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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR-------------PERIOD------FORECAST---------PRIOR
16/12 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Nov +0.1,-0.1 +0.2,-0.1 pct
by18/12 n/a jobless rate Nov +12.70 +12.40 pct
11/01 0800/0900 industrial output Nov N/A -3.8 pct
11/01 0700/0900 foreign trade Nov N/A N/A mln euro
13/01 0700/0900 headline inflation Dec N/A N/A pct
13/01 0700/0900 core inflation Dec N/A N/A pct
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TUESDAY, Dec 15
BRATISLAVA - The central bank to present its updated macro-economic
forecasts.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office will publish October new industrial
orders data.
WEDNESDAY, Dec 16
BRATISLAVA - Government will hold its regular weekly meeting, no major
economic items on agenda.
FRIDAY, Dec 18
BRATISLAVA - The Labour Office is expected to publish unemployment rate data
for November.
THURSDAY, Dec 24
Christmas Holiday, all financial markets closed.
FRIDAY, Dec 25
Christmas Holiday, all financial markets closed.
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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
Jan 11 5-year floating-coupon Jan 21, 2015
Jan 25 2-year zero-coupon Jan 27, 2012
Feb 8 16-year 4.5 pct May 10, 2026
Feb 22 to be decided
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.
