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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR-------------PERIOD------FORECAST---------PRIOR
by18/12 n/a jobless rate Nov +12.70 +12.40 pct
11/01 0800/0900 industrial output Nov N/A -3.8 pct
11/01 0700/0900 foreign trade Nov N/A N/A mln euro
13/01 0700/0900 headline inflation Dec N/A N/A pct
13/01 0700/0900 core inflation Dec N/A N/A pct
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FRIDAY, Dec 18
BRATISLAVA - The Labour Office is expected to publish unemployment rate data
for November.
THURSDAY, Dec 24
Christmas Holiday, all financial markets closed.
FRIDAY, Dec 25
Christmas Holiday, all financial markets closed.
FRIDAY, Jan 1
National holiday, all financial markets are closed.
WEDNESDAY, Jan 6
National holiday all, financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, Jan 11
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction 5-year, floating-coupon, government bonds.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November industrial production
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish November foreign trade data.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
19th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury bill auctions for
2010:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
Jan 11 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Jan 25 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Feb 8 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Feb 22 to be decided
March 8 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
March 22 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
April 1 to be decided
April 19 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
May 3 to be decided
May 17 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
May 31 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
June 14 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
June 28 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
July 12 to be decided
Aug 16 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Aug 30 to be decided
Sept 13 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Sept 27 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Oct 11 to be decided
Oct 25 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Nov 8 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 22 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
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NOTE:
- The debt agency will open four new issues next year.
- Three bonds -- 6-year, 10-year and 15-year -- each of them with nominal value
of 3.0 billion euros, all carrying a fixed-rate coupon.
- The two-year bond will carry a zero coupon, issue size 1.0 billion euro,
maturity date set for January 27, 2012.
- ARDAL has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the remaining bonds as well as
its maturity date.
- The Agency said market conditions and investors' sentiment will decide when
the new 10 and 15-year bonds will be placed.
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TREASURY BILLS:
- The debt agency will auction two new treasury bills, both with an initial
maturity of 364-days and both of total nominal value of 2.0 billion euros.
- The first t-bill line will be placed on January 20. The second line will be
open on July 21.
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- Auction dates are binding, however, in case of any contingencies the Debt and
Liquidity Management Agency reserves the right of a change that will be
announced early in advance.
