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 
 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% 
 31/10  0800/1000   Money supply           Sept       n/f         9.3% 
 01/11  0830/0930   PMI index              Oct        n/f        55.4 
 01/11     n/a      Budget balance         Oct        n/f         1.49bln 
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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 
    For real-time indicators, click on <ECONCZ>. 
    For all Reuters short and medium-term forecasts of Czech indicators, click 
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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, October 3 
    PRAGUE - Industry Minister Martin Riman to hold a news conference on 
industry and innovation in the years 2007-2013 (0730 GMT).  
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. Prime Minister 
Mirek Topolanek's government will call for confidence (1200 GMT). 
     
    WEDNESDAY, October 4 
    PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction. 
    PRAGUE - Technological conference "Intel Developer Forum". 
  * PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
seen at 1000 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 5 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to meet for a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
    PRAGUE - Prague Stock Exchange to hold a news conference on the opening of 
derivative and investment certificate trading (0800 GMT). 
     
    FRIDAY, October 6 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its September 27 
governing board meeting at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release August foreign trade 
balance and its grain harvest forecast at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release September forex reserves at 
0800 GMT. 
     
    SUNDAY, October 8 - TUESDAY, October 10 
    PRAGUE - Conference Forum 2000. 
     
    TUESDAY, October 10 
  * PRAGUE - Car Importers' Association (SDA) to hold a news conference on car 
sales in third quarter (0800 GMT). 
     
    THURSDAY, October 12 
    PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. 
 
    FRIDAY, October 13 
    PRAGUE - European Commissioner for the Internal Market Charlie McCreevy to 
give a speech entitled "The Future of Europe and the Internal Market" at 0900 
GMT. 
     
    TUESDAY, October 17 - FRIDAY, October 20 
    PRAGUE - Conference AutoCEE "Evaluation of Current and New Opportunities in 
the Central and Eastern European Automotive Sector". 
     
    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. 
 
    SATURDAY, October 28 
  * CZECH REPUBLIC - National holiday. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    SUNDAY, October 29 
  * The Czech Republic switches to Central European time (GMT+1). 
     
    WEDNESDAY, November 1 
  * PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September due out at 0830 
GMT. 
===========================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 0700 GMT unless noted): 
    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): 
    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 
    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: 
    NOVEMBER 
     1   to end-October 
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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 <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))