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16/10/2001 08:13 GOOD MORNING !

16/10/2001 08:29 Calendar for October 16-17

16/10/2001 09:07 Major currencies frozen amid anthrax scares

16/10/2001 10:07 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES UP 185.28 PTS AT 10,637.82

16/10/2001 10:53 FRANCE SA JAN-AUG TRADE SURPLUS E4.445 BN VS JAN-AUG 2000 +E1.952 BN

16/10/2001 10:53 FRANCE AUGUST TRADE SURPLUS ABOUT ALL FORECASTS IN MNI SURVEY

16/10/2001 10:53 BOJ'S HAYAMI TO CONSIDER NEW MONETARY STEPS IF PRIVATE DEMAND STARTS RECOVE

16/10/2001 10:53 FRENCH JULY/AUG TOTAL INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP 0.5 PCT FROM JUNE

16/10/2001 10:54 0.8% rise in Japan's industrial output in Aug. confirmed

16/10/2001 11:00 ITALY FINAL SEPTEMBER CPI (NIC) UNREVISED UNCH. M/M, +2.6% Y/Y

16/10/2001 11:01 ITALY FINAL SEPTEMBER CPI (NIC) UNREVISED UNCH. M/M, +2.6% Y/Y

16/10/2001 11:01 ITALY SEPT HICP UP 0.1 PCT FROM AUG; UP 2.6 PCT YR-ON-YR

16/10/2001 11:03 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS 6.56 PTS HIGHER AT 4,220.47

16/10/2001 11:05 EUROGROUP REYNDERS: EUROZONE ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS 'SOUND'

16/10/2001 11:15 SOLBES: REITERATES EMU GROWTH 2001 BELOW 2% ABOVE 1%

16/10/2001 11:17 SOLBES: SEES LIMITED SLIPPAGE FROM FISCAL TARGETS IN EMU ZONE

16/10/2001 11:22 U.S. shares drifted quietly Monday

16/10/2001 11:22 U.S. shares drifted quietly Monday

16/10/2001 11:23 San Fran Fed: Recession still "may not be a certainty",

16/10/2001 11:48 BoJ's Hayami says fiscal policy important in avoiding deflation

16/10/2001 12:02 British Telecom и AT&T ликвидируют совместное предприятие.

16/10/2001 12:13 U.S. Industrial Slump Probably Is a Year Old: Bloomberg Survey

16/10/2001 12:14 ITALY ISAE HEAD SEES NO IMMINENT ECB RATE CUT

16/10/2001 12:14 ITALY ISAE HEAD: 'NOT SURPRISED' NO ECB RATE CUT ON OCT 11

16/10/2001 12:14 ITALY ISAE HEAD: SHOULDN'T ASSUME ECB RATE CUT BY END YEAR

16/10/2001 12:15 UK MEDIAN FORECAST: SEP RPIX UP 0.5% M/M; UP 2.3% Y/Y

16/10/2001 12:15 UK MEDIAN FORECAST: SEP RPI UP 0.3% M/M; UP 1.7% Y/Y

16/10/2001 12:15 UK MEDIAN FORECAST: SEP RPIY UP 0.5% M/M; UP 2.8% Y/Y

16/10/2001 12:26 GERMANY ECOMIN MUELLER: GOVT TO CUT 2002 GDP GROWTH FORECAST

16/10/2001 12:26 GERMANY'S MUELLER: CONFIDENCE MARKED BY LARGE RESTRAINT

16/10/2001 12:26 ECOFIN Eurogroup's Reynders says up to ECB to decide on interest rates

16/10/2001 12:27 Gov't may sell assets to finance reform measures: Hayami

16/10/2001 12:30 UK SEP RPIX UP 0.5% M/M; UP 2.3% Y/Y (VS AUG +2.6% Y/Y)

16/10/2001 12:30 UK SEP RPI UP 0.3% M/M; UP 1.7% Y/Y (VS AUG +2.1% Y/Y)

16/10/2001 12:30 UK SEP RPIY UP 0.5% M/M; UP 2.8% Y/Y (VS AUG +3.1% Y/Y)

16/10/2001 12:31 UK NS: NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT FROM SEP 11 ATTACKS ON SEP INDEX

16/10/2001 12:31 UK RPI Y/Y: PETROL, HOUSING MAIN DOWNWARD CONTRIBUTORS

16/10/2001 12:32 UK SEP RPI HOUSE-GDS 1.5% M,+1.1% Y; CLOTHING 2.9% M, -3.8% Y

16/10/2001 12:32 UK SEP RPI MOTORING -0.2% M, -0.3% Y; TOBACCO 1.1% M, +4.1% Y

16/10/2001 12:33 UK SEP HARMONISED CPI UP 1.3% Y/Y VS UP 1.8% Y/Y IN AUG

16/10/2001 12:37 UK Sept all-items RPI up 1.7 pct yr-on-yr; RPI-X up 2.3; RPI-Y up 2.8

