This diary is updated every weekday and new listings or amendments are
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR-------------PERIOD------FORECAST---------PRIOR
03/06 0700/0900 real GDP growth Q1/09 -2.4 +2.5 pct
03/06 0700/0900 real average wage Q1/09 N/F -0.2 pct
08/06 0700/0900 industrial output April N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 headline inflation May N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 core inflation May N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 foreign trade April N/A N/A mln euro
16/06 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation May N/A N/A pct
03/07 0700/0900 retail sales April N/A N/A pct
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WEDNESDAY, May 27
BRATISLAVA - Leaders of the three ruling coalition parties to meet on the
Special Court.
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
WEDNESDAY, June 3
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish Q1 real GDP growth data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish Q1 real average wage data.
THURSDAY, June 4
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April retail sales data.
MONDAY, June 8
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April industrial output data.
BRATISLAVA - The Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to
auction 2-year, zero-coupon state bonds.
THURSDAY, June 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May core inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April foreig trade data.
TUESDAY, June 16
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May EU-norm inflation data.
MONDAY, June 22
BRATISLAVA - The Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to
auction 8-year, 4.2 percent state bonds.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
18th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury bill auctions for
2009:
STATE BONDS:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
June 8 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
June 22 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
July 6 to be decided
Aug 24 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Sept 7 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Sept 21 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Oct 5 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Oct 19 to be decided
Nov 2 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 13 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Nov 30 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Dec 14 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
NOTE:The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency said it had
cancelled an auction of 4-year bonds planned for May 11. It said it would
auction the paper at a later date by the end of June.
- The debt agency will open two new issues in 2009, both with nominal
value of up to 1.5 billion euros. The new 6-year, floating-coupon bond will
mature on Jan. 21, 2015.
- The agency has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the new 4-year bond, and
it did not specify its maurity date as the date of its first auction may change.
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TREASURY BILLS: The debt agency will auction new treasury bills with an
initial maturity of 364-days and a total nominal value of up to 1.5 billion
euros on Jan. 12, 2009. The agency will also auction these new bills on Feb. 9
and March 9. The debt agency will also continue offering treasury bills maturing
on Oct. 14, 2009, with auctions set for Jan. 26 and March 23.
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