DIARY - Slovakia - to December 26, 2008

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
08/07 0700/0900 industrial output May +7.6 +9.7 pct
08/07 0700/0900 construction output May N/F +17.6 pct
10/07 0700/0900 headline inflation June +0.3,+4.6 pct +0.3,+4.6 pct
10/07 0700/0900 core inflation June +0.3,+4.7 pct +0.4,+4.8 pct
11/07 0700/0900 foreign trade May -0.9 bln SKK -5.8 bln SKK
16/07 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation June +0.2,+4.2 pct +0.4,+4.0 pct
28/07 0700/0900 PPI June +0.3,+6.5 pct +0.2,+5.8 pct
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BRATISLAVA - Social Affairs Ministry to hold a news conference on euro
adoption.

TUESDAY, July 8

BRUSSELS/BRATISLAVA - European Union authorities and Slovakia will announce
the conversion rate for swapping the Slovak crown for the euro in January 2009.

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May industrial output data.

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May construction output data.

WEDNESDAY, July 9

BRATISLAVA - Regular weekly government meeting.

THURSDAY, July 10

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June headline inflation data.

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish June core inflation data.

FRIDAY, July 11

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish May foreign trade data.

WEDNESDAY, July 16

TOPOLCANY - Regular government meeting.

TUESDAY, July 29

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-May current account data.

BRATISLAVA - The central bank to publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-April.

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 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
July 7 to be announced
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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