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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS

DATE-----GMT/LOCAL-----INDICATOR-------------PERIOD---FORECAST-----------PRIOR-

28/02 0800/0900 EU-norm inflation Jan +0.7,+2.5 -0.1,+3.4 pct

01/03 0900/1000 central state budget Feb n/f -62.5 mln euro

06/03 0800/0900 final real GDP Q4/12 -0.1,+1.5 +0.6,+2.1 pct

06/03 0800/0900 real average wage Q4/12 n/f -1.6 pct

11/03 0800/0900 industrial output Jan n/a -4.4 pct

11/03 0800/0900 foreign trade balance Jan n/a +130.9 mln euro

20/03 1100/1200 jobless rate Feb n/a 14.80 pct

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WEDNESDAY, Feb 27

BRATISLAVA - The government meeting, no major economic items on agenda.

THURSDAY, Feb 28

BRATISLAVA - The statistics office to publish January EU-norm inflation

data.

FRIDAY, March 1

BRATISLAVA - The finance ministry to publish February central state budget

data.

WEDNESDAY, March 20

BRATISLAVA - The labour office to publish February jobless rate data.

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The Slovak Labour Office releases monthly unemployment figures around the 20th

of each month.

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TREASURY BONDS: The following is a schedule of treasury bond and treasury

bill auctions for 2012:

AUCTION DATE MATURITY COUPON MATURITY DATE

March 18 to be decided

April 14 to be decided

May 20 to be decided

June 17 to be decided

July 15 to be decided

Aug 19 to be decided

Sept 16 to be decided

Oct 21 to be decided

Nov 18 to be decided

Dec 9 to be decided

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NOTE:

- ARDAL has yet to set the fixed-coupon rate for the bonds as well as its

maturity date.

- Slovaks plan to open five new bond lines in 2013, as following:

* 5-year, fixed-rate coupon, issue size 1.5 bln euros

* 5-year, floating-rate coupon, issue size 1.5 bln euros

* 6-year, fixed-rate coupon, issue size 1.5 bln euros

* 10-year, fixed-rate coupon, issue size 3.0 bln euros

* 15-year or longer, fixed-rate coupon, issue size 3.0 bln euros

- additional issues could be open, based on investors' interest

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TREASURY BILLS:

- ARDAL said plans to open new 1-year treasury bills line in April and an

another one later in October. Additional 3-month or 6-month bills could be added

in case investor will be interested.

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- Auction dates are binding, however, in case of any contingencies the Debt and

Liquidity Management Agency reserves the right of a change that will be

announced early in advance.

(Created by Martin Santa)

Keywords: SLOVAKIA DIARY/

(martin.santa@thomsonreuters.com)(+421 2 5341 8402)

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