DATE GMT/EDT EVENT
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27-Aug 2350/1950* Japan industrial output for July.
27-Aug 0645/0245 France housing permits for July.
27-Aug 1145/0745 U.S. BTM-UBSW store sales for Aug. 24 week.
27-Aug 1230/0830 U.S. durable goods orders for July.
27-Aug 1255/0855 U.S. Redbook chain store sales for Aug. 24 wk.
27-Aug 1330/0930 Deadline for weekly tenders on $3 billion in U.S. Freddie Mac 3-month Reference Bills and $2 billion in 6-month bills.
27-Aug 1400/1000 U.S. Conference Board consumer confidence for August.
27-Aug 1500/1100 Congressional Budget Office to release its summer update to the Budget and Economic Out- look for FY 2003-2012, in Washington.
27-Aug 1700/1300 Deadline for weekly tenders on U.S. Treasury 4-week bills.
27-Aug 1815/1415 Brazilian Central Bank President Arminio Fraga speaks at the Council of the Americas in New York.
27-Aug n/a Mexico employment and manhours for June.
27-Aug 2100/1700 U.S. API crude oil stocks for Aug. 23 week.
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28-Aug 0700/0300 Italy Aug'02 Prelim CPI (NIC) m/m,y/y; prelim HICP m/m,y/y
28-Aug 0700/0300 Spain 2Q-02 GDP (real, SA) q/q,y/y
28-Aug 0800/0400 Eurozone Jul'02 EMU-12 M3 (ECB) y/y,3M ave y/y
28-Aug 0800/0400 Gmny Aug'02 IFO bus sent indexes (W,SA)(E,SA)
28-Aug 0830/0430 U.K. Jul-02 BBA mortgage lending
28-Aug 1230/0830 Canada June average hourly earnings, payroll employment.
28-Aug n/a ABC/Money Magazine weekly survey of consumer sentiment.
28-Aug 1700/1300 Deadline for weekly tenders on $27 bln U.S. Treasury 2-year bills.