New or amended items marked *
ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+1)
See below for full macroeconomic forecasts
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ>
DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR
31/03 0800/1000 Money supply Feb n/f 11.0%
31/03 0800/1000 Foreign debt Q4 n/f 47.39
01/04 0730/0930 PMI index March n/f 56.5
01/04 n/a Budget balance March n/f -4.97bln
07/04 0700/0900 Foreign trade Feb n/a 12.21bln
07/04 0800/1000 FX reserves March n/f 24.41bln
08/03 0700/0900 Inflation m/m March n/a 0.3%
08/03 0700/0900 Inflation y/y March n/a 7.5%
08/03 0700/0900 Unemployment March n/a 5.9%
11/04 0700/0900 Industrial output Feb n/a 9.3%
11/04 0700/0900 Construction output Feb n/f 1.0%
14/04 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m March n/f 0.1%
14/04 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y March n/a 5.6%
14/04 0700/0900 Export prices y/y Feb n/f -2.6%
14/04 0700/0900 Import prices y/y Feb n/f -1.6%
15/04 0800/1000 CA balance CZK Feb n/a 4.82bln
17/04 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y Feb n/a 4.1%
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
26/03 ECM <> Real estate n/a 2007 results
27/03 ORCO <> Real estate n/a 2007 results
27/03 VIG <VIGRsp.PR> Insurance n/a 2007 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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For all Reuters short and medium-term forecasts of Czech indicators, click
on <CZ/ECON01>.
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TUESDAY, March 25 - FRIDAY, March 29
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a session. Agenda
includes first reading of the Lisabon treaty.
WEDNESDAY, March 26
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates and a
new inflation forecast. An announcement is expected sometime after 1100 GMT with
a news conference to follow at around 1430 GMT.
LUXEMBOURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to release 2007 results
after 1500 GMT. Conference call at 1530 GMT.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference seen
at 1230 GMT.
THURSDAY, March 27
PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA> <> to publish 2007
results.
PRAGUE - Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to publish 2007
results.
FRIDAY, March 28
PRAGUE - President Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Deputy
Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra, Defence Minister Vlasta
Parkanova and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to meet to co-ordinate
positions ahead of the NATO summit in Bucharest (0900 GMT).
PRAGUE - Roundtable "Transatlantic Relations from the Perspective of the
Czech EU Presidency: Main Chalenges and Opportunities" with Deputy Foreign
Minister Tomas Pojar (0900 GMT).
PRAGUE - "CEE Renewables: Creating an efficient and sustainable Energy
Future".
* PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to organise a working meeting of Governors
of central banks of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia.
No photo session or briefing is planned.
SUNDAY, March 30
The Czech Republic switches to daylight saving time (GMT+2).
MONDAY, March 31
PRAGUE - February money supply and Q4 foreign debt data at 0800 GMT.
TUESDAY, April 1
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for March due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-March budget balance data.
TUESDAY, April 1 - Thursday, April 3
* PRAGUE - European Banking & Financial Forum 2008 with Bank of France
Governor Christian Noyer (Tue 0900 GMT), Czech central bank (CNB) Governor
Zdenek Tuma (Tue 0645 and 0900 GMT), Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (Tue
0700 GMT).
WEDNESDAY, April 2
PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction <CZ1001945>.
THURSDAY, April 3
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, April 4
PRAGUE - Minutes from March 26 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
MONDAY, April 7
PRAGUE - February foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
TUESDAY, April 8
PRAGUE - March inflation data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to release data on Q1 government debt duration at
1300 GMT.
THURSDAY, April 10
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.
FRIDAY, April 11
PRAGUE - February industrial and construction output data at 0700 GMT.
MONDAY, April 14
PRAGUE - March producer prices and February foreign trade prices data at
0700 GMT.
TUESDAY, April 15
PRAGUE - February current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, April 16
PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887>.
THURSDAY, April 17
PRAGUE - February retail sales data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
MONDAY, April 21
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
WEDNESDAY, April 23
* PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
hold annual shareholders' meeting.
THURSDAY, April 24
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
THURSDAY, April 24 - FRIDAY, April 25
PRAGUE - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria to visit the Czech Republic.
FRIDAY, April 25
* HAARLEMMERMEER, Netherlands - Used car dealer AAA Auto <> to hold
an annual shareholders' meeting.
TUESDAY, April 29
* PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to hold annual shareholders' meeting.
WEDNESDAY, April 30
PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction <CZ1001903>.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================
COMPANY RIC DATE
TELEFONICA O2 CR <> <TEF.MC> April 21
CESKA SPORITELNA <ERST.VI> <> April 23
AAA AUTO <> April 25
KOMERCNI BANKA <> April 29
CEZ <> May 21
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