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
08/09 0700/0900 industrial output July N/A +6.2 pct
08/09 0700/0900 construction output July N/F +6.5 pct
10/09 0700/0900 headline inflation Aug N/A +0.1,+4.8 pct
10/09 0700/0900 core inflation Aug N/A +0.2,+5.1 pct
11/09 0700/0900 real industrial wage July N/F +5.4 pct
11/09 0700/0900 foreign trade July N/A -1.0 bln SKK
16/09 0700/0900 EU-norm inflation Aug N/A 0.0,+4.4 pct
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MONDAY, Sept 8

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

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

*BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency to
auction a 10-year, float-coupon, state bond.

WEDNESDAY, Sept 10

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

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

BRATISLAVA - The government to hold a weekly meeting.

THURSDAY, Sept 11

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish July real industrial wages
data.

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

TUESDAY, Sept 16

BRATISLAVA - The Statistics Office to publish August EU-norm inflation data.

WEDNESDAY, Sept 17

BRATISLAVA - The government to hold a weekly meeting

MONDAY, Sept 22

BRATISLAVA - An international conference on euro adoption with top officials
from European Central Bank and European Commission.

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
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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