DATE GMT/EST EVENT
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09-Jan 0001/1701* U.K. Nov Housing starts data released.
09-Jan n/a Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to visit Russia, meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
09-Jan 0500/0000 Japan leading and coincident indicators for November.
09-Jan 0850/0350 Germany Dec Unemployment data released.
09-Jan n/a France to sell E4.5 billion Oct 2012 4.75% OAT; E5.0 billion Oct 2032 5.75% OAT; E1.5 billion July 2009 3.00% OATi; E2.0 billion July 2032 3.15% OATEi.
09-Jan n/a Spain to sell 10 & 30-year Bonos.
09-Jan 1100/0600 U.K. Nov BRC shop price index data released. 09-Jan 1100/0600 EMU 3Q-02 GDP data (2nd read) released.
09-Jan 1100/0600 EMU 1Q-03 GDP indicator data released.
09-Jan 1200/0700 U.K. BOE MPC interest rate decision.
09-Jan 1245/0745 European Central Bank announces rate decision following its Governing Council. Press conference by President Wim Duisenberg to follow at 1330 GMT (0830 EDT).
09-Jan 1330/0830 U.S. jobless claims for week ended Jan. 4.
09-Jan 1330/0830 Canada help-wanted index for December and building permits for November.
09-Jan 1400/0900 Energy Information Administration to release its 2003 U.S. energy outlook, in Washington.
09-Jan 1430/0930 Treasury Secretary nominee John Snow to appear on Conference Board blue-ribbon panel on cor- porate governance at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
09-Jan 1500/1000 U.S. wholesale inventories for November.
09-Jan 2030/1530 Mexico CPI and PPI for December.
09-Jan n/a Mexico revised trade deficit for November.
09-Jan 2130/1630 U.S. M2 money supply for Dec. 30 week.
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10-Jan 0500/0000 Japan household spending for November.
10-Jan 0700/0200 Germany Nov Foreign trade data released.
10-Jan 0745/0245 France final 3Q GDP data released.
10-Jan 0800/0300 Spain Nov Industry Output data released.
10-Jan 0800/0300 Italy Jan Large Ind Firm Employ. data released.
10-Jan 0930/0430 U.K. Nov Global goods trade data released.
10-Jan 0930/0430 U.K. Nov Non-EU goods trade data released.
10-Jan 1100/0600 Germany Nov Mfg orders data released.
10-Jan 1100/0600 EMU Nov OECD Leading Indicator released.
10-Jan 1200/0700 Canada employment for December.
10-Jan 1300/0800 Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich to speak about monetary and fiscal policy at the Directors Roundtable in New York. Audience Q&A expected.
10-Jan 1330/0830 U.S. non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate, avg hourly earnings for December.
10-Jan 1530/1030 U.S. ECRI leading index for Jan. 3 week.
10-Jan 1615/1115 Vice President Dick Cheney to speak about the Bush administration's economic growth plan, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
10-Jan 1700/1200 Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Cathy Minehan takes part in the annual Vermont econo- mic outlook conference in Burlington, Vermont.
10-Jan 2030/1530 Mexico global economic activity for October.