DIARY - Czech Republic - to October 31

    New or amended items marked * 
    ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+2) 
    See below for full macroeconomic forecasts 
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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ> 
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 29/09  0800/1000   Money supply           Aug        n/f         8.6% 
 29/09  0800/1000   Foreign debt euros     Q2         n/f        37.94bln 
 02/10  0730/0930   PMI index              Sept       n/f        56.9 
 02/10     n/a      Budget balance         Sept       n/f        -6.44bln 
 06/10  0700/0900   Foreign trade          Aug        n/a        -1.22bln 
 06/10  0800/1000   FX reserves            Sept       n/f        24.08bln 
 09/10  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          Sept       n/a         0.2% 
 09/10  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          Sept       n/a         3.1% 
 09/10  0700/0900   Unemployment           Sept       n/a         7.9% 
 10/10  0700/0900   Construction output    Aug        n/f        12.2% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Industrial output      Aug        n/a        11.8% 
 13/10  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    Sept       n/a         0.3% 
 13/10  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    Sept       n/a         2.7% 
 13/10  0700/0900   Import prices y/y      Aug        n/f         0.4% 
 13/10  0700/0900   Export prices y/y      Aug        n/f        -0.8% 
 13/10  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         Aug        n/a       -23.45bln 
 13/10  0800/1000   Monetary base          Sept       n/f       328.0bln 
 18/10  0700/0900   Retail sales y/y       Aug        n/a         6.4% 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC-----------SECTOR-------MEDIAN 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 
published as listed in separate tables below. The nearest coming indicators are 
also listed among other diary items below. 
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    MONDAY, September 18 - FRIDAY, September 22 
    BRNO - International Engineering Fair. 
     
    TUESDAY, September 19 
    PRAGUE - Software firm Microsoft to hold a news conference with chief of 
Czech operations Michal Cupa on the firm's strategy for fiscal years 2007-2009 
(0800 GMT). 
    BRNO - Mittal Steel Ostrava to hold a news conference on its investments and 
trade at 0930 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Savings bank Ceska Sporitelna, a unit of Austria's Erste Bank 
<ERSTsp.PR> <ERST.VI>, to hold a news conference on the New Europe Blue Chip NTX 
share price index (1200 GMT). The index tracks the 30 most liquid blue chips in 
central Europe. 
    BRNO - Vitkovice a.s. to hold a news conference with its CEO Jan Svetlik at 
1030 GMT. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, September 20 
    PRAGUE - Ernst & Young to hold a news conference on "Wireless Security 
Survey 2006" at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
    PRAGUE - Real estate developer Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR> to 
hold a presentation on detailed first-half results with Vice-president Arnaud 
Bricout (1330 GMT). 
 
    THURSDAY, September 21 
    PRAGUE - The Czech central bank's governing board holds a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
    PRAGUE - Energy firm Ceska energie a.s. to hold a news conference on power 
market, prices and new products in 2007 (0800 GMT). 
 
    MONDAY, September 25 
    PRAGUE - Government holds extraordinary session to discuss the 2007 state 
budget draft. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, September 27 
    PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release September confidence 
indicators at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to meet on interest rates. An 
announcement is expected after 1000 GMT with a news conference to follow at 
around 1330 GMT. 
     
    THURSDAY, September 28 
    Czech Republic - Public holiday. Banks and markets closed. 
 
    FRIDAY, September 29 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release end-August money supply and Q2 
foreign debt figures at 0800 GMT. 
     
    MONDAY, October 2 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September due out at 0730 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 4 
    PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 5 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
 
    FRIDAY, October 6 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its September 27 
governing board meeting at 0700 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 12 
    PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 18 
    PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction. 
 
    FRIDAY, October 20 - SATURDAY, October 21 
    CZECH REPUBLIC - Czechs elect one third of upper house of parliament for the 
next six-year term. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                        RIC                    DATE 
 UNIPETROL                   <UNPEsp.PR>               September 29 
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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): 
    SEPTEMBER 
    27     Confidence indicators (Sept) 
    OCTOBER 
     6     Foreign trade (Aug) 
           Grain harvest forcast (Sept) 
     9     Inflation (Sept) 
    10     Construction output (Aug) 
    12     Industrial output (Aug) 
    13     Producer prices (Sept) 
           Foreign trade prices (Aug) 
    18     Retail sales (Aug) 
    26     Confidence indicators (Oct) 
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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 
    29     Money supply (end-Aug) 
           Foreign debt and investment balance (Q2) 
    OCTOBER 
     6     Forex reserves (end-Sept) 
    13     Balance of payments (end-Aug) 
           Monetary base (end-Sept) 
    31     Money supply (end-Sept) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    SEPTEMBER 
    21                             regular 
    27                             Situation report 
    OCTOBER 
     5                             regular 
    12                             regular 
    19                             regular 
    26                             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 
     9  to end-Sept 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    OCTOBER 
     2   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 <CZ15YT=RR> 
3.75%/20        Sept 13, 2006   Sept 18, 2006   Sept 12, 2020     15         6 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001143=> 
3.80%/15        Oct 4, 2006     Oct 09, 2006    April 11, 2015    10         6 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001309=> 
2.30%/08        Oct 18, 2006    Oct 23, 2006    Sept 26, 2008      3         5 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001309=> 
2.30%/08        Nov 1, 2006     Nov 6, 2006     Sept 26, 2008      3         5 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ5YT=RR> 
2.55%/10        Nov 8, 2006     Nov 13, 2006    Oct 18, 2010       5         6 
New issue 
x.xx%/09        Nov 22, 2006    Nov 27, 2006    Nov 27, 2009       3         8 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ15YT=RR> 
3.75%/20        Nov 29, 2006    Dec 4, 2006     Sept 12, 2020     15         7 
New issue 
x.xx%/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))