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
15/10 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation Sept +0.1,+4.3 -0.1,+4.4 pct
27/10 0700/0900 producer prices Sept +0.1,+6.3 +0.5,+6.3 pct
05/11 0700/0900 retail sales Sept N/A +6.9 pct
07/11 0700/0900 industrial output Sept N/A +0.9 pct
07/11 0700/0900 construction output Sept N/F +7.7 pct
10/11 0700/0900 real industrial wages Sept N/F N/A pct
11/11 0700/0900 foreign trade Sept N/A +0.622 bln SKK
11/11 0700/0900 headline inflation Oct N/A +0.7,+5.4 pct
11/11 0700/0900 core inflation Oct N/A +0.4,+5.5 pct
14/11 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation Oct N/A N/A pct
28/11 0700/0900 producer prices Oct N/A N/A pct
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TUESDAY, Oct 14

*BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Robert Fico, Finance Minister Jan Pociatek and
central bank Governor Ivan Sramko to meet with commercial banks on results of
the summit of euro zone countries.

*BRATISLAVA - Leaders of the three ruling coalition parties to meet and
debate the 2009 state budget draft.

BRATISLAVA - The central bank to hold a regular two-week repo tender to
drain liquidity from the market.

WEDNESDAY, Oct 15

BRATISLAVA - Regular government meeting. The cabinet is expected to debate
the 2009 state budget draft.

BRATISLAVA - Deadline for submitting the government draft of 2009 state
budget to parliament.

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 2008:
AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE
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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