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17/10/2001 08:12 GOOD MORNING !

17/10/2001 08:59 Yanagisawa - Govt does not need to inject funds into banks at this stage

17/10/2001 09:00 Shiokawa - MoF will not issue new bonds to cover tax revenue shortfall

17/10/2001 09:05 Calendar for October 17-18

17/10/2001 09:09 Forex - Dollar little changed in midafternoon Tokyo ahead of Greenspan speech

17/10/2001 09:30 SNB Lombard rate 4.250 pct, unchanged

17/10/2001 09:38 JAPAN MOF SAYS EXTRA BUDGET TO TOTAL 2.7 TRLN YEN - LDP'S KYUMA

17/10/2001 09:39 JAPAN LDP'S KYUMA - RULING PARTIES HAVE NOT APPROVED EXTRA BUDGET YET

17/10/2001 09:42 Shiokawa hopes BoJ will make further efforts in developing monetary policy

17/10/2001 09:54 The dollar rebounded slightly vs most major currencies

17/10/2001 10:03 OVERNIGHT BoE's George predicts 3-yr global downturn; BBC in anthrax

17/10/2001 10:56 Japan LDP's Kyuma - Parties unable to approve extra budget as unclear

17/10/2001 11:03 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS 71.32 PTS HIGHER AT 4,379.81

17/10/2001 11:04 DAX OPENS 7.62 POINTS HIGHER AT 4,634.10

17/10/2001 11:09 ITALY JULY BIG INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT DOWN 3.0 PCT YR-ON-YR

17/10/2001 12:16 UK Data Preview:Unemployment Set To Rise As Lab Mkt Eases

17/10/2001 12:18 SPAIN NOMINAL AUGUST RETAIL SALES -8.01% M/M; +12.48% Y/Y

17/10/2001 12:23 Forex - Dollar up in early trade ahead of corporate results, Greenspan speech

17/10/2001 12:25 NORWAY'S PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION TO PARLIAME

