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
30/04 0800/1000 Money supply March n/f 10.3%
02/05 0730/0930 PMI index April n/f 57.4
02/05 n/a Budget balance April n/f -13.35bln
06/05 0700/0900 Foreign trade March n/a 14.27bln
07/05 0800/1000 FX reserves April n/f 24.02bln
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation m/m April n/a -0.1%
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation y/y April n/a 7.1%
12/05 0700/0900 Unemployment April n/a 5.6%
12/05 0700/0900 Industrial output March n/a 11.3%
13/05 0700/0900 Construction output March n/f 11.5%
15/05 0700/0900 GDP estimate y/y Q1 n/a 6.6%
15/05 0800/1000 CA balance CZK March n/a 11.78bln
16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m April n/a 0.3%
16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y April n/a 5.3%
16/05 0700/0900 Export prices y/y March n/f -5.0%
16/05 0700/0900 Import prices y/y March n/f -3.3%
19/05 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y March n/a 6.3%
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
24/04 Zentiva <> Pharma n/a Q1 revenues
30/04 Erste Bank <ERST.VI> Bank n/a Q1 results
30/04 Ceska Sporitelna <> Bank n/a Q1 results
14/05 Komercni Banka <> Bank n/a Q1 results
15/05 CEZ <> Energy n/a Q1 results
15/05 Unipetrol <> Oil n/a Q1 results
19/05 Zentiva <> Pharma n/a Q1 results
20/05 VIG <VIGRsp.PR> Insurance n/a Q1 results
28/05 ECM <> Real estate n/a Q1 results
28/05 PEGAS <PGSNsp.PR Textil n/a Q1 results
29/05 AAA <> Cars n/a Q1 results
29/05 ORCO <> Real estate n/a Q1 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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Until FRIDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a session.
WEDNESDAY, April 23
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
hold annual shareholders' meeting.
BRNO - Constitutional court to discuss a petition against social reforms.
PRAGUE - Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Four group of countries (Poland,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) meet their Swedish and Ukrainian
counterparts. News conference at 1230 GMT.
PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to publish quarterly update of its macroeconomic
forecasts on its Website www.mfcr.cz (1200 GMT).
PRAGUE - Coal mining firm New World Resources to hold a news conference
about its upcoming IPO (0700 GMT).
WEDNESDAY, April 23 - THURSDAY, April 24
* BERLIN, Germany - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to visist Germany, scheduled
to meet German counterpart Horst Koehler.
THURSDAY, April 24
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva <> to release first quarter revenues.
LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - Natural gas suplier RWE Transgas <RWEG.DE> holds news conference at
0900 GMT.
* PRAGUE - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria to present OECD Economic Survey
of the Czech Republic at 0920 GMT. News conference to follow. He will give a
lecture titled "Globalization and Rising Competition: Challenges for the Czech
Economy" at 1500 GMT.
FRIDAY, April 25
HAARLEMMERMEER, Netherlands - Used car dealer AAA Auto <> to hold
an annual shareholders' meeting.
MONDAY, April 28
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
KUTNA HORA - Cigarette maker Philip Morris CR <> to hold annual
shareholders' meeting.
TUESDAY, April 29
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
LUXEMBOURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
* PRAGUE - Conference "Transatlantic partnership and security challenges for
the 21st century" (0730 GMT).
WEDNESDAY, April 30
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 - March money supply at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction <CZ1001903>.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
THURSDAY, May 1
May Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets are to be
closed.
FRIDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data.
MONDAY, May 5
* PRAGUE - Conference "Anti-missile defence after NATO summit in Bucharest:
European and American perspectives" with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek
and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (0745 GMT).
TUESDAY, May 6
VIENNA - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - March foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, May 7
PRAGUE - April foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected sometime after 1000 GMT with a news conference to
follow at around 1330 GMT.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
WEDNESDAY, May 7 - THURSDAY, May 8
PRAGUE - European Power Generation Strategy Conference with Power firm CEZ
<> CEO Martin Roman.
THURSDAY, May 8
Liberation Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets
are to be closed.
MONDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - April inflation and March industrial output data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
TUESDAY, May 13
PRAGUE - March construction output data at 0700 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, May 14
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002158>.
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to release first quarter results
THURSDAY, May 15
PRAGUE - Q1 Gross domestic product estimate at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to release first quarter results.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen
<PKNA.WA>, to publish first quarter results.
FRIDAY, May 16
PRAGUE - Minutes from the May 7 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April producer prices and March foreign trade price data at 0700
GMT.
MONDAY, May 19
PRAGUE - March retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva <> to release first quarter results.
TUESDAY, May 20
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to
release first quarter results.
WEDNESDAY, May 21
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887>.
THURSDAY, May 22
PRAGUE - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to visit the Czech
Republic. Scheduled to speak at the European Science and Technology Forum.
WEDNESDAY, May 28
PRAGUE - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to release first quarter
results.
PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens <> to release
first quarter results.
THURSDAY, May 29
LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <> to release first
quarter results.
PRAGUE - Used car dealer AAA Auto <> to release first quarter
results.