16/10/2001 12:41 U.S. economist Bergsten urges Japan to clean up banking sector

16/10/2001 12:50 ECOFIN Solbes sees euro zone, EU 2001 GDP growth well above 1 pct

16/10/2001 13:19 ECB: VARIABLE REFI MARGINAL RATE 3.78% VS 3.75% LAST REFI

16/10/2001 14:00 EMU 2Q ADJ. CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTION -1.4% Q/Q, -2.7% Y/Y

16/10/2001 14:01 EMU 1Q ADJ. CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTION -1.5% Q/Q, -2.0% Y/Y

16/10/2001 14:01 Euro zone Q2 construction index down 1.4 pct from Q1, down 2.7 pct yr-on-yr

16/10/2001 16:14 EUROSTAT PLANS ADVANCED MONTHLY EMU HICP 'FLASH' ESTIMATES

16/10/2001 16:14 EUROSTAT CONFIRMS PLAN FOR QTRLY GDP FLASHES, MONTHLY UPDATES

16/10/2001 16:49 EUROGROUP SOURCE: EMU RECOVERY NOT LIKELY UNTIL Q1/Q2 2002

16/10/2001 16:49 EUROGROUP SOURCE: EMU Q3/Q4 2001 GDP LIKELY MORE OR LESS FLAT

16/10/2001 16:49 EUROGRP SOURCE:ECB LEAVES OPTIONS OPEN;DATA DON'T BACK CUT YET

16/10/2001 16:50 EUROGROUP SOURCE: CHANCE Q4 2001 EMU GDP WILL CONTRACT

16/10/2001 16:56 US REDBOOK STORE SALES +0.6% OCT 2001 VS SEPT THRU OCT 13 WK

16/10/2001 16:56 REDBOOK: US STORE SALES +0.5% IN OCT 13 WEEK VS YR AGO WEEK

16/10/2001 16:56 REDBOOK: US STORE SALES +0.5% OCTOBER 2001 VS OCT 2000

16/10/2001 16:58 FED'S FERGUSON:US SPENDING SEEMS TO BE'RECOVERING' FROM 9/11

16/10/2001 16:58 FERGUSON: NOT CLEAR HOW LONG BEFORE US AGGREGATE GROWTH PICKUP

16/10/2001 16:58 FED'S FERGUSON:US 2002 RECOVERY DEPENDS ON BIZ,CONS CONFIDENCE

16/10/2001 16:58 FERGUSON:'TOO SOON' TO KNOW HOW ECON FORCES 'WILL BALANCE OUT'

16/10/2001 17:00 ECB: FOREX RESERVES ROSE E0.1 BN TO E258.7 BN WK ENDED OCT12

16/10/2001 17:00 BTM-UBSW:US SAME-STORE SALES UNCH OCT13 WK VS -0.8% OCT06

16/10/2001 17:01 BTM-UBSW: SALES BELOW PLAN FOR RETAILERS IN OCT13 WK

16/10/2001 17:01 ECB: ECB GOLD RESERVES DOWN E1 MN DUE TO TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT

16/10/2001 17:15 SEP US INDUSTRIAL PROD -1.0%; CAP UTIL -0.9 TO 75.5%

16/10/2001 17:16 3Q US INDUSTRIAL PROD -6.2% VS 2Q -4.4%; MFG -6.6% VS -5.1%

16/10/2001 17:16 AUG US IP REVISED TO -0.7%(-0.8%); CAPU REV TO 76.4%(76.2%)

16/10/2001 17:16 SEP US MANUFACTURING OUTPUT -1.1%; INDUST MACHINERY -2.8%

16/10/2001 17:17 FED: LAST TIME 12 CONSEC IP DROPS NOV 1944 TO OCT 1945

16/10/2001 19:21 FRANCE FABIUS PROPOSES SPECIAL INVSTMENT TAX REBATE TIL MAR02

16/10/2001 19:21 FABIUS: GROWTH-SUPPORT STEPS DON'T AFFECT 2002 SPENDING/DEFICT

16/10/2001 20:17 WHITE HOUSE:INVESTIGATORS 'ACTIVELY'LOOKING FOR ANTHRAX SOURCE

16/10/2001 20:17 WHITE HOUSE:LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE FOREIGN CONNECTION ON ANTHRAX

16/10/2001 20:30 FED'S BROADDUS: TO 'DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FOSTER RECOVERY'

16/10/2001 20:30 FED'S BROADDUS: ECONOMY IN 'UNCHARTED WATERS;' OUTLOOK 'MURKY'

16/10/2001 20:30 FED'S BROADDUS: AMERICANS 'NATURALLY PESSIMISTIC, FEARFUL'

16/10/2001 20:31 FED'S BROADDUS:PRE-ATTACK ECON 'SOFT' BUT SIGNS WORST WAS OVER

16/10/2001 21:00 ECB WELTEKE: ECB CLD LOWER RATES AGAIN IF INFL FALLS FURTHER

16/10/2001 21:00 WELTEKE: EUROZONE HICP CONTINUES TO DECLINE

16/10/2001 21:00 ECB WELTEKE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON US/EMU ECONS IN MED-TERM

16/10/2001 21:00 OCT US HOME BUILDERS INDEX AT 48, DN FROM 56 IN SEP.

