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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR-------------PERIOD------FORECAST---------PRIOR
14/09 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation Aug N/A +0.1,+1.0 pct
16/09 0700/0900 new industrial orders July N/F +30.1 pct
by21/09 n/a jobless rate Aug N/A +12.33 pct
05/10 0700/0900 retail sales Aug N/F -1.6 pct
08/10 0700/0900 industrial output Aug N/A +16.8 pct
12/10 0700/0900 foreign trade Aug N/A -93.8 mln euro
12/10 0700/0900 headline inflation Sept N/A -0.1,+1.0 pct
12/10 0700/0900 core inflation Sept N/A -0.3,+1.2 pct
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TUESDAY, Sept 14
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish its updated GDP, inflation and
current account balance forecasts.
BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish August EU-norm inflation data.
BRATISLAVA - Gas company Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel (SPP) to comment on
pricing policies for small and medium enterprises.
WEDNESDAY, Sept 15
Public holiday, all banks and financial markets are closed.
MONDAY, Sept 27
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) to auction six-year, 3.5 percent-coupon state bonds.
THURSDAY, Sept 30
BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to submit the 2011 state budget draft to
the government.
FRIDAY, Oct 15
BRATISLAVA - The government expected to submit the final version of the 2011
state budget draft to the parliament.
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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
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.
