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
12/11 0800/0900 headline inflation Oct +0.3,+5.0 +0.7,+5.4 pct
12/11 0800/0900 core inflation Oct +0.1,+4.9 +0.4,+5.5 pct
14/11 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Oct +0.3,+4.0 +0.4,+4.5 pct
14/11 0800/0900 Preliminary GDP Q3/08 N/A +7.6 pct
28/11 0800/0900 producer prices Oct +0.1,+6.4 +0.6,+6.8 pct
03/12 0800/0900 retail sales Oct N/A +4.6 pct
04/12 0800/0900 final GDP Q3/08 N/A +7.6 pct
04/12 0800/0900 economy real wage Q3/08 N/F +4.8 pct
08/12 0800/0900 construction output Oct N/F +17.2 pct
08/12 0800/0900 industrial output Oct N/A +5.5 pct
10/12 0800/0900 real industrial wages Oct N/F N/A pct
11/12 0800/0900 headline inflation Nov N/A N/A pct
11/12 0800/0900 core inflation Nov N/A N/A pct
12/12 0800/0900 foreign trade Oct N/A +2.578 bln SKK
17/12 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Nov N/A N/A pct
23/12 0800/0900 producer prices Nov N/A N/A pct
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WEDNESDAY, Nov 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October headline inflation
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October core inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
FRIDAY, Nov 14
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish preliminary GDP data for the
third quarter.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October EU-norm inflation
data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to
auction 18-year, 4.5 percent state bonds.
SATURDAY, Nov 15
*KOMARNO/KOMAROM - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to meet Hungary's Prime
Minister Ferenc Gyurscany.
MONDAY, Nov 17
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
WEDNESDAY, Nov 19
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
FRIDAY, Nov 21
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
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.
FRIDAY, Nov 28
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October producer price data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
WEDNESDAY, Dec 3
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October retail sales data.
THURSDAY, Dec 4
*BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish final GDP data for the third
quarter.
*BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish real average wage data for the
third quarter.
*BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish its updated quarterly
macro-prognosis.
MONDAY, Dec 8
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October construction output
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October industrial output
data.
WEDNESDAY, Dec 10
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October real industrial wage
data.
THURSDAY, Dec 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November inflation data
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November inflation data.
FRIDAY, Dec 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish October foreign trade data.
WEDNESDAY, Dec 17
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November EU-norm inflation
data.
FRIDAY, 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.
TUESDAY, Dec 23
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November producer prices data.
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.
THURSDAY, Jan 1
Slovakia to become the 16th member of the euro zone.
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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 2008:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
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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