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
26/09 0700/0900 producer prices Aug -0.1,+6.4 +0.5,+6.3 pct
03/10 0700/0900 retail sales Aug N/A +6.9 pct
08/10 0700/0900 industrial output Aug N/A +1.8 pct
08/10 0700/0900 construction output Aug N/A +9.1 pct
09/10 0700/0900 real industrial wages Aug N/F +3.6 pct
10/10 0700/0900 foreign trade Aug N/A N/A pct
10/10 0700/0900 headline inflation Sept N/A +0.2,+5.0 pct
10/10 0700/0900 core inflation Sept N/A +0.2,+5.3 pct
15/10 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation Sept N/A -0.1,+4.4 pct
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FRIDAY, Sept 26
*BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Robert Fico will address a conference on labour
market issues.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish August producer prices data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
MONDAY, Sept 29
*BRATISLAVA - Central Bank Governor Ivan Sramko to attend a conference on
euro adoption impact on foreign trade.
TUESDAY, Sept 30
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-July current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-June.
WEDNESDAY, Oct 1
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish central state budget data for
January-September.
THURSDAY, Oct 9
BRATISLAVA - Central bank Governor Ivan Sramko and deputy Finance Minister
Frantisek Palko to address a business conference.
TUESDAY, Oct 28
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its updated quarterly economic
forecasts.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Aug current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-July.
MONDAY, Nov 17
National holiday, all financial markets closed.
TUESDAY, Nov 25
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Sept current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Aug.
TUESDAY, Dec 19
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Oct current account data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Sept.
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.
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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 auctions for 2008:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
Oct 6 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Oct 20 to be announced
Nov 3 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Nov 14 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Dec 1 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Dec 15 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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