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
26/02 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Jan +0.1,-0.3 -0.1,0.0 pct
04/03 0800/0900 real GDP growth Q4/09 N/A -4.8 pct
04/03 0800/0900 real GDP growth FY/09 N/A +6.2 pct
04/03 0800/0900 real avg wage Q4/09-FY/09 N/A +1.3,+3.3 pct
09/03 0800/0900 industrial output Jan N/A +11.9 pct
11/03 0800/0900 headline inflation Feb N/A +0.2,+0.4 pct
11/03 0800/0900 core inflation Feb N/A +0.7,+0.2 pct
12/03 0800/0900 foreign trade Jan N/A -56.6 mln euro
15/03 0800/0900 new industrial orders Jan N/A N/A pct
16/03 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Feb N/A +1.9,+22.5 pct
by19/03 n/a jobless rate Feb N/A 12.89 pct
09/04 0800/0900 industrial output Feb N/A N/A pct
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FRIDAY, Feb 26
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish January EU-norm inflation
data.
SATURDAY, Feb 27
*BRATISLAVA - The strongest opposition party SDKU, led by ex-Prime Minister
Mikulas Dzurinda, is expected to name its leader for the June 12 general
election.
MONDAY, March 1
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish January-February central state
budget data.
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction 322-day treasury bills.
WEDNESDAY, March 3
BRATISLAVA - Weekly government meeting.
THURSDAY, March 4
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish final GDP growth data for the
fourth quarter and full year of 2009.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish fourth quarter and full-year
2009 real average wage data.
MONDAY, March 8
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction five-year, floating-coupon state bonds.
MONDAY, March 22
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction two-year, zero-coupon state bonds.
SATURDAY, June 12
Slovakia to hold a general election.
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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the
19th of each month.
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TREASURY BONDS:
The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury bill auctions for
2010:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
March 8 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
March 22 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
April 1 to be decided
April 19 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
May 3 to be decided
May 17 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
May 31 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
June 14 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
June 28 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
July 12 to be decided
Aug 16 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Aug 30 to be decided
Sept 13 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Sept 27 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Oct 11 to be decided
Oct 25 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Nov 8 6-year fixed-coupon N/A
Nov 22 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
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NOTE:
- The debt agency will open four new issues next year.
- Three bonds -- 6-year, 10-year and 15-year -- each of them with nominal value
of 3.0 billion euros, all carrying a fixed-rate coupon.
- The two-year bond will carry a zero coupon, issue size 1.0 billion euro,
maturity date set for January 27, 2012.
- ARDAL has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the remaining bonds as well as
its maturity date.
- The Agency said market conditions and investors' sentiment will decide when
the new 10 and 15-year bonds will be placed.
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TREASURY BILLS:
- The debt agency will auction two new treasury bills, both with an initial
maturity of 364-days and both of total nominal value of 2.0 billion euros.
- The first t-bill line will be placed on January 20. The second line will be
open on July 21.
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- Auction dates are binding, however, in case of any contingencies the Debt and
Liquidity Management Agency reserves the right of a change that will be
announced early in advance.
