DIARY - Czech Republic - to December 31

    New or amended items marked * 
    ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+1) 
    See below for full macroeconomic forecasts 
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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ> 
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 29/11  0800/0900   Real wage y/y          Q3         n/f         3.9% 
 30/11  0900/1000   Money supply           Oct        n/f         9.1% 
 01/12  0830/0930   PMI index              Nov        n/f        54.6 
 01/12     n/a      Budget balance         Nov        n/f       -12.67bln 
 06/12  0800/0900   Foreign trade          Oct        n/a         7.46bln 
 07/12  0900/1000   FX reserves            Nov        n/f        24.25bln 
 07/12  0900/1000   CA balance euros       Q3         n/f        -1.76bln 
 08/12  0800/0900   GDP y/y                Q3         n/a         6.2% 
 08/12  0800/0900   Inflation m/m          Nov        n/a        -0.5% 
 08/12  0800/0900   Inflation y/y          Nov        n/a         1.3% 
 08/12  0800/0900   Unemployment           Nov        n/a         7.4% 
 08/12  0800/0900   Construction output    Oct        n/f         4.1% 
 12/12  0800/0900   Industrial output      Oct        n/a         5.8% 
 13/12  0900/1000   CA balance CZK         Oct        n/a       -13.94bln 
 14/12  0800/0900   Producer prices m/m    Nov        n/a         0.0% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Producer prices y/y    Nov        n/a         1.9% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Oct        n/f         0.4% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Oct        n/f         1.1% 
 14/12  0900/1000   Monetary base          Nov        n/f       341.7bln 
 18/12  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Oct        n/a         5.2% 
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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 
    For real-time indicators, click on <ECONCZ>. 
    For all Reuters short and medium-term forecasts of Czech indicators, click 
on <CZ/ECON01>. 
================================================================================     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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    MONDAY, November 27 
    PRAGUE - Civic Democrats (ODS) and Social Democrats (CSSD) leaders to meet. 
    PRAGUE - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to meet Prime Minister Mirek 
Topolanek. 
 
    TUESDAY, November 28 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release November confidence 
indicators at 0800 GMT. 
     
    TUESDAY, November 28 - WEDNESDAY, November 29 
  * RIGA, Latvia - President Vaclav Klaus and Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra 
to attend NATO summit. 
     
    TUESDAY, November 28 - FRIDAY, December 8 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
   
    WEDNESDAY, November 29 
    PRAGUE - 30-year government bond auction (new issue). 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release Q3 real wage at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
seen at 1000 GMT. 
     
    THURSDAY, November 30 
    PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Nobel Laureates James Heckman, Joseph Stiglitz and Edward Prescott 
to speak at an economic seminar on "The New Equilibria in the World Economy." 
President Vaclav Klaus to give an opening speech at 0830 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release October money supply at 0900 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to meet on interest rates. An 
announcement is expected after 1100 GMT with a news conference to follow at 
around 1430 GMT. 
     
    FRIDAY, December 1 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for November due out at 0830 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, December 6 
    PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, December 7 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
  * PRAGUE - Czech central bank board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is 
not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 8 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its November 30 
governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, December 13 
    PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, December 14 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 15 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to detail Q3 government debt figures. 
     
    THURSDAY, December 21 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 UNIPETROL                <UNPEsp.PR>                   December 13 
 ORCO                     <ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR>         December 20 
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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): 
    NOVEMBER 
    28     Confidence indicators (Nov) 
    29     Real wage (Q3) 
    DECEMBER 
     6     Foreign trade (Oct) 
     8     Gross domestic product (Q3) 
           Inflation (Nov) 
           Construction output (Oct) 
    12     Industrial output (Oct) 
    14     Producer prices (Nov) 
           Foreign trade prices (Oct) 
    18     Retail sales (Oct) 
    29     Confidence indicators (Dec) 
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    The central bank (CNB) set the following dates for releases of economic 
indicators (data released at 0800 GMT unless noted): 
    NOVEMBER 
    30     Money supply (end-Oct) 
    DECEMBER 
     7     Forex reserves (end-Nov) 
           Balance of payments (Q3) 
    13     Balance of payments (end-Oct) 
    14     Monetary base (end-Nov) 
    29     Money supply (end-Nov) 
           Foreign debt and investment balance (Q3) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    NOVEMBER 
    30                             Situation report 
    DECEMBER 
     7                             regular 
    14                             regular 
    20                             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 
     8  to end-Nov 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    DECEMBER 
     1   to end-November 
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              REGULAR STATE BONDS ISSUE CALENDAR 
ISSUE NAME      AUCTION DATE    ISSUE DATE     MATURITY DATE  MATURITY   VOLUME 
                                                            (in years) (CZK bln) 
New issue 
3.25%/09        Nov 22, 2006    Nov 27, 2006    Nov 27, 2009       3         8 
New issue 
x.xx%/36        Nov 29, 2006    Dec 4, 2006     Dec 4, 2036       30         8 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ15YT=RR> 
3.75%/20        Dec 6, 2006     Dec 11, 2006    Sept 12, 2020     15         7 
Reopening of existing issue 
3.25%/09        Dec 13, 2006    Dec 18, 2006    Nov 27, 2009       3         7 
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 ((Editing by Mirka Krufova, prague.newsroom@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: 
mirka.krufova.reuters.com@reuters.net; +420 224 190 477))