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
06/05 0700/0900 retail sales March N/A -10.3 pct
11/05 0700/0900 industrial production March N/A -28.2 pct
12/05 0700/0900 foreign trade March N/A +84.3 mln euro
13/05 0700/0900 headline inflation April N/A -0.2,+2.6 pct
13/05 0700/0900 core inflation April N/A -0.3,+1,6 pct
15/05 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation April N/A -0.3,+1.8 pct
15/05 0700/0900 GDP flast estimate Q1/09 N/A +2.4 pct
03/06 0700/0900 real GDP growth Q1/09 N/A +2.4 pct
03/06 0700/0900 real average wage Q1/09 N/F -0.2 pct
04/06 0700/0900 retails sales April N/A N/A pct
08/06 0700/0900 industrial output April N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 headline inflation May N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 core inflation May N/A N/A pct
11/06 0700/0900 foreign trade April N/A N/A mln euro
16/06 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation May N/A N/A pct
03/07 0700/0900 retail sales April N/A N/A pct
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FRIDAY, May 1
Labour day, all financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, May 4
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry will publish central state budget data for
January-April.
WEDNESDAY, May 6
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March retail sales data.
FRIDAY, May 8
National holiday, all financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, May 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March industrial output data.
TUESDAY, May 12
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish March foreign trade balance
data.
WEDNESDAY, May 13
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April core inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting.
FRIDAY, May 15
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April EU-norm inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish real GDP growth flash estimate
for the first quarter.
WEDNESDAY, June 3
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish Q1 real GDP growth data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish Q1 real average wage data.
THURSDAY, June 4
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April retail sales data.
MONDAY, June 8
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April industrial output data.
THURSDAY, June 11
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May headline inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May core inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish April foreig trade data.
TUESDAY, June 16
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May EU-norm inflation data.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
18th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury bill auctions for
2009:
STATE BONDS:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
May 11 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
May 25 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
June 8 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
June 22 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
July 6 to be decided
Aug 24 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Sept 7 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Sept 21 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Oct 5 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
Oct 19 to be decided
Nov 2 4-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 13 6-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Nov 30 2-year zero-coupon April 1, 2011
Dec 14 8-year 4.2 pct April 4, 2017
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NOTE: The debt agency will open two new issues in 2009, both with nominal
value of up to 1.5 billion euros. The new 6-year, floating-coupon bond will
mature on Jan. 21, 2015.
The agency has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the new 4-year bond, and it
did not specify its maurity date as the date of its first auction may change.
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TREASURY BILLS: The debt agency will auction new treasury bills with an
initial maturity of 364-days and a total nominal value of up to 1.5 billion
euros on Jan. 12, 2009. The agency will also auction these new bills on Feb. 9
and March 9. The debt agency will also continue offering treasury bills maturing
on Oct. 14, 2009, with auctions set for Jan. 26 and March 23.
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