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
30/04 0800/1000 Money supply March n/f 8.5
04/05 0730/0930 PMI index April n/f 34.0
04/05 n/a Budget balance April n/f -2.35bln
07/05 0700/0900 Foreign trade March n/a 8.70bln
07/05 0800/1000 FX reserves April n/f 27.68bln
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation m/m April n/a 0.2%
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation y/y April n/a 2.3%
12/05 0700/0900 Unemployment April n/a 7.7%
12/05 0700/0900 Industrial output March n/a -23.4%
12/05 0700/0900 Construction output March n/f -14.3%
14/05 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y March n/a -7.9%
15/05 0700/0900 GDP estimate y/y Q1 n/a 0.7%
15/05 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m April n/a -1.1%
15/05 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y April n/a -2.0%
15/05 0700/0900 Export prices y/y March n/f 8.3%
15/05 0700/0900 Import prices y/y March n/f 4.5%
15/05 0800/1000 CA balance CZK March n/a 17.13bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
28/04 Telefonica O2 <> Telecoms n/a Q1 results
29/10 CME <CETV.O> <> Media n/a Q1 results
30/04 Erste Bank <><ERST.VI> Bank n/a Q1 results
30/04 Ceska Sporitelna Bank n/a Q1 results
07/05 Komercni Banka <> Bank n/a Q1 results
12/05 VIG <VIGR.VI> Insurance n/a Q1 results
13/05 CEZ <> Energy n/a Q1 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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MONDAY, April 27
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference at
1100 GMT.
PRAGUE - Ministerial conference on "Building Migration Partnerships". The
news conference to be held on Tuesday at 1030 GMT with Czech Interior Minister
Ivan Langer, European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot, Swedish Minister
for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billstrom and French Minister of
Immigration, Integration, National identity and Solidary development Eric
Besson.
TUESDAY, April 28
LONDON - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to
hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, should release firts quarter results.
PRAGUE - EU Troika - US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting. The
fght against terrorism, visa policy and border protection and child protection
on the schedule. News conference at 1630 GMT.
TUESDAY, April 28 - FRIDAY, May 8
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
WEDNESDAY, April 29
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
KUTNA HORA - Cigarette maker Philip Morris CR <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
LITOMERICE, Czech Republic - Transport Ministers Informal Meeting on
obstacles impeding mass implementation of intelligent transport systems in road
transport. News conference at 1500 GMT.
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Television group Central European Media Enterprises
<CETV.O> <> to release first quarter results after U.S. market hours.
Conference call at 1300 GMT.
THURSDAY, April 30
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> should first quarter results.
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>,
should release first quarter results.
PRAGUE - March money supply data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <> to hold an ordinary
shareholders' meeting.
FRIDAY, May 1
Labour day. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets are to be closed.
MONDAY, May 4
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data and a detailed calendar for the
issuance of domestic state bonds in the sixth month of 2009.
* PRAGUE - EU - Japan Summit (Troika) with Czech President Vaclav Klaus,
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Union (EU) High
Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso.
TUESDAY, May 5 - WEDNESDAY, May 6
PRAGUE - European Union's conference "Eastern Partnership: Towards Civil
Society Forum".
WEDNESDAY, May 6
PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887=>.
PRAGUE - EU - Canada summit. The leaders of the EU and Canada are expected
to launch negotiations toward a deepened economic partnership agreement. The EU
and Canada are also expected to sign the Aviation Services Agreement.
WEDNESDAY, May 6 - THURSDAY, May 7
PRAGUE - The upper house of parliament to hold a session. Vote on the
European Union's Lisbon treaty on the schedule.
THURSDAY, May 7
PRAGUE - March foreign trade data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected sometime after 1000 GMT with a news conference to
follow at around 1330 GMT.
PRAGUE - European Union's Eastern Partnership Summit at the level of Heads
of State or Government and representatives of the Eastern Partnership countries.
PRAGUE - European Union's Employment Summit - social Troika, the Czech
Presidency, Sweden and Spain and social partners and representatives of the
business sector.
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to release first quarter results at 0630
GMT. A news conference at 1100 GMT, conference call at 1400 GMT.
FRIDAY, May 8
PRAGUE - European Union's Summit "Southern Corridor - New Silk Road".
MONDAY, May 11 - THURSDAY, May 14
PRAGUE - Ministerial meeting EU - Rio Group.
TUESDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - April inflation, March industrial and construction data at 0700
GMT.
PRAGUE - April unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR>
should release first quarte results.
VIENNA, Austria - Ertse Bank <ERST.VI> <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
WEDNESDAY, May 13
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002505=>.
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> should release first quarter results.
THURSDAY, May 14
PRAGUE - March retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - 52-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.
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================
COMPANY RIC DATE
NWR <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> April 28
Komercni Banka <> April 29
Philip Morris <> April 29
ORCO <> April 30
Erste Bank <ERST.VI> <> May 12
CEZ <> May 13
CME <CETV.O> <> May 15
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