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
09/04 0800/0900 industrial production Feb N/A -27.0 pct
09/04 0800/0900 foreign trade Feb N/A -279.5 mln euro
14/04 0800/0900 headline inflation March N/A +0.1,+3.1 pct
14/04 0800/0900 core inflation March N/A +0.1,+2.2 pct
16/04 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation March N/A 0.0,+2.4 pct
11/05 0800/0900 industrial production March N/A N/A pct
12/05 0800/0900 foreign trade March N/A N/A mln euro
13/05 0800/0900 headline inflation April N/A N/A pct
13/05 0800/0900 core inflation April N/A N/A pct
15/05 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation April N/A N/A pct
15/05 0800/0900 GDP flast estimate Q1/09 N/A +2.4 pct
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FRIDAY, March 27
*BRATISLAVA - The executive board of Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer party
to hold a regular meeting to debate election to European Parliament.
MONDAY, March 30
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) company to auction a 2-year, zero-coupon state bond.
TUESDAY, March 31
BRATISLAVA - The Slovak central bank to publish its quarterly update of
economic forecasts.
WEDNESDAY, April 1
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish January-March central state
budget data.
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
THURSDAY, April 9
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February industrial output
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February foreign trade data.
FRIDAY, April 10
Good Friday, all financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, April 13
Easter Monday, all financial markets are closed.
TUESDAY, April 14
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March core inflation data.
THURSDAY, April 16
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March EU-norm inflation data.
FRIDAY, May 1
Labour day, all financial markets are closed.
WEDNESDAY, May 6
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
FRIDAY, May 8
National holiday, all financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, May 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March industrial output data.
TUESDAY, May 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March foreign trade balance
data.
WEDNESDAY, May 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April core inflation data.
FRIDAY, May 15
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April EU-norm inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish real GDP growth flash estimate
for the first quarter.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
18th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury bill auctions for
2009:
STATE BONDS:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
March 30 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
April 9 to be decided
April 27 19-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
May 11 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
May 25 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
June 8 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
June 22 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
July 6 to be decided
Aug 24 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Sept 7 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Sept 21 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Oct 5 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Oct 19 to be decided
Nov 2 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 13 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Nov 30 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Dec 14 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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NOTE: The debt agency will open two new issues in 2009, both with nominal
value of up to 1.5 billion euros. The new 6-year, floating-coupon bond will
mature on Jan. 21, 2015.
The agency has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the new 4-year bond, and it
did not specify its maurity date as the date of its first auction may change.
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TREASURY BILLS: The debt agency will auction new treasury bills with an
initial maturity of 364-days and a total nominal value of up to 1.5 billion
euros on Jan. 12, 2009. The agency will also auction these new bills on Feb. 9
and March 9. The debt agency will also continue offering treasury bills maturing
on Oct. 14, 2009, with auctions set for Jan. 26 and March 23.
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