17/10/2001 12:31 BOE MINS: MPC VOTED 8-1 FOR 25BPS REPO RATE CUT OCT 4

17/10/2001 12:31 BOE MINS: WADHWANI VOTED FOR 50BPS CUT OCT 4

17/10/2001 12:32 BOE MINS: MPC VOTED 7-2 FOR 25BPS REPO RATE CUT SEP 18

17/10/2001 12:32 BOE MINS: WADHWANI, ALLSOPP VOTED FOR 50BPS RATE CUT SEP 18

17/10/2001 12:34 BOE OCT MINS: BUSINESS CONF. LIKELY HIT HARDER BY US EVENTS

17/10/2001 12:34 UK AUG. HEADLINE AVE. EARNINGS +4.5% Y/Y VS JULY 4.6%

17/10/2001 12:35 UK AUG AVERAGE EARNINGS INDEX UP ADJ 4.3 PCT YR-ON-YR VS 4.4 PCT JUL RISE

17/10/2001 12:35 BOE MPC SAYS OCT 4 RATE CUT MADE TO COUNTER WEAKENING CONFIDENCE

17/10/2001 12:35 UK SEP CLAIMANT COUNT JOBLESS DOWN ADJ 4,900 AT 0.94 MLN; RATE 3.1 PCT

17/10/2001 12:36 UK 3 MTHS TO AUGUST HEADLINE AVG EARNINGS UP ADJ 4.5 PCT YR-ON-YR

17/10/2001 12:37 UK 3 MONTHS TO AUG MANUFACTURING UNIT WAGE COSTS UP ADJ 2.8 PCT YR-ON-YR

17/10/2001 12:37 UK 3 MONTHS TO AUG ILO JOBLESS UP ADJ 53,000 AT 1.51 MLN; RATE 5.1 PCT

17/10/2001 12:38 UK CLAIMANT COUNT UNEMP'MENT SHOWS UNEXP. FALL VS MEDIAN RISE

17/10/2001 12:39 LDN FX: STG MARGINALLY FIRMER AFTER BOE MINUTES/UK LABOUR DATA

17/10/2001 14:00 EMU-12 HARMONIZED SEP CPI +0.3% M/M, +2.5% Y/Y;AUG +2.7% Y/Y

17/10/2001 14:01 EMU SEP HICP RESULTS AT HIGH END OF FORECASTS IN MNI SURVEY

17/10/2001 14:01 EMU SEP EX-ENERGY HICP +0.1% M/M, +2.8% Y/Y; AUG +2.7% Y/Y

17/10/2001 14:02 EMU AUG. ADJ. INDUSTRY OUTPUT +1.1% M/M, +0.4% Y/Y

17/10/2001 14:03 EMU JLY IND. OUTPUT REVISED -1.3% M/M, -1.0% Y/Y (-1.4%,-1.1%)

17/10/2001 14:05 Euro zone Aug industrial output up 1.1 pct vs July, up 0.4 pct yr-on-yr

17/10/2001 15:05 DAX CLIMBS ABOVE 4,760-POINT PRE-SEPT 11 ATTACKS LEVEL

17/10/2001 15:16 USDCHF: SUP - 1.6310-1.6190-1.6145-1.6125-1.6050-1.6000, RES - 1.6350-1.6400-1.6450-1.6530-1.6640-1.

17/10/2001 15:17 GBPUSD: SUP - 1.4470-1.4400-1.4355-1.4260-1.4115-1.4020, RES - 1,4550-1.4610-1.4670-1.4750-1.4850 -

17/10/2001 15:18 USDJPY: SUP - 121.00-120.85-120.55-120.35-119.70-118.65, RES - 121.85-122.05-122.60-123.20 - COBA

17/10/2001 16:32 SEP US HOUSING STRTS +1.7% TO 1.574M;PERMIT -3.0% TO 1.524M

17/10/2001 16:32 AUG US STARTS REVISED TO -6.7% TO 1.548 MLN (PREV 1.527 MLN)

17/10/2001 16:36 Housing Construction Rises

17/10/2001 16:49 Аналитики считают, что курс евро падает из-за нынешней валютной политики ЕЦБ

17/10/2001 16:53 Dollar firm in U.S. trading, mkt awaits Greenspan

17/10/2001 16:53 EU's Solana calls Tanaka to discuss post-Taliban Afghanistan

17/10/2001 16:55 FOREX-Dollar upbeat ahead of Greenspan testimony

17/10/2001 17:02 German finance ministry says it will not change UMTS license conditions

17/10/2001 17:04 US WEEK TO OCT 12 CRUDE STOCKS DOWN 4.4 MLN BARRELS TO 303.0 MLN -- DOE

17/10/2001 17:09 ECB ISSING: ENCOURAGED BY SEPTEMBER EMU INFLATION DATA

17/10/2001 17:09 ECB ISSING: EVEN MORE CONFIDENT HICP TO FALL BELOW 2% IN 2002

17/10/2001 17:10 ECB ISSING: EVEN MORE CONFIDENT HICP TO FALL BELOW 2% IN 2002

17/10/2001 17:11 ISSING REPEATS: SEP17 CUT IN LINE WITH ECB STABILITY STRATEGY

17/10/2001 17:20 Dollar supported by ECB inaction, other background factors

17/10/2001 17:29 AP:AT LEAST 20 IN SEN DASCHLE'S OFFICE TEST ANTHRAX POSITIVE

17/10/2001 17:34 NASDAQ COMPOSITE UP 26.44 AT 1,748.51 AT 9.33 AM

17/10/2001 18:00 GREENSPAN: PRODUCTIVITY TO TAKE ONE-TIME HIT FROM SEP 11

17/10/2001 18:01 GREENSPAN:ONCE PROD'VITY ABSORBS ADJUST,HI GRWTH SHOULD RESUME

17/10/2001 18:01 GREENSPAN: LONG-TERM PROSPECTS 'SCARCELY DIMINISHED'

17/10/2001 18:01 GREENSPAN: 'CONFIDENT' ECON TO RECOVER, 'PROSPER'

