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
16/06 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation May +0.2,+3.9 +0.3,+3.7 pct
24/06 by 1500/1700 current account Jan-April N/A -3.0 bln SKK
24/06 by 1500/1700 gross foreign debt end-March N/F $46.6 mln
27/06 0700/0900 producer prices May N/A +0.2,+5.8 pct
03/07 0700/0900 retail sales May N/A +7.2 pct
08/07 0700/0900 industrial output May N/A +9.7 pct
08/07 0700/0900 construction output May N/F +17.6 pct
10/07 0700/0900 headline inflation June N/A +0.3,+4.6 pct
10/07 0700/0900 core inflation June N/A +0.4,+4.8 pct
11/07 0700/0900 foreign trade May N/A -5.8 bln SKK
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THURSDAY, June 12
BRATISLAVA - EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes to visit Slovakia
JASLOVSKE BOHUNICE - Prime Minister Robert Fico to hold a news conference on
nuclear energy.
FRIDAY, June 13
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data.
MONDAY, June 16
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May EU-norm inflation.
WEDNESDAY, June 18
BRATISLAVA - Regular weekly government meeting.
FRIDAY, June 20
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data.
MONDAY, June 23
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction 3-year, zero-coupon state bonds.
TUESDAY, June 24
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-April current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-March.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold a regular two-week repo tender.
WEDNESDAY, June 25
BRATISLAVA - Regular weekly government meeting.
FRIDAY, June 27
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May producer prices data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data.
THURSDAY, July 3
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May retail sales data.
TUESDAY, July 8
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May industrial output data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May construction output data.
THURSDAY, July 10
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June core inflation data.
FRIDAY, July 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May foreign trade data.
TUESDAY, July 29
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its updated quarterly economic
forecasts.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-May current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-April.
MONDAY, Aug 25
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction 9-year, 4.2 percent coupon state bonds.
TUESDAY, Aug 26
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-June current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-May.
FRIDAY, Aug 29
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
MONDAY, Sept 1
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
TUESDAY, Sept 23
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-July current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-June.
TUESDAY, Oct 28
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its updated quarterly economic
forecasts.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Aug current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-July.
MONDAY, Nov 17
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
TUESDAY, Nov 25
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Sept current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Aug.
TUESDAY, Dec 19
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Oct current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Sept.
WEDNESDAY, Dec 24
Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
THURSDAY, Dec 25
Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
FRIDAY, Dec 26
Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
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The Slovak central bank's (NBS) monetary policy making Bank Board usually
holds a policy meeting on the last Tuesday of every month. The board may change
the date of its policy meetings.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
15th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond auctions for 2006:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
June 23 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
July 7 to be announced
Aug 25 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Sept 8 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Sept 22 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Oct 6 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Oct 20 to be announced
Nov 3 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Nov 14 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Dec 1 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Dec 15 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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