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
08/01 0800/0900 retail sales Nov N/A +4.6 pct
09/01 0800/0900 industrial output Nov N/A 0.0 pct
09/01 0800/0900 foreign trade Nov N/A +4.028 bln SKK
13/01 0800/0900 headline inflation Dec N/A +0.2,+4.9 pct
13/01 0800/0900 core inflation Dec N/A -0.2,+4.1 pct
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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.
MONDAY, Jan 5
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish an extraordinary survey on
consumer and fuel prices after the euro adoption.
WEDNESDAY, Jan 7
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish an extraordinary survey on
consumer and fuel prices after the euro adoption.
THURSDAY, Jan 8
BRATISLAVA - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia to
attend a ceremony marking Slovakia's entry to the euro zone.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November retail sales data.
FRIDAY, Jan 9
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November industrial output
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November foreign trade data.
TUESDAY, Jan 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish December headline and core
inflation data.
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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 and treasury bill auctions for
2009:
STATE BONDS:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
Jan 19 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Jan 19 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Feb 2 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Feb 16 to be decided
March 2 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
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, Feb. 23 and March 23.
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