17/10/2001 18:02 GREENSPAN:NEWLY PERCEIVED RISK,UNCERTAINTY A NEW COST FACTOR

17/10/2001 18:02 GREENSPAN: ACTUAL INCREASED INSURANCE PREMIUMS ALSO A NEW COST

17/10/2001 18:02 REENSPAN:NO COMMENT ON FUTURE EASE;'HAVE EASED...APPRECIABLY'

17/10/2001 18:02 GREENSPAN: AIR FREIGHT'LARGELY BACK TO NORMAL'

17/10/2001 18:03 GREENSPAN: SOME BUSINESSES RETHINKING JUST-IN-TIME INVENTORIES

17/10/2001 18:03 GREENSPAN: WEEKS AHEAD TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION

17/10/2001 18:03 GREENSPAN:SEP11 SHOCK'RESHAPED'ASSESSMENT OF RISKS

17/10/2001 18:04 GREENSPAN:MANY MKT PRICES REALIGNED, REFLECT'MORE HOSTILE WLD'

17/10/2001 18:24 GREENSPAN:PRE-ATTACK ECON WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF STABILIZATION

17/10/2001 18:24 GREENSPAN: ECONOMY HAS 'STARTED TO COME BACK'

17/10/2001 18:25 GREENSPAN: CITES FIRMER AUTOMOBILE SALES

17/10/2001 18:25 GREENSPAN: CAR SALES HOLDING AT'REMARKABLY HIGH LEVELS'

17/10/2001 18:26 GREENSPAN: EVIDENCE CHAIN STORE SALES TURNED UP 'MISSING'

17/10/2001 18:28 GREENSPAN: CAPITAL GOODS ORDERS PEAKED LATE SEPT, EARLY OCT

17/10/2001 18:28 GREENSPAN: CONTINUED GOOD CONSTRUCTION SEEN

17/10/2001 18:28 GREENSPAN: HOME SALES SLIPPED IN RECENT WEEKS

17/10/2001 18:28 GREENSPAN: HOME SALE GAINS KEY TO MAINTAINING CONSUM SPENDING

17/10/2001 18:30 GREENSPAN:IMPACT OF SLOWER HOME SALES ON CONST TO COME LATER

17/10/2001 18:30 GREENSPAN:ECON DATA NOT AS WEAK AS FEARED;NO SNAPBACK EITHER

17/10/2001 18:32 GREENSPAN:RATE CUTS'BEHAVING AS ONE WOULD GENERALLY EXPECT'

17/10/2001 18:32 GREENSPAN: 'ECONOMY HAS REMAINED STANDING'DESPITE ATTACKS

17/10/2001 18:34 GREENSPAN: RATE EASING HAS ALREADY'HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACT'

17/10/2001 18:38 GREENSPAN: TILL DEMAND RETURNS,BUSIN INVEST LIKELY 'MUTED'

17/10/2001 18:38 GREENSPAN:BUSINESS INVEST MOST IN NEED OF STIMULUS

17/10/2001 18:39 GREENSPAN:IMPORTANT TO'SLOW RATE OF DECLINE'IN BUSIN INVEST

17/10/2001 18:39 GREENSPAN:LOW CAP U NEED NOT DISCOURAGE BUSINESS INVESTMENT

17/10/2001 18:43 GREENSPAN: INCREASED EXPENSING 'WOULD BE HELPFUL'

17/10/2001 18:46 GREENSPAN: TO WORK THRU UNCERTAINTIES IN QUARTERS,EVEN MONTHS

17/10/2001 18:47 GREENSPAN: SEES REBOUND IN HI TECH INVEST ONCE UNCERT. REDUCED

17/10/2001 18:53 GREENSPAN:MKTS HAVE ALREADY DISCOUNTED OTHER FUTURE SHOCKS

17/10/2001 18:53 REENSPAN:SYSTEM'FLEXIBLE,' CAN ABSORB 'SHOCKS'

