New or amended items marked *
                                 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
 07/08  0800/1000   FX reserves            July       n/f        24.21bln
 08/08  0700/0900   Inflation m/m          July       0.6%        0.2%
 08/08  0700/0900   Inflation y/y          July       6.9%        6.7%
 08/08  0700/0900   Unemployment           July       5.2%        5.0%
 08/08  0700/0900   Industrial output      June       5.4%        3.4%
 08/08  0700/0900   Construction output    June       n/f        -2.9%
 12/08  0800/1000   CA balance CZK         June      -9.0bln    -11.68bln
 14/08  0700/0900   GDP estimate           Q2         n/a         5.3%
 14/08  0700/0900   Producer prices m/m    July       0.3%        0.8%
 14/08  0700/0900   Producer prices y/y    July       5.5%        5.3%
 14/08  0700/0900   Export prices y/y      June       n/f        -5.4%
 14/08  0700/0900   Import prices y/y      June       n/f        -3.3%
 14/08  0700/0900   Retail sales y/y       June       2.5%        1.2%
 27/08  0700/0900   Real wage y/y          Q2         n/a         2.8%
 29/08  0800/1000   Money supply           July       n/f         6.7%
 01/09  0730/0930   PMI index              Aug        n/f        49.9
 01/09     n/a      Budget balance         Aug        n/f         9.27bln
 04/09  0700/0900   Foreign trade          July       n/a        13.92bln
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                                 COMPANY RESULTS
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
                                                                                  NET PROFIT     ITEM
                                                                                   CZK bln
 06/08  Komercni Banka   <>    Bank             6.04      H1 net profit
 13/08  Unipetrol        <>    Oil              n/a         H1 results
 14/08  CEZ              <>    Energy           n/a         H1 results
 21/08  VIG    <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR>    Insurance        n/a         H1 results
 27/08  ECM              <>    Real estate      n/a         H1 results
 27/08  PEGAS            <>    Textil           n/a         H1 results
 28/08  AAA              <>    Cars             n/a         H1 results
 28/08  ORCO             <>    Real estate      n/a         H1 results
 28/08  NWR     <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR>    Mining           n/a         H1 results
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                                 NOTE. n/a = not yet available
                                       n/f = not forecast
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                                 WEDNESDAY, August 6
                                 PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to release H1 results at 0800 GMT,
follows press conference at 1100 GMT and conference call at 1400 GMT.
                                 
                                 THURSDAY, August 7
                                 PRAGUE - July harvest estimate at 0700 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - July foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction.
                                 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.
                                 FRIDAY, August 8
                                 PRAGUE - July inflation and June industrial and construction data at 0700
GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - July unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (CSOB), unit of KBC <KBC.BR>, to
release H1 results. The presentation with CEO Pavel Kavanek at 0900 GMT.
                                 TUESDAY, August 12
                                 PRAGUE - June current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
                                 WEDNESDAY, August 13
                                 PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen
<PKNA.WA>, to publish H1 results.
                                 
                                 THURSDAY, August 14
                                 PRAGUE - Q2 gross domestic product estimate, July producer prices and June
retail sales and foreign trade prices data at 0700 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to release H1 results.
                                 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
 
                                 FRIDAY, August 15
                                 PRAGUE - Minutes from the August 7 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
                                 
                                 WEDNESDAY, August 20
                                 PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887=>.
                                 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
                                
                                 THURSDAY, August 21
                                 VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGRsp.PR> <VIGR.VI> to
release H1 results.
                                 WEDNESDAY, August 27
                                 PRAGUE - Q2 real wage data at 0700 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to release H1 results.
                                 PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens <> to release H1
results, conference call to follow at 1500 GMT.
                                  
                                 THURSDAY, August 28
                                 PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
                                 PRAGUE - Used car dealer AAA Auto <> to release H1 results.
                                 LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <> to release H1 results.
                                 LONDON - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to
release H1 results. Presentation for analysts at 1000 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
                                 FRIDAY, August 29
                                 PRAGUE - July money supply data at 0800 GMT.
                                 
                                 MONDAY, September 1
                                 PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for August due out at 0730 GMT.
                                 PRAGUE - End-August budget balance data.
                                 THURSDAY, September 4
  * PRAGUE - July foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
                                 
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