DIARY - Czech Republic - to February 28

    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 
 31/01  0900/1000   Money supply           Dec        n/f         9.0% 
 01/02  0830/0930   PMI index              Jan        n/f        56.2 
 01/02     n/a      Budget balance         Jan        n/f       -97.30bln 
 05/02  0800/0900   Foreign trade          Dec        n/a         6.43bln 
 07/02  0900/1000   FX reserves            Jan        n/f        23.76bln 
 08/02  0800/0900   Unemployment           Jan        n/a         7.7% 
 12/02  0800/0900   Construction output    Dec        n/f         7.9% 
 12/02  0900/1000   CA balance CZK         Dec        n/a       -11.15bln 
 14/02  0800/0900   Inflation m/m          Jan        n/a         0.2% 
 14/02  0800/0900   Inflation y/y          Jan        n/a         1.7% 
 14/02  0800/0900   Industrial output      Dec        n/a         7.6% 
 14/02  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Dec        n/f        -1.5% 
 14/02  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Dec        n/f         0.5% 
 14/02  0900/1000   Monetary base          Jan        n/f       355.5bln 
 15/02  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Dec        n/a         6.4% 
 15/02  0800/0900   Service sales y/y      Q4         n/a         4.1% 
 21/02  0800/0900   Producer prices m/m    Jan        n/a         0.0% 
 21/02  0800/0900   Producer prices y/y    Jan        n/a         2.6% 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST----- 
                                                      (CZK bln)    ITEM 
 22/02  Skoda Auto             Autos            n/a 
 22/02  Telefonica O2        Telecoms         n/a       net profit 
 28/02  CEZ                  Energy           n/a       net profit 
 28/02  Erste Bank           Bank             n/a 
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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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    TUESDAY, January 23 
    PRAGUE - Letiste Praha, the state-run operator of the Prague international 
airport that may be privatised in the future, to hold a news conference on 2006 
results at 1000 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - President Vaclav Klaus meets Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and the 
country's foreign and European affairs ministers to discuss coordination of 
foreign policy (1400).  
     
    WEDNESDAY, January 24 
  * PRAGUE - The country's Security Council including President Vaclav Klaus 
meets on U.S. request to build a radar in the Czech Republic as a part of its 
missile defence system (0700). 
    PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
     
    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. 
 
    FRIDAY, January 26 
  * PRAGUE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Czech Republic to discuss 
the European Constitution. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release January confidence 
indicators at 0800 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 30 - FRIDAY, February 9 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, January 31 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release December money supply at 0900 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. 
 
    THURSDAY, February 1 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for January due out at 0830 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry should release end-January budget balance. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank's governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.  
 
    FRIDAY, February 2 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its January 25 
governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, February 5 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release December foreign trade 
data at 0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, February 7 
    PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release January forex reserves at 0900 
GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, February 8 
    PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release January 
unemployment data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is 
not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    MONDAY, February 12 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release December construction 
output at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release December current account 
balance at 0900 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, February 14 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release January inflation, 
December industrial output and foreign trade prices at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release January monetary base at 0900 
GMT. 
  
    THURSDAY, February 15 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
  * PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release December retail sales and 
Q4 service sales at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is 
not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, February 21 
    PRAGUE - 4-year government bond auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release January producer prices 
at 0800 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, February 22 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is 
not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
    MLADA BOLESLAV - Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's Volkswagen , to 
release 2006 results.  
    PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 , a unit of Spain's 
Telefonica , to release 2006 results. 
 
    TUESDAY, February 27 
  * PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release February confidence 
indicators at 0800 GMT. 
      
    WEDNESDAY, February 28 
    VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank   to release 2006 results. 
    PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna, a unit of Erste Bank  , to 
release 2006 results. 
    PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ  to release 2006 results. 
 
    THURSDAY, March 1 
  * 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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