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
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
06/05 0700/0900 Foreign trade March n/a 14.27bln
07/05 0800/1000 FX reserves April n/f 24.02bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
21/04 Telefonica O2 <> Telecoms n/a Q1 results
24/04 Zentiva <> Pharma n/a Q1 revenues
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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TUESDAY, April 8
* PRAGUE - Conference "15th Czech National Bank (CNB) anniversary and 10th
Anniversary og Inflation Targetting" with Czech central bank Governor Zdenek
Tuma (0700 and 0800 GMT), Cypriot central bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides
(0720 GMT), Romanian deputy central bank governor Cristian Popa (1200 GMT) and
Albanian central bank Governor Ardian Fullani (1220 GMT).
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 price 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.
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to release first quarter results.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
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.
PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva <> to release first quarter revenues.
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.
THURSDAY, May 1
May Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets are to be
closed.
FRIDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data.
TUESDAY, May 6
VIENNA - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
* PRAGUE - March foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, May 7
* 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.
WEDNESDAY, May 7 - THURSDAY, May 8
PRAGUE - European Power Generation Strategy Conference with Power firm CEZ
<> CEO Martin Roman.
THURSDAY, May 8
Liberation Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets
are to be closed.
FRIDAY, May 16
PRAGUE - Minutes from the May 7 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, May 21
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
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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