DIARY - Czech Republic - to January 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  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 29/12  0900/1000   Foreign debt           Q3         n/f        39.49bln 
 29/12  0900/1000   Money supply           Nov        n/f         9.9% 
 02/01  0830/0930   PMI index              Dec        n/f        55.6 
 02/01     n/a      Budget balance         Dec        n/f       -30.92bln 
 08/01  0900/1000   FX reserves            Dec        n/f        23.91bln 
 09/01  0800/0900   Foreign trade          Nov        n/a         4.35bln 
 09/01  0800/0900   Inflation m/m          Dec        n/a        -0.1% 
 09/01  0800/0900   Inflation y/y          Dec        n/a         1.5% 
 09/01  0800/0900   Unemployment           Dec        n/a         7.3% 
 11/01  0800/0900   Construction output    Nov        n/f         7.1% 
 12/01  0900/1000   Monetary base          Dec        n/f       345.5bln 
 15/01  0800/0900   Producer prices m/m    Dec        n/a        -0.2% 
 15/01  0800/0900   Producer prices y/y    Dec        n/a         2.0% 
 15/01  0800/0900   Industrial output      Nov        n/a        12.8% 
 15/01  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Nov        n/f        -1.3% 
 15/01  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Nov        n/f         0.2% 
 16/01  0900/1000   CA balance CZK         Nov        n/a       -26.22bln 
 19/01  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Nov        n/a         8.6% 
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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 
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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, December 25 
    Christmas Day. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    TUESDAY, December 26 
    Boxing Day. Banks and markets closed. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 29 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release December confidence 
indicators at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release November money supply and Q3 
foreign debt figures at 0900 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 2 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for December due out at 0830 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry should release end-December budget balance. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, January 3 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its December 20 
governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 4 
    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. 
  
    MONDAY, January 8 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release December forex reserves at 0900 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry should release data on Q4 government debt duration 
around 1300 GMT. 
     
    TUESDAY, January 9 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release December inflation and 
November foreign trade data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release December 
unemployment data at 0800 GMT. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, January 10 
    PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 11 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release November construction 
output at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is 
not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, January 12 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release December monetary base at 0900 
GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, January 15 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release December producer prices, 
November industrial output and foreign trade prices at 0800 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 16 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release November current account 
balance at 0900 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 18 
    PRAGUE - 52-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, January 19 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release November retail sales at 
0800 GMT. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, January 24 
    PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 25 
    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. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 no meeting on the schedule 
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