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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ> DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 29/04 0800/1000 Money supply March n/f 2.8% 02/05 0730/0930 PMI index April n/a 58.6 02/05 1200/1400 Budget balance April n/f -25.20bln 06/05 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y March n/a 6.5% 06/05 0800/1000 FX reserves April n/f 29.90bln 09/05 0700/0900 Industrial output March n/a 13.0% 09/05 0700/0900 Construction output March n/f 5.6% 09/05 0700/0900 Unemployment April n/a 9.2% 10/05 0700/0900 Foreign trade March n/a 13.75bln 10/05 0700/0900 Ftrade bal NRA March n/a 1.99bln 10/05 0700/0900 Inflation m/m April n/a 0.1% 10/05 0700/0900 Inflation y/y April n/a 1.7% 13/05 0800/0900 GDP flash estimate q/q Q1 n/a 0.5% 13/05 0800/0900 GDP flash estimate y/y Q1 n/a 2.9% 16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m April n/a 1.0% 16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y March n/a 6.3% 16/05 0700/0900 Export prices y/y March n/f 0.2% 16/05 0700/0900 Import prices y/y March n/f 4.3% 16/05 0800/1000 CA balance CZK March n/a 15.95bln ================================================================================
COMPANY RESULTS DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln 21/04 Unipetrol <
><PKNA.WA> Oil n/a Q1 statement 28/04 Erste Bank < ><ERST.VI> Bank n/a Q1 results 28/04 Ceska Sporitelna Bank n/a Q1 results 28/04 CME <CETV.O> < > Media n/a Q1 results 29/04 Unipetrol < ><PKNA.WA> Oil n/a Q1 results 05/05 FORTUNA <FOREsp.PR> Entertainment n/a Q1 statement 10/05 CEZ < > Energy n/a Q1 results 12/05 Telefonica O2 < > Telecoms n/a Q1 results 17/05 VIG <VIGR.VI> Insurance n/a Q1 results 18/05 ECM < > Real estate n/a Q1 results 18/05 NWR <NWRS.L> Mining n/a Q1 results 26/05 ORCO < > Real estate n/a Q1 results 26/05 PEGAS < > Textil n/a Q1 results -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE. n/a = not yet availablen/f = not forecast
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WEDNESDAY, April 20
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session (www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm). News conference to follow.
THURSDAY, April 21
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <
> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.PRAGUE - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to meet his Hungarisan counterpart Pal Schmitt. Bilateral questions on the schedule. News conference at 0940 GMT.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <
>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> to present trading statement for first quarter.TUESDAY, April 26
PRAGUE - April confidence indicators at 0700 GMT.
LUXEMBURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <
> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. * PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to hold a session (until May 6).WEDNESDAY, April 27
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002869=>.
THURSDAY, April 28
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 - 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.
AMSTERDAM - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <
> <ORCO.PA> to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting.PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <
>, a unit of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.HAMILTON, Bermuda - Television group Central European Media Enterprises <CETV.O> <
> to release first quarter results before U.S. market hours. Conference call at 1430 GMT.FRIDAY, April 29
KUTNA HORA - Cigarette maker Philip Morris CR <
> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.PRAGUE - March money supply data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <
>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> to release first quarter results on Web site www.unipetrol.cz. * PRAGUE - Conference on the European Economic Governance (0700 GMT).
MONDAY, May 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data at 1200 GMT.
THURSDAY, May 5
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An announcement is expected at 1100 GMT with a news conference to follow at 1230 GMT.
PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. * PRAGUE - Betting company Fortuna <FOREsp.PR> to release first quarter interim management statement.
FRIDAY, May 6
PRAGUE - March retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
MONDAY, May 9
PRAGUE - March industrial and construction data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
TUESDAY, May 10
PRAGUE - March foreign trade data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April inflation data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <
> to release first quarter results.WEDNESDAY, May 11
PRAGUE - 11-year government bond auction <CZ1002851=>.
THURSDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
VIENNA, Austria - Ertse Bank <ERST.VI> <
> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting. * PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic < >, a unit of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to release first quarter results.FRIDAY, May 13
PRAGUE - Q1 gross domestic product estimate data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Minutes from the May 5 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
MONDAY, May 16
PRAGUE - April producer prices and March foreign trade prices data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Television group Central European Media Enterprises <CETV.O> <
> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.TUESDAY, May 17 * VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to release first quarter results.
WEDNESDAY, May 18 * AMSTERDAM - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to release first quarter results. Conference call at 0900 GMT. * LUXEMBURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <
> to release first quarter results after markets hours.WEDNESDAY, May 25 * PRAGUE - 8-year government bond auction <CZ1002331=>. * AMSTERDAM - Betting company Fortuna <FOREsp.PR> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
THURSDAY, May 26 * PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. * PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <
> to release first quarter results. * PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens < > to release first quarter results.