DIARY - Czech Republic - to November 7

    New or amended items marked * 
    ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+2) 
    See below for full macroeconomic forecasts 
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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ> 
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 08/10  0700/0900   Foreign trade          Aug        1.1bln     -0.73bln 
 08/10  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          Sept      -0.4%        0.3% 
 08/10  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          Sept       2.8%        2.4% 
 08/10  0700/0900   Unemployment           Sept       6.3%        6.4% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Industrial output      Aug        9.0%       11.5% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Construction output    Aug        n/f        -1.7% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    Sept       0.1%       -0.1% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    Sept       4.0%        3.7% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Export prices y/y      Aug        n/f         3.0% 
 12/10  0700/0900   Import prices y/y      Aug        n/f         0.1% 
 12/10  0800/1000   Monetary base          Sept       n/f       365.9bln 
 15/10  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         Aug       -9.8bln     -8.80bln 
 18/10  0700/0900   Retail sales y/y       Aug        8.0%        8.9% 
 31/10  0900/1000   Money supply           Sept       n/f        11.4% 
 01/11  0830/0930   PMI index              Oct        n/f        55.8 
 01/11     n/a      Budget balance         Oct        n/f        36.32bln 
 07/11  0900/1000   FX reserves            Oct        n/f        23.11bln 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (CZK bln)      ITEM 
 25/10  Telefonica O2   <SPTTsp.PR>     Telecoms         n/a       9M net profit 
 30/10  Erste Bank      <ERSTsp.PR>     Bank             n/a       9M results 
 01/11  CME             <CETVsp.PR>     Media            n/a       9M results 
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    NOTE. n/a = not yet available 
          n/f = not forecast 
    For real-time indicators, click on <ECONCZ>. 
    For all Reuters short and medium-term forecasts of Czech indicators, click 
on <CZ/ECON01>. 
================================================================================     CENTRAL BANK GOVERNING BOARD MEETINGS are usually held on Thursdays, but not 
necessarily every Thursday, with monetary policy specifically discussed on the 
last Thursday of the month in the board's "situation report" (see below for 
updated schedule). 
    WEEKLY CABINET MEETINGS are usually held on Wednesdays. 
    FULL LIST of ECONOMIC INDICATORS released in the coming weeks by the Czech 
Statistical Bureau (CSU), the central bank (CNB) and the finance ministry are 
pbublished as listed in separate tables below. The nearest coming indicators are 
also listed among other diary items below. 
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    MONDAY, October 8 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release September inflation, 
August foreign trade data and grain harvest forecast at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry to release September 
unemployment data at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry should release data on Q3 government debt duration 
at around 1200 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, October 9 - WEDNESDAY, October 10 
    PRAGUE - Telecommunications conference tel.con spectrum. Petr Dvorak, head 
of the Czech TV Nova unit of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. <CETV.O> 
<CETVsp.PR>, to speak on Oct. 10 on digital television broadcasting. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 10 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 11 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    FRIDAY, October 12 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release August industrial and 
construction output, August foreign trade prices and September producer prices 
at 0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release September monetary base at 0800 
GMT. 
 
    MONDAY, October 15 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release August current account balance 
at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
 
    TUESDAY, October 16 - FRIDAY, October 26 
    PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 17 
    PRAGUE - Former Federal Reserve President Alan Greenspan to speak at a 
conference via a live satellite link at 1440 GMT. Czech central bank 
Vice-Governor Ludek Niedermayer to speak at 1420 GMT. 
     
    THURSDAY, October 18 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release August retail sales at 
0700 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    MONDAY, October 22 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, October 24 
    PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction <CZ1001945=>. 
 
    THURSDAY, October 25 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An 
announcement is expected after 1000 GMT with a news conference to follow at 
around 1330 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <SPTTsp.PR>, a unit 
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to release nine-month results. 
     
    TUESDAY, October 30 
    VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> <ERSTsp.PR> to release nine-month 
results. 
    PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <ERSTsp.PR>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to 
release nine-month results. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, October 31 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release September money supply at 0800 
GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, November 1 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for October due out at 0830 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Finance Ministry due to release end-October budget balance. 
    HAMILTON, Bermuda - Central European Media Enterprises (CME) <CETV.O> 
<CETVsp.PR> expected to release nine-month results. 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
 
    FRIDAY, November 2 
  * PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release minutes from its October 25 
governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, November 7 
    PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction <CZ1001903=>. 
  * PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release October forex reserves at 0900 
GMT. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 ORCO                     <ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR>         October 5 
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      The Statistical Bureau (CSU) has set the following dates for release of 
macroeconomic indicators (data released at 0700 GMT unless noted): 
    OCTOBER 
     8     Foreign trade (Aug) 
           Grain harvest forecast (Sept) 
           Inflation (Sept) 
    12     Construction output (Aug) 
           Industrial output (Aug) 
           Producer prices (Sept) 
           Foreign trade prices (Aug) 
    18     Retail sales (Aug) 
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    The central bank (CNB) set the following dates for releases of economic 
indicators (data released at 0800 GMT unless noted): 
    OCTOBER 
    12     Monetary base (end-Sept) 
    15     Balance of payments (end-Aug) 
    31     Money supply (end-Sept) 
    NOVEMBER 
     7     Forex reserves (end-Oct) 
    13     Balance of payments (end-Sept) 
    14     Monetary base (end-Oct) 
    30     Money supply (end-Oct) 
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    Czech central bank governing board meetings 
                                   MEETING TYPE 
    OCTOBER 
    11                             regular 
    18                             regular 
    25                             Situation report 
    NOVEMBER 
     1                             regular 
     8                             regular 
    15                             regular 
    22                             regular 
    29                             Situation report 
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    The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry set the following dates for releasing 
monthly unemployment data (data released on the same day as CPI figures): 
    OCTOBER 
     8  to end-September 
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    The Finance Ministry set the following dates for the release of state budget 
balance: 
    NOVEMBER 
     1   to end-October 
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              REGULAR STATE BONDS ISSUE CALENDAR 
ISSUE NAME      AUCTION DATE    ISSUE DATE     MATURITY DATE  MATURITY   VOLUME 
                                                            (in years) (CZK bln) 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001754=> 
3.25%/09        Oct 3, 2007     Oct 8, 2007     Nov 27, 2009       3         6 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001945> 
4.70%/22        Oct 24, 2007    Oct 29, 2007    Sept 12, 2022     15         7 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001903=> 
4.00%/17        Nov 7, 2007     Nov 12, 20077   April 11, 2017    10         7 
Reopening of existing issue <CZ1001887=> 
3.55%/12        Dec 5, 2007     Dec 10, 2007    Oct 18, 2012       5         7 
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mirka.krufova.reuters.com@reuters.net; +420 224 190 477))