New or amended items marked *
ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+1)
See below for full macroeconomic forecasts
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ>
DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR
30/01 0900/1000 Money supply Dec n/f 7.9%
02/02 0830/0930 PMI index Jan n/f 32.7
02/02 n/a Budget balance Jan n/f -19.37bln
05/02 0800/0900 Foreign trade Dec n/a -0.47ln
06/02 0900/1000 FX reserves Jan n/f 26.58bln
09/02 0800/0900 Inflation m/m Jan n/a -0.3%
09/02 0800/0900 Inflation y/y Jan n/a 3.6%
09/02 0800/0900 Unemployment Jan n/a 6.0%
11/02 0800/0900 Industrial output Dec n/a - 17.4%
12/02 0900/1000 CA balance CZK Dec n/a -8.72bln
13/02 0800/0900 GDP estimate y/y Q4 n/a 4.2%
13/02 0800/0900 Export prices y/y Dec n/f -1.4%
13/02 0800/0900 Import prices y/y Dec n/f -1.7%
16/02 0800/0900 Construction output Dec n/f -5.6%
17/02 0800/0900 Retail sales y/y Dec n/a -6.3%
20/02 0800/0900 Producer prices m/m Jan n/a -1.5%
20/02 0800/0900 Producer prices y/y Jan n/a -0.2%
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
18/02 Komercni Banka <> Bank n/a 2008 results
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
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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on <CZ/ECON01>.
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WEDNESDAY, January 28
* PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to meet General Secretary of
of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) John Monks. A news conference
at 0745 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to host meeting with EU
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Afghan Foreign
Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta. Press conference at 1215 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Kohout to hold a news briefing on
Informal Meeting of EU Development Ministers at 1500 GMT.
PRAGUE - Seminar "Energy Security - Fiction or Realistic Goal?" with Czech
central bank (CNB) board member Vladimir Tomsik and Czech Ambassador for Energy
Security Vaclav Bartuska (1600 GMT.
THURSDAY, January 29
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.
THURSDAY, January 29 - FRIDAY, January 30
PRAGUE - Informal Meeting of Ministers for Development Cooperation with
Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Kohout and European Commissioner for
Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel. News conference on Friday at 1330
GMT.
FRIDAY, January 30
PRAGUE - December money supply data at 0900 GMT.
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Conference "In search for Security of Energy
Supply of EU Member States on the Common Electricity Market" with Czech Prime
Minister Mirek Topolanek and Industry and Trade Minister Martin Riman (0800 GMT)
and European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs (0815 GMT). News conference
at 0915 GMT and 1600 GMT.
MONDAY, February 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for January due out at 0830 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-January budget balance data and a detailed calendar for the
issuance of domestic state bonds in the third month of 2009.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
MONDAY, February 2 - TUESDAY, February 3
PRAGUE - Forum on Services and Trade Liberalisation. News conference an
Monday and Tuesday at 1200 GMT.
TUESDAY, February 3 - FRIDAY, February 13
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
THURSDAY, February 5
PRAGUE - December foreign trade data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction.
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.
FRIDAY, February 6
PRAGUE - January foreign exchange reserves data at 0900 GMT.
MONDAY, February 9
PRAGUE - January inflation data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - January unemployment data at 0800 GMT.
AMSTERDAM - Drug maker Zentiva <> to hold an extraordinary
shareholders' meeting.
WEDNESDAY, February 11
PRAGUE - December industrial data at 0800 GMT.
THURSDAY, February 12
PRAGUE - December current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, February 13
PRAGUE - Q4 gross domestic product estimate and December foreign trade
prices data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Minutes from the February 5 governing board meeting at 0800 GMT.
MONDAY, February 16
PRAGUE - December construction data at 0800 GMT.
TUESDAY, February 17
PRAGUE - December retail sales data at 0800 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, February 18
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> should release 2008 results.
PRAGUE - 8-year government bond auction <CZ1002331=>.
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.
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.
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.
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COMPANY RIC DATE
ZENTIVA <> February 9
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