DATE GMT/EDT EVENT
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29-Aug 2350/1950* Japan capital flows data for Aug. 23 week.
29-Aug 0700/0300 Italy retail sales for June.
29-30-Aug n/a Germany VDMA machinery orders for July.
29-Aug 1030/0630 U.K. Gfk consumer confidence for August.
29-Aug n/a European Central Bank's Governing Council meets. No policy announcement expected.
29-Aug 1230/0830 U.S. GDP, final sales, chain price index and corporate profits for the second quarter of 2002 and jobless claims for week ended Aug. 24.
29-Aug 1330/0930 IMF External Relations Director Thomas Dawson to hold regular briefing in Washington.
29-Aug 1400/1000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to announce preliminary second-quarter 2002 earnings for U.S. commercial banks, in Washing- ton.
29-Aug 1400/1000 Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson to participate in panel with manufacturers in Rockford, Illinois, before touring a machine tool plant.
29-Aug 1400/1000 U.S. help-wanted index for July 2002.
29-Aug n/a Mexico maquiladora employment and manhours for May.
29-Aug 2030/1630 U.S. M2 money supply for week of Aug. 19.
29-Aug 2115/1715 Bank of England Governor Edward George speaks at the annual dinner of the Pakistani Bankers Association, in London.
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30-Aug 2330/1930* Japan workers household spending for July; Tokyo overall CPI for August; national CPI and unemployment for July.
30-Aug 2350/1950* Japan second-quarter 2002 GDP and industrial output for July.
30-Aug 0500/0100 Japan housing and construction starts & orders for July.
30-Aug 0600/0200 Germany wholesale sales for July.
30-Aug 0645/0245 France ILO jobless rate for July.
30-Aug 0700/0300 Italy producer price index for July.
30-Aug 0800/0400 Italy contract wages for July.
30-Aug 0830/0430 Bank of England net consumer credit & mortgage lending, revised M4 money supply for July.
30-Aug 1000/0600 Eurozone flash HICP for August.
30-Aug 1230/0830 U.S. personal income and spending for July.
30-Aug 1345/0945 U.S. Univ. of Michigan final consumer sentiment for August.
30-Aug 1400/1000 U.S. Chicago PMI for August.
30-Aug 1400/1000 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to make opening remarks at the Kansas City Fed's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. No audience Q&A expected.
30-Aug 1700/1300 European Central Bank Chief Economist Otmar Issing to speak about monetary policy at the Kansas City Fed's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
30-Aug 1800/1400 Bond Market Association recommends early close for fixed income and related markets ahead of Labor Day holiday.
30-Aug 1900/1500 U.S. farm prices received for August.