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
07/04 0700/0900 Foreign trade Feb 12.8bln 12.21bln
07/04 0800/1000 FX reserves March n/f 24.41bln
08/03 0700/0900 Inflation m/m March 0.1% 0.3%
08/03 0700/0900 Inflation y/y March 7.3% 7.5%
08/03 0700/0900 Unemployment March 5.6% 5.9%
11/04 0700/0900 Industrial output Feb 8.0% 9.3%
11/04 0700/0900 Construction output Feb n/f 1.0%
14/04 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m March 0.2% 0.1%
14/04 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y March 5.3% 5.6%
14/04 0700/0900 Export prices y/y Feb n/f -2.6%
14/04 0700/0900 Import prices y/y Feb n/f -1.6%
15/04 0800/1000 CA balance CZK Feb 4.0bln 4.82bln
17/04 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y Feb 4.5% 4.1%
30/04 0800/1000 Money supply March n/f 10.3%
02/05 0730/0930 PMI index April n/f 57.4
02/05 n/a Budget balance April n/f -13.35bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
30/04 Erste Bank <ERST.VI> Bank n/a Q1 results
30/04 Ceska Sporitelna <> Bank n/a Q1 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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on <CZ/ECON01>.
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Until Thursday, April 3
PRAGUE - European Banking & Financial Forum 2008 to continue.
THURSDAY, April 3
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek and Deputy Finance Ministers
Ivan Fuksa, Peter Chrenko and Tomas Zidek to hold a news conference on tax
income law draft (1230 GMT).
PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA> <> to hold a news
conference on 2007 results with Senior Vice President Ales Vobruba (1300 GMT).
FRIDAY, April 4
PRAGUE - Minutes from March 26 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Car Importers' Association (SDA) to hold a news conference on first
quarter passenger car registrations (0900 GMT).
MONDAY, April 7
PRAGUE - February foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
* PRAGUE - Roundtable with Cypriot central bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides
on euro adoption in Cyprus (0800 GMT).
TUESDAY, April 8
PRAGUE - March inflation data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to release data on Q1 government debt duration at
1300 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, April 9
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
THURSDAY, April 10
PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting.
FRIDAY, April 11
PRAGUE - February industrial and construction output data at 0700 GMT.
FRIDAY, April 11 - SATURDAY, April 12
* PRAGUE - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to visit the Czech
Republic. Scheduled to meet his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus.
MONDAY, April 14
PRAGUE - March producer prices and February foreign trade prices data at
0700 GMT.
TUESDAY, April 15
PRAGUE - February current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, April 16
PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887>.
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to
hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
PRAGUE - Constitutional court to discuss health charge. Prime Minister Mirek
Topolanek on the audience.
THURSDAY, April 17
PRAGUE - February retail sales 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.
MONDAY, April 21
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
TUESDAY, April 22 - FRIDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
WEDNESDAY, April 23
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
hold annual shareholders' meeting.
THURSDAY, April 24
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
THURSDAY, April 24 - FRIDAY, April 25
PRAGUE - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria to visit the Czech Republic.
FRIDAY, April 25
HAARLEMMERMEER, Netherlands - Used car dealer AAA Auto <> to hold
an annual shareholders' meeting.
MONDAY, April 28
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
KUTNA HORA - Cigarette maker Philip Morris CR <> to hold annual
shareholders' meeting.
TUESDAY, April 29
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
LUXEMBOURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
WEDNESDAY, April 30
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> <> to release first quarter
results.
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
release first quarter results.
PRAGUE - March money supply at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction <CZ1001903>.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data.
WEDNESDAY, May 7
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.
WEDNESDAY, May 7 - THURSDAY, May 8
PRAGUE - European Power Generation Strategy Conference with Power firm CEZ
<> CEO Martin Roman.
THURSDAY, May 22
PRAGUE - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to visit the Czech
Republic. Scheduled to speak at the European Science and Technology Forum.
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================
COMPANY RIC DATE
VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP <VIGRsp.PR> <VIGR.VI> April 16
TELEFONICA O2 CR <> <TEF.MC> April 21
CESKA SPORITELNA <ERST.VI> <> April 23
AAA AUTO <> April 25
PHILIP MORRIS CR <> April 28
ECM <> April 29
KOMERCNI BANKA <> April 29
ERSTE BANK <> May 6
CEZ <> May 21
PEGAS NONWOVENS <> June 16
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