This diary is updated every weekday and new listings or amendments are
marked *. Reuters will not always produce a news item on each event listed.
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR-------------PERIOD------FORECAST---------PRIOR
08/08 0700/0900 industrial output June +7.0 +4.0 pct
08/08 0700/0900 construction output June N/F +8.4 pct
11/08 0700/0900 real industrial wage June N/F +2.9 pct
11/08 0700/0900 foreign trade June +0.3 +4.1 bln SKK
12/08 0700/0900 headline inflation July +0.2,+4.8 +0.4,+4.6 pct
12/08 0700/0900 core inflation July +0.1,+4.9 +0.4,+4.8 pct
14/08 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation July +0.2,+4.5 +0.4,+4.3 pct
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THURSDAY, Aug 7
*BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Robert Fico and Social Affairs Minister Viera
Tomanova to hold a news conference on prepared welfare legislation.
FRIDAY, Aug 8
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June industrial output data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June construction output data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data.
MONDAY, Aug 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June real industrial wages
data.
TUESDAY, Aug 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July core inflation data.
THURSDAY, Aug 14
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish Q2/08 gross domestic product
(GDP) growth flash estimate.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July EU-norm inflation data.
FRIDAY, Aug 15
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data.
TUESDAY, Aug 19
*BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish results of the first 10-day
monitoring of retail prices introduced for the 2009 euro adoption.
MONDAY, Aug 25
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction 9-year, 4.2 percent coupon state bonds.
TUESDAY, Aug 26
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-June current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-May.
FRIDAY, Aug 29
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
MONDAY, Sept 1
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
TUESDAY, Sept 2
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry will publish central state budget data for
January-August
MONDAY, Sept 22
BRATISLAVA - An international conference on euro adoption with top officials
from European Central Bank and European Commission.
TUESDAY, Sept 23
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to dicuss a report on
monetary developments in the first half of the year.
TUESDAY, Sept 30
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-July current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-June.
TUESDAY, Oct 28
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its updated quarterly economic
forecasts.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Aug current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-July.
MONDAY, Nov 17
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
TUESDAY, Nov 25
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Sept current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Aug.
TUESDAY, Dec 19
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Oct current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Sept.
WEDNESDAY, Dec 24
Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
THURSDAY, Dec 25
Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
FRIDAY, Dec 26
Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
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The Slovak central bank's (NBS) monetary policy making Bank Board usually
holds a policy meeting on the last Tuesday of every month. The board may change
the date of its policy meetings.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
15th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond auctions for 2006:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
Aug 25 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Sept 8 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Sept 22 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Oct 6 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Oct 20 to be announced
Nov 3 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Nov 14 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Dec 1 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Dec 15 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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