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
13/02 0800/0900 real GDP flash estimate Q4/08 N/A +7.0 pct
27/02 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Jan +0.5,+2.8 -0.1,+3.5 pct
05/03 0800/0900 real GDP Q4/08 N/A +7.0 pct
05/03 0800/0900 real GDP FY/08 N/A +10.4 pct
09/03 0800/0900 industrial production Jan N/A N/A pct
12/03 0800/0900 headline inflation Feb N/A N/A pct
12/03 0800/0900 core inflation Feb N/A N/A pct
13/03 0800/0900 foreign trade Jan N/A N/A pct
16/03 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Feb N/A N/A pct
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THURSDAY, Feb 12
*BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Robert Fico to address a meeting of employers
association.
BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Robert Fico and government ministers to answer
MPs' questions during a regular question hour in parliament.
FRIDAY, Feb 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish GDP flash estimate for the
fourth quarter.
FRIDAY, Feb 27
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January EU-norm inflation
data.
THURSDAY, March 5
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish final GDP data for the four
quarter and full-year of 2008.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish average wage data for the
fourth quarter and full-year of 2008.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish its updated economic
forecasts.
MONDAY, March 9
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January industrial output
data.
THURSDAY, March 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February headline and core
inflation data.
FRIDAY, March 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January foreign trade data.
SATURDAY, March 21
First round of Presidential election.
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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
Feb 16 to be decided
March 2 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
March 16 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
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, Feb. 23 and March 23.
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