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
01/10 0730/0930 PMI index Sept n/f 47.3
01/10 n/a Budget balance Sept n/f 5.32bln
03/10 0700/0900 Foreign trade Aug 4.0bln 7.24bln
07/10 0800/1000 FX reserves Sept n/f 25.12bln
08/10 0700/0900 Inflation m/m Sept -0.3% -0.1%
08/10 0700/0900 Inflation y/y Sept 6.5% 6.5%
08/10 0700/0900 Unemployment Sept 5.3% 5.3%
09/10 0700/0900 Industrial output Aug -1.9% 6.7%
09/10 0700/0900 Construction output Aug n/f 6.9%
13/10 0800/1000 CA balance CZK Aug -12.0bln -0.31bln
14/10 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m Sept 0.0% 0.4%
14/10 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y Sept 5.6% 5.7%
14/10 0700/0900 Export prices y/y Aug n/f -9.3%
14/10 0700/0900 Import prices y/y Aug n/f -6.8%
15/10 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y Aug 0.8% 3.6%
31/10 0900/1000 Money supply Sept n/f 8.3%
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
22/10 Zentiva <> Pharma n/a Q3 revenues
23/10 Telefonica O2 <> Telecoms n/a Q3 results
30/10 Erste Bank <ERST.VI> Bank n/a Q3 results
30/10 Ceska Sporitelna <> Bank n/a Q3 results
31/10 CME <CETV.O> <> Media n/a Q32 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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WEDNESDAY, October 1
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-September budget balance data.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference at
1200 GMT.
THURSDAY, October 2
PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, October 3
PRAGUE - Minutes from the September 25 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - August foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
MONDAY, October 6
PRAGUE - Car Importers' Association (SDA) to hold a news conference on
nine-month passenger car registrations (1200 GMT).
TUESDAY, October 7
PRAGUE - September foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, October 8
PRAGUE - September inflation data and harvest estimate at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - September unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Prazska energetika <> to hold a shareholders' meeting.
THURSDAY, October 9
PRAGUE - August industrial and construction data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
MONDAY, October 13
PRAGUE - August current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
MONDAY, October 13 - TUESDAY, October 14
PRAGUE - Forum 2000 conference "Openness and Fundamentalism in the 21st
Century".
TUESDAY, October 14
PRAGUE - September producer prices and August foreign trade prices data at
0700 GMT.
TUESDAY, October 14 - FRIDAY, October 24
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
WEDNESDAY, October 15
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002158=>.
PRAGUE - August retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
THURSDAY, October 16
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
WEDNESDAY, October 22
PRAGUE - 8-year new floating government bond auction.
PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva <> to release Q3 revenues.
* PRAGUE - Conference "Operation in Energy Markets in the Czech and Slovak
Republics" with with Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Tomas Huner (0700 GMT)
and Energy Regulatory Office (ERU) Chairman Josef Firt (0800 GMT).
THURSDAY, October 23
PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC> to release Q3 results.
TUESDAY, October 28
CZECH REPUBLIC - National Day. Banks and markets are closed.
THURSDAY, October 30
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> to release Q3 results.
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
release Q3 results.
PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, October 31
LONDON - Television group Central European Media Enterprises <CETV.O>
<> to release Q3 results.
* PRAGUE - August money supply data at 0900 GMT.
THURSDAY, November 6
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected sometime after 1100 GMT with a news conference to
follow at around 1430 GMT.
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