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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ> DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 17/02 0800/0900 Retail sales y/y Dec -0.3% -6.3% 20/02 0800/0900 Producer prices m/m Jan 0.3% -1.5% 20/02 0800/0900 Producer prices y/y Jan -1.7% -0.2% 27/02 0900/1000 Money supply Jan n/f 6.5% 02/03 0830/0930 PMI index Feb n/f 31.5 02/03 n/a Budget balance Feb n/f 0.48bln 06/03 0900/1000 FX reserves Feb n/f 27.25bln 09/03 0800/0900 Foreign trade Jan n/a -11.79bln 09/03 0800/0900 Real wage y/y Q4 n/f 1.2% 09/03 0800/0900 Inflation m/m Feb n/a 1.5% 09/03 0800/0900 Inflation y/y Feb n/a 2.2% 09/03 0800/0900 Unemployment Feb n/a 6.8% 11/03 0800/0900 GDP y/y Q4 0.2 4.2% 13/03 0900/1000 CA balance CZK Jan n/a -20.63bln 16/03 0800/0900 Export prices y/y Jan n/f 1.2% 16/03 0800/0900 Import prices y/y Jan n/f -2.2% 23/03 0800/0900 Industrial output Jan n/a - 14.6% 23/03 0800/0900 Construction output Jan n/f -2.6% ================================================================================
COMPANY RESULTS DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln 18/02 Komercni Banka <
> Bank 3.31 2008 profit 24/02 NWR <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> Mining n/a 2008 results 24/02 Telefonica O2 < > Telecoms n/a 2008 results 26/02 Unipetrol <PKNA.WA> < > Oil n/a 2008 results 27/02 Erste Bank <ERST.VI> Bank n/a 2008 results 27/02 Ceska Sporitelna < > Bank n/a 2008 results 03/03 CEZ < > Energy n/a 2008 results 17/03 ORCO < > Real estate n/a 2008 results --------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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TUESDAY, February 17
PRAGUE - December retail sales data at 0800 GMT. * PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <
> CEO Martin Roman to hold a news conference "CEZ against the crisis" at 0900 GMT. * PRAGUE - Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra to meet French Minister of State responsible for European Affairs Bruno Le Maire and Minister for Economic Recovery Patrick Devedjian. Press point at 0940 GMT.PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue debate on Lisbon treaty.
PRAGUE - Ministerial Conference on e-Communications "Next Steps in EU Telecoms" with EU commissioner for information society and media Viviane Reding. News conference at 1330 GMT. * PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet his Chinese counterpart Wu Hongbo.
TUESDAY, February 17 - FRIDAY, February 20
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a session. The sale of national carrier Czech Airlines (CSA) on the schedule.
WEDNESDAY, February 18
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <
> to release 2008 results (0730 GMT). A news conference at 1200 GMT, conference call at 1500 GMT.PRAGUE - 8-year government bond auction <CZ1002331=>.
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to discuss government's stimulus package plan. * PRAGUE - Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to hold a news conference on stimulus package plan (1200 GMT).
THURSDAY, February 19
STRASBOURG, France - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to speak in the European Parliament.
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.
FRIDAY, February 20
PRAGUE - January producer prices data at 0800 GMT.
MONDAY, February 23
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to follow.
TUESDAY, February 24
LONDON - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to release 2008 results, presentation at 1000 GMT.
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <
>, a unit of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, should release 2008 results.WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - THURSDAY, February 26
PRAGUE - Forum "Renewable Energy Finance Forum Central and Eastern Europe".
THURSDAY, February 26
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <
>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA>, should publish 2008 results.FRIDAY, February 27
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> to release 2008 results.
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <
>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to release 2008 results. News conference at 1000 GMT.PRAGUE - January money supply data at 0900 GMT.
MONDAY, March 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for February due out at 0830 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-February budget balance data and a detailed calendar for the issuance of domestic state bonds in the fourth month of 2009.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to follow.
PRAGUE - Conference "EU Enlargement - 5 Years After" with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Joaquin Almunia (0800).
WEDNESDAY, March 4
PRAGUE - 8-year government bond auction <CZ1002331=>.
THURSDAY, March 5
PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
FRIDAY, March 6
PRAGUE - February foreign exchange reserves data at 0900 GMT.
MONDAY, March 9
PRAGUE - January foreign trade, Q4 real wage and February inflation data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - February unemployment data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to follow.
WEDNESDAY, March 11
PRAGUE - Q4 gross domestic product at 0800 GMT.
THURSDAY, March 12
PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
FRIDAY, March 13
PRAGUE - January current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
MONDAY, March 16
PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to detail Q4 government debt figures.
PRAGUE - January foreign trade prices data at 0800 GMT. * PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to follow.
TUESDAY, March 17
PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <
> should release 2008 results.WEDNESDAY, March 18
PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction.
MONDAY, March 23
PRAGUE - January industrial and construction data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to follow.
THURSDAY, March 26
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An announcement is expected sometime after 1100 GMT with a news conference to follow at around 1430 GMT.
MONDAY, March 30
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to follow.
FRIDAY, April 3
PRAGUE - Minutes from the March 26 governing board meeting at 0800 GMT.
FRIDAY, June 5 - SATURDAY, June 6
Czech Republic - European Parliament elections.
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