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
05/05 0700/0900 retail sales March N/F -2.9 pct
10/05 0700/0900 industrial production March 15.6 +20.6 pct
12/05 0700/0900 foreign trade March +59.4 +67.1 mln euro
12/05 0700/0900 GDP flash estimate Q1/10 N/A -2.6y,+2.0q pct
13/05 0700/0900 headline inflation April +0.2,+0.1 +0.1,+0.8 pct
13/05 0700/0900 core inflation April +0.2,+1.3 0.0,+0.9 pct
14/05 0700/0900 new industrial orders March N/A +5.8,+32.3 pct
18/05 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation April +0.2,+0.5 +0.1,+0.3 pct
by20/05 n/a jobless rate April +12.85 +12.88 pct
04/06 0700/0900 GDP final data Q1/10 N/A -2.6y,+2.0q pct
04/06 0700/0900 Real average wage Q1/10 N/F +1.6,+2.1 pct
08/06 0700/0900 industrial output April N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 headline inflation May N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 core inflation May N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 foreign trade April N/A N/A mln euro
15/06 0700/0900 new industrial orders April N/A N/A pct
16/06 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation May N/A N/A pct
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TUESDAY, May 4
*BRATISLAVA - Finance Minister Jan Pociatek, and top-economic advisers and
official of major coalition and opposition parties will address a forum on
Slovak business environment outlook.
TUESDAY, May 11
BRATISLAVA - The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council Jozef Makuch
to address a business conference.
WEDNESDAY, May 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish gross domestic product flash
estimate for the first quarter.
MONDAY, May 17
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction five-year, floating-coupon government bonds.
MONDAY, May 31
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction two-year, zero-coupon state bonds.
FRIDAY, June 4
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish final gross domestic product
data for the first quarter, real average wage data for the first quarter.
SATURDAY, June 12
Slovakia to hold a general election.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the 19th
of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS: The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury
bill auctions for 2010:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
April 26 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
May 3 to be decided
May 17 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
May 31 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
June 14 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
June 28 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
July 12 to be decided
Aug 16 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Aug 30 to be decided
Sept 13 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Sept 27 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Oct 11 to be decided
Oct 25 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Nov 8 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 22 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
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NOTE:
- The debt agency will open four new issues next year.
- Three bonds -- 6-year, 10-year and 15-year -- each of them with nominal value
of 3.0 billion euros, all carrying a fixed-rate coupon.
- The two-year bond will carry a zero coupon, issue size 1.0 billion euro,
maturity date set for January 27, 2012.
- ARDAL has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the remaining bonds as well as
its maturity date.
- The Agency said market conditions and investors' sentiment will decide when
the new 10 and 15-year bonds will be placed.
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TREASURY BILLS:
- The debt agency will auction two new treasury bills, both with an initial
maturity of 364-days and both of total nominal value of 2.0 billion euros.
- The first t-bill line will be placed on January 20. The second line will be
open on July 21.
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- Auction dates are binding, however, in case of any contingencies the Debt and
Liquidity Management Agency reserves the right of a change that will be
announced early in advance.
