This diary is updated every weekday and new listings or amendments are
marked *. Reuters will not always produce a news item on each event listed.
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST---------PRIOR
15/05 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation April +0.2,+3.6 +0.3,+3.6 pct
15/05 0700/0900 GDP flash estimate Q1/08 +8.5 +14.3 pct
28/05 0700/0900 producer pries April +0.1,+5.7 +0.2,+5.3 pct
03/06 0700/0900 GDP Q1/08 +8.5 +14.3 pct
04/06 0700/0900 retail sales April N/A +10.5 pct
09/06 0700/0900 industrial ouput April N/A +1.8 pct
09/06 0700/0900 construction output April N/F +7.8 pxt
10/06 0700/0900 real ind wages April N/F +4.0 pct
11/06 0700/0900 foreing trade April N/A -1.1 bln SKK
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WEDNESDAY, May 14
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
THURSDAY, May 15
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April EU-norm inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to comment on April EU-norm inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish flash estimate of
first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data.
FRIDAY, May 16
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish weekly foreign currency reserves
data.
TUESDAY, May 20
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish report on Slovakia's monetary
developments in 2007.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender.
WEDNESDAY, May 21
*BRATISLAVA - Microsoft <MSFT.O> Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to visit
Slovakia.
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
MONDAY, May 26
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction a 18-year, 4.5 percent-coupon, state bond.
TUESDAY, May 27
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
MONDAY, June 2
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish January-May central state
budget data.
TUESDAY, June 3
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish detailed data of first-quarter
gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish updated inflation and GDP
forecasts.
WEDNESDAY, June 4
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April retail sales data.
MONDAY, June 9
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April industrial output data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April construction output
TUESDAY, June 10
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April real average industrial
wages data.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender.
TUESDAY, June 24
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
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The Slovak central bank's (NBS) monetary policy making Bank Board usually
holds a policy meeting on the last Tuesday of every month. The board may change
the date of its policy meetings.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
15th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond auctions for 2006:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
May 26 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
June 9 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
June 23 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
July 7 to be announced
Aug 25 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Sept 8 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Sept 22 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Oct 6 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Oct 20 to be announced
Nov 3 10-year float-coupon Sept 8, 2018
Nov 14 18-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Dec 1 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
Dec 15 9-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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