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 
 30/11  0900/1000   Money supply           Oct        n/f        11.0% 
 03/12  0830/0930   PMI index              Nov        n/f        54.6 
 03/12     n/a      Budget balance         Nov        n/f        27.20bln 
 05/12  0800/0900   Foreign trade          Oct        6.3bln     14.37bln 
 06/12  0900/1000   CA balance euro        Q3         n/f        -1.52bln 
 07/12  0800/0900   GDP y/y                Q3         5.8%        6.0% 
 07/12  0900/1000   FX reserves            Nov        n/f        23.08bln 
 10/12  0800/0900   Inflation m/m          Nov        0.4%        0.6% 
 10/12  0800/0900   Inflation y/y          Nov        4.5%        4.0% 
 10/12  0800/0900   Unemployment           Nov        5.7%        5.8% 
 11/12  0800/0900   Industrial output      Oct        6.0%        1.2% 
 11/12  0800/0900   Construction output    Oct        n/f        -1.8% 
 12/12  0900/1000   CA balance CZK         Oct      -16.4bln     -5.82bln 
 14/12  0800/0900   Producer prices m/m    Nov        0.4%        0.4% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Producer prices y/y    Nov        5.0%        4.4% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Oct        n/f         0.7% 
 14/12  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Oct        n/f        -1.1% 
 17/12  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Oct        6.0%        4.3% 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (eur mln)     ITEM 
 29/11  ORCO            <ORCOsp.PR>     Real estate     52.89      9M net profit 
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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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    THURSDAY, November 29 
    PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens <PGSNsp.PR> to hold a 
conference call with CEO Milos Bogdan and CFO Ales Gerza at 1600 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <ORCOsp.PR> to publish nine-month 
results. 
     
    FRIDAY, November 30 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release October money supply at 0900 
GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, December 3 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for November due out at 0830 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-November budget balance. It is 
also expected to release a detailed calendar for the issuance of domestic state 
bonds in the first quarter of 2008. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
    PRAGUE - RWE Transgas, a unit of German utility RWE <RWEG.DE>, to hold a 
news conference on natural gas prices in the first quarter of 2008 (1000 GMT). 
 
    TUESDAY, December 4 
    PRAGUE - Conference "Business and Innovation" and a news conference with 
Industrial and Trade Minister Martin Riman at 0800 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold an extraordinary session on a 
vote of no-confidence initiated by the leftist opposition. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, December 5 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October foreign trade 
data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887=>. 
  * PRAGUE - Third reading of the 2008 state budget draft in parliament. 
 
    THURSDAY, December 6 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release Q3 current account balance at 
0900 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 7 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its November 29 
governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release Q3 gross domestic product 
data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release November forex reserves at 0900 
GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Real estate developer VGP expected to debut on the Prague Stock 
Exchange.  
 
    MONDAY, December 10 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release November inflation at 
0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release November 
unemployment data at 0800 GMT. 
    OSTRAVA - Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Four group of countries (Poland, 
the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) and Slovenian Prime Minister to meet. 
News conference at 1100 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, December 11 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October industrial and 
construction output at 0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, December 12 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release October current account balance 
at 0900 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
    
    THURSDAY, December 13 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, December 14 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October foreign trade 
prices and November producer prices at 0800 GMT. 
  * PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to detail Q3 government debt figures. 
     
    MONDAY, December 17 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October retail sales at 
0800 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, December 20 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
 
    MONDAY, December 24 
  * Christmas Eve. Banks and market closed. 
     
    TUESDAY, December 25 
  * Christmas Day. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, December 26 
  * Boxing Day. Banks and markets closed. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 no meeting on the schedule 
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