, in auctions scheduled for Oct. 10, Oct. 16, Nov. 5, Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec 11. 
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