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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
07/05 0700/0900 Foreign trade March 7.0bln 8.70bln
07/05 0800/1000 FX reserves April n/f 27.68bln
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation m/m April 0.1% 0.2%
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation y/y April 2.0% 2.3%
12/05 0700/0900 Unemployment April 7.8% 7.7%
12/05 0700/0900 Industrial output March n/a -23.4%
12/05 0700/0900 Construction output March n/f -14.3%
14/05 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y March -2.5% -7.9%
15/05 0700/0900 GDP estimate y/y Q1 n/a 0.7%
15/05 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m April -0.2% -1.1%
15/05 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y April -2.2% -2.0%
15/05 0700/0900 Export prices y/y March n/f 8.3%
15/05 0700/0900 Import prices y/y March n/f 4.5%
15/05 0800/1000 CA balance CZK March 5.1bln 17.13bln
28/05-02/06 n/a Industrial estimate April n/a -17.5%
29/05 0800/1000 Money supply April n/f 9.1
01/06 0730/0930 PMI index May n/f 38.6
01/06 n/a Budget balance May n/f -55.66bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
07/05 Komercni Banka <> Bank 2.23 Q1 net profit
12/05 VIG <VIGR.VI> Insurance n/a Q1 results
13/05 CEZ <> Energy n/a Q1 results
14/05 Unipetrol <><PKNA.WA> Oil n/a Q1 results
18/05 Zentiva <> Pharma n/a Q1 results
19/05 NWR <NWRS.L> Mining n/a Q1 results
20/05 ORCO <> Real estate n/a Q1 results
27/05 ECM <> Real estate n/a Q1 results
28/05 PEGAS <> Textil n/a Q1 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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WEDNESDAY, May 6
* PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold an extraordinary session (1500 GMT). News
conference to follow.
THURSDAY, May 7
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to release first quarter results at 0630
GMT. A news conference at 1100 GMT, conference call at 1400 GMT.
PRAGUE - March foreign trade data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected sometime after 1000 GMT with a news conference to
follow at around 1330 GMT.
* PRAGUE - The President of Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the
President of Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to meet. Armenian and
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers' press statements at 1130 GMT.
PRAGUE - European Union's Employment Summit - social Troika, the Czech
Presidency, Sweden and Spain and social partners and representatives of the
business sector. News conference at 1045 GMT.
PRAGUE - European Union's Eastern Partnership Summit at the level of Heads
of State or Government and representatives of the Eastern Partnership countries.
News cxonference at 1745 GMT.
FRIDAY, May 8
Liberation day. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets are to be closed.
PRAGUE - European Union's Summit "Southern Corridor - New Silk Road" - the
Czech Presidency, the European Commission and the General Secretariat of the
Council with representatives of the Southern Corridor countries. News conference
at 1150 GMT.
MONDAY, May 11
* PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
MONDAY, May 11 - TUESDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of
Parliaments of the European Union (Meeting of the 31st COSAC).
MONDAY, May 11 - THURSDAY, May 14
PRAGUE - Ministerial meeting EU - Rio Group in attendance of 27 European
Union's Foreign Ministers and 23 Foreign Ministers from Latin America and the
Caribbean.
TUESDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - April inflation, March industrial and construction data at 0700
GMT.
PRAGUE - April unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR>
should release first quarte results.
VIENNA, Austria - Ertse Bank <ERST.VI> <> to hold an annual
shareholders' meeting.
* PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold an extraordinary session.
Public health insurance law at the schedule (1200 GMT).
TUESDAY, May 12 - WEDNESDAY, May 13
* PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a session. Constitutional
law on shortening electoral term for the lower house and package of anti-crisis
measures on the schedule.
WEDNESDAY, May 13
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002505=>.
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> should release first quarter results.
THURSDAY, May 14
PRAGUE - March retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
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 release first quarter results.
FRIDAY, May 15
PRAGUE - Q1 gross domestic product estimate data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April producer prices and March foreign trade prices data at 0700
GMT.
PRAGUE - Minutes from the May 7 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Television group Central European Media Enterprises
<CETV.O> <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
MONDAY, May 18
PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva <> should release first quarter
results.
TUESDAY, May 19
AMSTERDAM - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR>
to release first quarter results. Conference call for investors and analysts at
1300 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, May 20
* PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <> should release first
quarter results.
* PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction.
THURSDAY, May 21
* PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
* PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
WEDNESDAY, May 27
* LUXEMBURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <> should release first
quarter results after markets hours.
THURSDAY, May 28
* PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens <> should release
first quarter results.
* PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
* PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
THURSDAY, May 28 - TUESDAY, June 2
* PRAGUE - March industrial preliminary data.
FRIDAY, May 29
* PRAGUE - April money supply data at 0800 GMT.
