New or amended items marked *
ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+1)
See below for full macroeconomic forecasts
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ>
DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR
05/02 0800/0900 Foreign trade Dec -9.5bln -0.47bln
06/02 0900/1000 FX reserves Jan n/f 26.58bln
09/02 0800/0900 Inflation m/m Jan 1.1% -0.3%
09/02 0800/0900 Inflation y/y Jan 1.7% 3.6%
09/02 0800/0900 Unemployment Jan 6.4% 6.0%
11/02 0800/0900 Industrial output Dec -11.0% - 17.4%
12/02 0900/1000 CA balance CZK Dec -17.3bln -8.72bln
13/02 0800/0900 GDP estimate y/y Q4 n/a 4.2%
13/02 0800/0900 Export prices y/y Dec n/f -1.4%
13/02 0800/0900 Import prices y/y Dec n/f -1.7%
16/02 0800/0900 Construction output Dec n/f -5.6%
17/02 0800/0900 Retail sales y/y Dec -0.3% -6.3%
20/02 0800/0900 Producer prices m/m Jan 0.3% -1.5%
20/02 0800/0900 Producer prices y/y Jan -1.7% -0.2%
27/02 0900/1000 Money supply Jan n/f 6.5%
02/03 0830/0930 PMI index Feb n/f 31.5
02/03 n/a Budget balance Feb n/f 0.48bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
18/02 Komercni Banka <> Bank n/a 2008 results
24/02 NWR <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> Mining n/a 2008 results
24/02 Telefonica O2 <> Telecoms n/a 2008 results
26/02 Unipetrol <PKNA.WA> <> Oil n/a 2008 results
27/02 Erste Bank <ERST.VI> Bank n/a 2008 results
27/02 Ceska Sporitelna <> Bank n/a 2008 results
03/03 CEZ <> Energy n/a 2008 results
17/03 ORCO <> Real estate n/a 2008 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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on <CZ/ECON01>.
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Until FRIDAY, February 13
PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a session.
WEDNESDAY, Febraury 4
* PRAGUE - An information briefing on the EU-Ukraine Troika. An information on
the issues to be discussed at the EU-Ukraine meeting the following day on the
schedule. News briefing at 0930 GMT.
THURSDAY, February 5
PRAGUE - December foreign trade data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - 26-week T-bill auction.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected sometime after 1100 GMT with a news conference to
follow at around 1430 GMT.
PRAGUE - EU and Ukraine Ministerial Meeting (Troika) with EU General Affairs
and External Relations Council President Karel Schwarzenberg, European
Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita
Ferrero-Waldner, Policy Unit of the General Secretariat of the EU Council
Director Helga Schmid and Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko.
News conference at 1330 GMT.
FRIDAY, February 6
PRAGUE - January foreign exchange reserves data at 0900 GMT.
MONDAY, February 9
PRAGUE - January inflation data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - January unemployment data at 0800 GMT.
AMSTERDAM - Drug maker Zentiva <> to hold an extraordinary
shareholders' meeting.
* PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
MONDAY, February 9 - TUESDAY, February 10
PRAGUE - Meeting of the COSAC Chairpersons and the Troika (Conference of
Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union).
WEDNESDAY, February 11
PRAGUE - December industrial data at 0800 GMT.
THURSDAY, February 12
PRAGUE - December current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, February 13
PRAGUE - Q4 gross domestic product estimate and December foreign trade
prices data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - Minutes from the February 5 governing board meeting at 0800 GMT.
MONDAY, February 16
PRAGUE - December construction data at 0800 GMT.
* PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
TUESDAY, February 17
PRAGUE - December retail sales data at 0800 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, February 18
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to release 2008 results (0730 GMT). A
news conference at 1200 GMT, conference call at 1500 GMT.
PRAGUE - 8-year government bond auction <CZ1002331=>.
THURSDAY, February 19
STRASBOURG, France - Czech President Vaclav Klaus to speak in the European
Parliament.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction.
FRIDAY, February 20
PRAGUE - January producer prices data at 0800 GMT.
MONDAY, February 23
* PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
TUESDAY, February 24
LONDON - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to
release 2008 results, presentation at 1000 GMT.
PRAGUE - Telecoms operator Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <>, a unit
of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, should release 2008 results.
THURSDAY, February 26
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen
<PKNA.WA>, should publish 2008 results.
FRIDAY, February 27
VIENNA - Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> to release 2008 results.
PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <>, a unit of Erste Bank <ERST.VI>, to
release 2008 results. News conference at 1000 GMT.
PRAGUE - January money supply data at 0900 GMT.
MONDAY, March 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for February due out at 0830 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-February budget balance data and a detailed calendar for the
issuance of domestic state bonds in the fourth month of 2009.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
TUESDAY, March 17
* PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <> should release 2008
results.
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COMPANY RIC DATE
ZENTIVA <> February 9
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