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
07/03 0800/0900 construction output Jan N/F -1.2 pct
07/03 0800/0900 industrial output Jan +6.5 +6.4 pct
10/03 0800/0900 retail sales Jan +6.8 +5.1 pct
10/03 0800/0900 real ind wages Jan N/F -0.6 pct
13/03 0800/0900 headline inflation Feb +0.3,+3.9 +1.3,+3.8 pct
13/03 0800/0900 core inflation Feb +0.3,+4.2 +1.1,+4.1 pct
13/03 0800/0900 foreing trade Jan +5.6 -9.5 bln SKK
14/03 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Feb +0.2,+3.3 +1.2,+3.2 pct
28/03 0800/0900 producer prices Feb +0.5,+3.1 +1.0,+4.4 pct
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MONDAY, March 10
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January retail sales data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January industrial wages data.
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to
auction 6-year, 4.9 percent coupon state bond.
*BRATISLAVA - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to visit Slovakia.
TUESDAY, March 11
BRATISLAVA, The central bank to hold regular two-week repo tender.
WEDNESDAY, March 12
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
THURSDAY, March 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February headline inflation
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February core inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January foreign trade data.
FRIDAY, March 14
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February EU-norm inflation
data.
WEDNESDAY, March 19
HUMENNE - The government to hold its weekly meeting in the eastern Slovak
town of Humenne.
TUESDAY, March 25
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
WEDNESDAY, March 26
BRATISLAVA - The regular government meeting.
TUESDAY, April 29
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish updated quarterly medium-term
forecast.
FRIDAY, March 7
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January construction output
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January industrial output
data.
MONDAY, March 10
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January retail sales data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January industrial wage data.
WEDNESDAY, March 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February headline inflation
data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish February core inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January foreign trade data.
TUESDAY, March 25
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
TUESDAY, April 29
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish updated quarterly medium-term
forecast.
TUESDAY, May 20
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish report on Slovakia's 2007 monetary
development.
TUESDAY, May 27
BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
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
March 10 6-year 4.9 pct Feb 11, 2014
March 31 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
April 14 11-year 5.3 pct May 12, 2019
April 28 to be announced
May 12 3-year zero-coupon March 31, 2011
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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