16/10/2001 21:00 ECB WELTEKE SEES US/EMU ECONOMIES RECOVERING IN 2002

16/10/2001 21:01 ECB WELTEKE: NO MAJOR IMBALANCES IN EMU, SOUND FUNDAMENTALS

16/10/2001 21:01 ECB WELTEKE SEES NO SCOPE FOR EUROZONE FISCAL STIMULUS PLANS

16/10/2001 21:01 ECB WELTEKE: MONETARY POLICY NOT HINDERING EMU GROWTH

16/10/2001 21:02 ECB WELTEKE: ECB MUST NOT BOW TO POLITICAL PRESSURE

16/10/2001 21:04 ECB WELTEKE SEES LACK OF FISCAL AND ECON. POLICY COORD IN EMU

16/10/2001 21:04 ECB WELTEKE: CANNOT EXCLUDE POSSIBILITY OF RECESSION IN U.S.

16/10/2001 21:08 ECB WELTEKE: S-TERM GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK HAS WEAKENED

16/10/2001 21:22 US SEN GRASSLEY:AGREES HOUSE GOP TAX VOTE 'SHOW BUSINESS'

16/10/2001 21:22 US SEN GRASSLEY:ADMIN HAS 'MADE VERY CLEAR'$75B STIMULUS LIMIT

16/10/2001 21:22 US SEN GRASSLEY:UNDERSTANDS IF DEMS HAVE BEEN'SOURED'BY HOUSE

16/10/2001 21:23 US SEN GRASSLEY:NOW HOPING FOR'FINAL'STIMULUS BILL NEXT WEEK

16/10/2001 21:58 BROADDUS:FED MUST BE'VERY,VERY CAREFUL'TO AVOID INFLATION

16/10/2001 21:59 BROADDUS Q&A:FED ABLE TO EASE AGGRESSIVELY BECAUSE INFL LOW

16/10/2001 21:59 BROADDUS:ALREADY SEEING'SOME IMPACT'FROM FED RATE CUTS

16/10/2001 21:59 BROADDUS:AUTO SALES'HAVE BEEN HOLDING UP RATHER WELL

16/10/2001 21:59 BROADDUS:BARRING'FURTHER CALAMITIES'AGGR.EASE TO BRING RECOVRY

16/10/2001 21:59 BROADDUS:DROP IN ENERGY PRICES 'VERY HELPFUL'

16/10/2001 21:59 BROADDUS:WEAKER FOREIGN ECONS,NOT JUST DLR,HURTING US BUSINESS

16/10/2001 22:00 BROADDUS:WANT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TO BE 'HIGH, STRONG'

16/10/2001 22:02 BROADDUS:BUT INDIVIDUALS,BIZ SHOULD STILL BE CAREFUL W/SPENDNG

16/10/2001 22:02 BROADDUS:WANT CONSUMERS TO LOOK AT LONGER-RUN HEALTH OF ECON

16/10/2001 22:02 BROADDUS:BANKS SHOULD EXAMINE CREDITS,BUT CONTINUE TO LEND

16/10/2001 22:02 BROADDUS:'DON'T WANT UNWARRANTED FEAR'IN CONSUMERS/BUSINESSES

16/10/2001 22:28 US SEN DASCHLE:SENATE FUNCTIONING'QUITE WELL'DESPITE THREAT

16/10/2001 22:29 US SEN DASCHLE:PLEASED WHITE HSE ADMONISHED HOUSE GOP STIMULUS

16/10/2001 22:29 US SEN DASCHLE:ALL TESTS ON STAFF FOR ANTHRAX NEGATIVE

16/10/2001 22:29 US SEN DASCHLE:'CONFIDENT' NO STAFFERS WILL BE INFECTED

16/10/2001 22:30 US SEN DASCHLE:MUST'GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD' ON STIMULUS

16/10/2001 22:30 US SEN DASCHLE:NEED TO MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS ON FY02 SPND BILL

16/10/2001 22:40 BROADDUS HEARING REPORTS OF IMPROVED BUSINESS FROM FIRMS

16/10/2001 22:40 BROADDUS Q&A:FIRMS SAYING'CUSTOMERS HAVE COME BACK'

16/10/2001 22:40 BROADDUS:'STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY'ABOUT ECONOMY

16/10/2001 22:41 BROADDUS:PRE-ATTACK SIGNS INVENTORIES GETTING WHERE SHOULD BE

16/10/2001 22:43 BROADDUS:STILL BELIEVE PROD. GROWTH TREND HIGHER THAN BEFORE

16/10/2001 22:44 BROADDUS:DOWNPLAYS DIFFERENCE W/GREENSPAN OVER INFL. TARGETING

16/10/2001 22:44 US SEN.DASCHLE:'STILL HOPEFUL' ON BIPARTISAN STIMULUS BILL