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
09/03 0800/0900 industrial production Jan -24.4 -16.8 pct
12/03 0800/0900 headline inflation Feb +0.2,+3.2 +0.4,+3.4 pct
12/03 0800/0900 core inflation Feb +0.2,+2.2 +0.3,+2.5 pct
13/03 0800/0900 foreign trade Jan -150.0 -358.6 mln euro
16/03 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Feb +0.1,+2.5 +0.3,+2.7 pct
03/04 0800/0900 retail sales Feb N/A -3.3 pct
09/04 0800/0900 industrial production Feb N/A N/A pct
09/04 0800/0900 foreign trade Feb N/A N/A pct
14/04 0800/0900 headline inflation March N/A N/A pct
14/04 0800/0900 core inflation March N/A N/A pct
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MONDAY, March 9
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January industrial output
data.
TUESDAY, March 10
*BRATISLAVA - The parliament to hold an extraordinary session to debate
measures aimed at softening the impact of the global economic crisis.
WEDNESDAY, March 11
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
THURSDAY, March 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February headline and core
inflation data.
FRIDAY, March 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January foreign trade data.
MONDAY, March 16
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's debt and liquidity management agency
(ARDAL) to auction, 6-year, floating-coupon state bonds.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February EU-norm inflation
data.
WEDNESDAY, March 18
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
SATURDAY, March 21
First round of Presidential election.
WEDNESDAY, April 1
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish January-March central state
budget data.
FRIDAY, April 3
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February retail sales data.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
Good Friday, all financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, April 13
Easter Monday, all finacial markets are close.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
18th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury bill auctions for
2009:
STATE BONDS:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
March 16 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
March 30 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
April 9 to be decided
April 27 19-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
May 11 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
May 25 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
June 8 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
June 22 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
July 6 to be decided
Aug 24 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Sept 7 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Sept 21 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Oct 5 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Oct 19 to be decided
Nov 2 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 13 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Nov 30 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Dec 14 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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NOTE: The debt agency will open two new issues in 2009, both with nominal
value of up to 1.5 billion euros. The new 6-year, floating-coupon bond will
mature on Jan. 21, 2015.
The agency has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the new 4-year bond, and it
did not specify its maurity date as the date of its first auction may change.
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TREASURY BILLS: The debt agency will auction new treasury bills with an
initial maturity of 364-days and a total nominal value of up to 1.5 billion
euros on Jan. 12, 2009. The agency will also auction these new bills on Feb. 9
and March 9. The debt agency will also continue offering treasury bills maturing
on Oct. 14, 2009, with auctions set for Jan. 26 and March 23.
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