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ALL TIMES GMT (Note: Czech Republic GMT+2)
See below for full macroeconomic forecasts
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS <ECONCZ>
DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation m/m April 0.3 -0.1%
12/05 0700/0900 Inflation y/y April 6.7 7.1%
12/05 0700/0900 Unemployment April 5.2 5.6%
12/05 0700/0900 Industrial output March 4.8 11.3%
13/05 0700/0900 Construction output March n/f 11.5%
15/05 0700/0900 GDP estimate y/y Q1 5.7 6.6%
15/05 0800/1000 CA balance CZK March 8.3 11.78bln
16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices m/m April 0.2 0.3%
16/05 0700/0900 Producer prices y/y April 5.0 5.3%
16/05 0700/0900 Export prices y/y March n/f -5.0%
16/05 0700/0900 Import prices y/y March n/f -3.3%
19/05 0700/0900 Retail sales y/y March 4.0 6.3%
30/05 0800/1000 Money supply May n/f 9.0%
02/06 0730/0930 PMI index May n/f 54.1
02/06 n/a Budget balance May n/f -28.09bln
06/06 0700/0900 Foreign trade April n/a 8.12bln
06/06 0800/1000 FX reserves May n/f 24.66bln
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COMPANY RESULTS
DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ----
NET PROFIT ITEM
CZK bln
14/05 Komercni Banka <> Bank n/a Q1 results
15/05 CEZ <> Energy n/a Q1 results
15/05 Unipetrol <> Oil n/a Q1 results
19/05 Zentiva <> Pharma n/a Q1 results
20/05 VIG <VIGRsp.PR> Insurance n/a Q1 results
28/05 ECM <> Real estate n/a Q1 results
28/05 PEGAS <PGSNsp.PR Textil n/a Q1 results
29/05 AAA <> Cars n/a Q1 results
29/05 ORCO <> Real estate n/a Q1 results
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NOTE. n/a = not yet available
n/f = not forecast
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THURSDAY, May 8
Liberation Day national holiday. Prague Stock Exchange, banks and markets
are to be closed.
FRIDAY, May 9
LONDON, U.K. - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRW.L> to start
unconditional trading on the London Stock Exchange.
MONDAY, May 12
PRAGUE - April inflation and March industrial output data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April unemployment data at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - Coal mining firm New World Resources (NWR) <NWRSsp.PR> to start
unconditional trading on the Prague Stock Exchange.
TUESDAY, May 13
PRAGUE - March construction output data at 0700 GMT.
* PRAGUE - Seminar "Czech-Japan Science and Technology Days 2008" with Prime
Minister Mirek Topolanek, Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar (0700 GMT).
WEDNESDAY, May 14
PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002158=>.
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <> to release first quarter results.
Presentation with headquarters at 1100 GMT, conference call at 1400 GMT.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
THURSDAY, May 15
PRAGUE - Q1 Gross domestic product estimate at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - March current account balance data at 0800 GMT.
PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
* PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to release first quarter results.
Conference call with CFO Martin Novak and Business Director Alan Svoboda at 1500
GMT.
* PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <>, a unit of Poland's PKN Orlen
<PKNA.WA>, to publish first quarter results. News conference with CEO Francois
Vleugels and CFO Wojciech Ostrowski at 0930 GMT.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, May 16
PRAGUE - Minutes from the May 7 governing board meeting at 0700 GMT.
PRAGUE - April producer prices and March foreign trade price data at 0700
GMT.
MONDAY, May 19
PRAGUE - March retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
* PRAGUE - Drug maker Zentiva <> to release first quarter results.
News conference with CEO Jiri Michal and CFO Petr Sulc at 1200 GMT.
TUESDAY, May 20
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> <VIGRsp.PR> to
release first quarter results.
WEDNESDAY, May 21
PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
PRAGUE - 5-year government bond auction <CZ1001887=>.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
THURSDAY, May 22
PRAGUE - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to visit the Czech
Republic. Scheduled to speak at the European Science and Technology Forum.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
THURSDAY, May 22 - FRIDAY, May 23
PRAGUE - European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) with EC President Jose Manuel
Barroso, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Slovak Prime Minister Robert
Fico.
WEDNESDAY, May 28
PRAGUE - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to release first quarter
results.
PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens <> to release
first quarter results.
PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News conference to
follow.
THURSDAY, May 29
LUXEMBOURG - Developer Orco Property Group <> to release first
quarter results.
PRAGUE - Used car dealer AAA Auto <> to release first quarter
results.
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, May 30
PRAGUE - April money supply at 0800 GMT.
MONDAY, June 2
PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for May due out at 0730 GMT.
PRAGUE - End-May budget balance data.
THURSDAY, June 5
PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues.
FRIDAY, June 6
PRAGUE - April foreign trade at 0700 GMT.
* PRAGUE - May foreign exchange reserves data at 0800 GMT.
TUESDAY, June 10 - WEDNESDAY, June 11
PRAGUE - World Biofuels Forum 2008.
THURSDAY, June 26
* PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An
announcement is expected sometime after 1000 GMT with a news conference to
follow at around 1330 GMT.