17/10/2001 18:53 GREENSPAN:RISKS'CLEARLY BIASED TOWARD ECONOMIC WEAKNESS'

17/10/2001 18:55 GREENSPAN:MUST BE WARY OF ANY STIMULUS THAT RAISES MORTG.RATES

17/10/2001 18:55 GREENSPAN:MUST BE WARY OF ANY STIMULUS THAT RAISES MORTG.RATES

17/10/2001 18:55 GREENSPAN:MUST BE'CAUTIOUS'TO MAKE SURE STIMULUS STIMULATES

17/10/2001 18:56 ECB ISSING: NO COMMENT ON SCHROEDER 'COMMON SENSE' REBUKE

17/10/2001 18:57 ISSING: ECB DECISIONS BASED ON CAREFUL ASSESSMENT OF ECON.

17/10/2001 18:57 ISSING REPEATS ECB EXPECTS WEAK EMU GROWTH IN 2ND HALF 2001

17/10/2001 19:00 GREENSPAN:SHOULD END DOUBLE TAXATION OF DIVIDENDS

17/10/2001 19:00 GREENSPAN:BUT CAP GAINS, DIVIDENDS TAX CUT NOT LONG-TERM STIM

17/10/2001 19:01 GREENSPAN:CONGRESS SHOULDN'T WORRY HOW TAX CUTS AFFECT STK MKT

17/10/2001 19:02 GREENSPAN: CONGRESS SHOULD FOCUS STIMULUS ON ENTIRE ECONOMY

17/10/2001 19:03 GREENSPAN:IF DO RIGHT,'CONSUMER CONF WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF'

17/10/2001 19:08 GREENSPAN:PEOPLE SPENT'RELATIVELY SMALL PART'OF TAX REBATE

17/10/2001 19:08 GREENSPAN:FURTHER INDIVIDUAL RATE CUTS WOULD SPUR SPENDING

17/10/2001 19:11 GREENSPAN:STILL FACE DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE TO SOC SECURITY

17/10/2001 19:11 GREENSPAN:GOING TO NEED AS MUCH PRIVATE SAVINGS'AS WE CAN GET'

17/10/2001 19:11 GREENSPAN:WARNS AGAINST RETURN TO DEFICIT FINANCING LONG TERM

17/10/2001 19:12 GREENSPAN: MKTS TO BE KEEP CLOSE EYE ON BUDGET DEFICITS

17/10/2001 19:18 GREENSPAN:COULD SEE INS PREMIUMS PROHIBITIVE W/O GOVT REINSUR

17/10/2001 19:20 GREENSPAN: DON'T EXPECT ROUND OF CURRENCY DEVALUATIONS

17/10/2001 19:22 GREENSPAN:ALL NATIONS AFFECTED EQUALLY,SO NO FX IMPACT OF 9/11

17/10/2001 19:22 GREENSPAN:MONETARY,FISCAL POLICY CANNOT PREVENT ALL RECESSIONS

17/10/2001 19:26 GREENSPAN:HARD TO SAY IF ECON ADJUST TO TAKE MONTHS,QUARTERS

17/10/2001 19:27 GREENSPAN:FIRMS'COSTS GOING UP RE ATTACKS,W/O INCREASED OUTPUT

17/10/2001 19:30 GREENSPAN:ADVISES AGAINST MIXING LONG-TERM,SHORT-TERM GOALS

17/10/2001 19:35 GREENSPAN:NY SUBDUED, BUT WON'T STAY THAT WAY FOR LONG

17/10/2001 19:37 GREENSPAN:REPEATS,ADMIN SEEMS ON RIGHT TRACK WITH INSUR PROG

17/10/2001 19:38 GREENSPAN:TAX CUTS WON'T EXPAND CAPACITY,BUT WILL CUT COSTS

17/10/2001 19:38 GREENSPAN TESTIMONY, Q&A ENDED, BEFORE JOINT ECON COMMITTEE

17/10/2001 23:24 *WHITE HOUSE'S LINDSEY EXPECTS TWO QUARTERS OF NEGATIVE GROWTH IN US