Time GMT
23.04.2002
13:00 USA Redbook (20.04)
14:00 USA Consumer confidence (April) - 110.2
23:50 Japan All industry index (February) - -0.9%
23:50 Japan Tertiary activity index (February) - -1.1%

24.04.2002
06:00 Germany PPI (March) - 0.1%
06:00 Germany PPI (March) Y/Y - -0.3%
06:45 France CPI (March) final unadjusted 0.5% 0.5%
06:45 France CPI (March) final unadjusted Y/Y 2.1% 2.1%
06:45 France HICP (March) final Y/Y 2.2% 2.2%
07:00 Italy Retail sales (February) Y/Y - 2.6%
10:00 UK CBI industrial order books balance (April) - -32%
12:30 USA Durable goods orders (March) 0.3% 1.8 (1.5)%
12:30 USA Durable goods orders excluding defence (March) - -0.2%
12:30 USA Durable goods orders excluding transportation (March) - -1.3%
14:00 USA New home sales (March) 885K 875K
18:00 USA Fed Beige book

Event Calendar – April 23 to April 24 (all times in GMT/EDT)
April 23
ECB Vice President Noyer to present ECB's 2001 Annual Report to EU Parliament (NA)
Germany's six major economic institutes present semi-annual forecasts (0900/5:00am)
Fed Chairman Greenspan to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on FDIC (1400/10:00am)
SF Fed President Parry to speak (1535/11:35am)
BOE Deputy Governor King to give speech (1300/9:00am)
April 24
BOJ Board member Ueda to speak (0430/12:30am)
Swiss National Bank member Gehrig to speak (0715/3:15am)
Japanese Economics Minister Takenaka to speak (0800/4:00am)
German Finance Minister Eichel to speak to press (0830/4:30am)
EU Commission to release semi-annual economic forecast (1000/6:00am)
Richmond Fed President Broaddus to speak about the US economy (1630/12:30pm)