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
29/04 0800/1000 Money supply March n/f 2.8%
02/05 0730/0930 PMI index April n/a 58.6
02/05 1200/1400 Budget balance April n/f -25.20bln
06/05 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y March n/a 6.5%
06/05 0800/1000 FX reserves April n/f 29.90bln
09/05 0700/0900 Industrial output March n/a 13.0%
09/05 0700/0900 Construction output March n/f 5.6%
09/05 0700/0900 Unemployment April n/a 9.2%
10/05 0700/0900 Foreign trade March n/a 13.75bln
10/05 0700/0900 Ftrade bal NRA March n/a 1.99bln
10/05 0700/0900 Inflation m/m April n/a 0.1%
10/05 0700/0900 Inflation y/y April n/a 1.7%
13/05 0800/0900 GDP flash estimate q/q Q1 n/a 0.5%
13/05 0800/0900 GDP flash estimate y/y Q1 n/a 2.9%
16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m April n/a 1.0%
16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y March n/a 6.3%
16/05 0700/0900 Export prices y/y March n/f 0.2%
16/05 0700/0900 Import prices y/y March n/f 4.3%
16/05 0800/1000 CA balance CZK March n/a 15.95bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
21/04 Unipetrol <><PKNA.WA> Oil n/a Q1 statement
28/04 Erste Bank <><ERST.VI> Bank n/a Q1 results
28/04 Ceska Sporitelna Bank n/a Q1 results
28/04 CME <CETV.O> <> Media n/a Q1 results
29/04 Unipetrol <><PKNA.WA> Oil n/a Q1 results
10/05 CEZ <> Energy n/a Q1 results
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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WEDNESDAY, April 20
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session (www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm).
News conference to follow.
THURSDAY, April 21
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to meet his Hungarisan counterpart Pal
Schmitt. Bilateral questions on the schedule. News conference at 0940 GMT.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen
<PKNA.WA> to present trading statement for first quarter.
TUESDAY, April 26
PRAGUE - April confidence indicators at 0700 GMT.
LUXEMBURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
WEDNESDAY, April 27
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002869=>.
THURSDAY, April 28
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI>to release first quarter results.
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
release first quarter results.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction.
AMSTERDAM - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR>
to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <> <ORCO.PA> to hold an
extraordinary shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Television group Central European Media Enterprises
<CETV.O> <> to release first quarter results before U.S. market hours.
Conference call at 1430 GMT.
FRIDAY, April 29
KUTNA HORA - Cigarette maker Philip Morris CR <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - March money supply data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen
<PKNA.WA> to release first quarter results on Web site www.unipetrol.cz.
MONDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data at 1200 GMT.
THURSDAY, May 5
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected at 1100 GMT with a news conference to follow at 1230
GMT.
PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
FRIDAY, May 6
PRAGUE - March retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to
hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
MONDAY, May 9
PRAGUE - March industrial and construction data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
TUESDAY, May 10
PRAGUE - March foreign trade data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April inflation data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to release first quarter results.
WEDNESDAY, May 11
PRAGUE - 11-year government bond auction <CZ1002851=>.
THURSDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
VIENNA, Austria - Ertse Bank <ERST.VI> <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
FRIDAY, May 13
PRAGUE - Q1 gross domestic product estimate data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Minutes from the May 5 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
MONDAY, May 16
* PRAGUE - April producer prices and March foreign trade prices data at 0700
GMT.
PRAGUE - March current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Television group Central European Media Enterprises
<CETV.O> <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
