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
 28/08    0700/0900  producer prices          July      +0.2,+6.1  +0.2,+6.3 pct
 03/09    0700/0900  GDP final                Q2/08        +7.6         +8.7 pct
 03/09    0700/0900  real average wage        Q2/08         N/F         +6.2 pct
 03/09    0700/0900  retail sales             July          N/A         +3.1 pct
 08/09    0700/0900  industrial output        July          N/A         +6.2 pct
 08/09    0700/0900  construction output      July          N/F         +6.5 pct
 11/08    0700/0900  real industrial wage     July          N/F         +5.4 pct
 11/08    0700/0900  foreign trade            July          N/A     -1.0 bln SKK
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                                 TUESDAY, Aug 19
                                 KREMNICA - Central Bank Governor Ivan Sramko and Finance Minister Jan
Pociatek to observe the start of minting of Slovak euro coins.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish results of the first 10-day
monitoring of retail prices introduced for euro adoption.
                                 
                                 WEDNESDAY, Aug 20
                                 BRATISLAVA - Regular weekly government meeting.
                                 
                                 MONDAY, Aug 25
                                 BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction 9-year, 4.2 percent coupon state bonds.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Aug 26
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-June current account data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-May.
                                 
                                 FRIDAY, Aug 29
                                 National holiday, all financial markets closed.
                                 
                                 MONDAY, Sept 1
                                 National holiday, all financial markets closed.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Sept 2
                                 BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry will publish central state budget data for
January-August
                                 
                                 WEDNESDAY, Sept 3
                                *BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish final Q2/08 gross domestic
product (GDP) data.
                                *BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish its quarterly update of GDP
and inflation forecasts.
                                *BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish Q2/08 real wages data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July retail sales data.
                                 
                                 MONDAY, Sept 8
                                 BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July industrial output data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish JUly construction output data.
                                 
                                 THURSDAY, Sept 11
                                 BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July real industrial wages
data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July foreign trade data.
                                 
                                 MONDAY, Sept 22 
                                 BRATISLAVA - An international conference on euro adoption with top officials
from European Central Bank and European Commission.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Sept 23
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to dicuss a report on
monetary developments in the first half of the year.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Sept 30
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-July current account data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-June.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Oct 28
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish its updated quarterly economic
forecasts.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Aug current account data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-July.
                                 
                                 MONDAY, Nov 17
                                 National holiday, all financial markets closed.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Nov 25
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Sept current account data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Aug.
                                 
                                 TUESDAY, Dec 19
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank's policy-making board to hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish January-Oct current account data.
                                 BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Sept.
                                 
                                 WEDNESDAY, Dec 24
                                 Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
                                 
                                 THURSDAY, Dec 25
                                 Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
                                 
                                 FRIDAY, Dec 26
                                 Christmas holiday, all financial markets closed.
                                 
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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
  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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