DATE GMT/EDT EVENT
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25-27-Sep n/a Germany ICON consumer confidence and VDMA machinery orders for August.
25-27-Sep n/a Germany unadjusted CPI, HICP, BBK adjusted CPI for September, BBK import prices.
25-Sep 0600/0200 Germany unadjusted PPI, import & export prices for August.
25-Sep n/a Germany BBK adjusted PPI and import prices for August.
25-Sep 0645/0245 France final HICP and CPI for August.
25-Sep 0700/0300 Italy retail sales for July.
25-Sep 0700/0300 Spain producer prices for August.
25-Sep 0730/0330 Italy ISAE business confidence, producer out- look and prices and current orders for Sept.
25-Sep 0800/0400 French Finance Minister Francis Mer to present 2003 central government budget to the Cabinet. Press conference set for 1430 GMT.
25-Sep 0800/0400 Germany IFO business sentiment index for Sept.
25-Sep 1000/0600 Eurozone 1st reading of second-quarter 2002 labor costs.
25-Sep n/a Germany to sell around E7 billion in 2-year Schatz.
25-Sep n/a U.K. to sell index-linked gilts.
25-Sep 1100/0700 U.S. MBA applications survey for Sept. 20 week.
25-Sep 1200/0800 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to speak about policy coordination at the opening of the new U.K. Treasury building in London. No Q&A expected.
25-Sep 1230/0830 Canada composite index, hourly earnings and payroll employment for July.
25-Sep 1300/0900 IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff to hold news conference in conjunction with release of the semiannual World Economic Outlook in Washington
25-Sep 1400/1000 U.S. existing home sales for August.
25-Sep 1400/1000 Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson to speak about check clearing at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing in Washington.
25-Sep n/a ABC/Money Magazine consumer sentiment survey for Sept. 22 week.
25-Sep 1525/1125 President Bush meets with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in Washington.
25-Sep 1700/1300 Deadline for tenders on $27 billion in U.S. Treasury 2-year notes.
25-Sep 1730/1330 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to speak about risk taking, transparency and regu- lation at the Bank of England in London. Q&A expected.
25-Sep 1830/1430 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to speak at the National Minority Enterprise Development Con- ference in Washington.
25-Sep 1930/1530 Mexico global economic activity for July.
25-Sep 2000/1600 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to speak about world finance and risk management at a Bank of England dinner in London. Audience Q&A not expected.
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26-Sep n/a European Central Bank's Governing Council meets. No policy announcement expected.
26-Sep 0645/0245 France manufacturing sentiment, production out- look and own-company outlook for September.
26-Sep 0700/0300 Italy industrial orders and turnover for July.
26-Sep 0800/0400 Eurozone ECB M3 money supply for EMU-12 for August.
26-Sep 0830/0430 U.K. revised second-quarter 2002 business in- vestment and BBA mortgage lending and approvals for August.
26-Sep 1130/0730 U.S. building permits revision for August.
26-Sep 1200/0800 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
26-Sep 1230/0830 U.S. durable goods for August & jobless claims for Sept. 21 week.
26-Sep 1300/0900 IMF Managing Director Horst Koehler to hold press conference at annual meetings in Washing- ton.
26-Sep 1300/0900 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to speak at a meeting of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Steering Group in Washington.
26-Sep 1400/1000 U.S. new home sales and help-wanted index for August.
26-Sep 1430/1030 World Bank President James Wolfensohn to hold press conference at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington.
26-Sep 1520/1120 President Bush to speak at a conference on corporate fraud, in Washington.
26-Sep 1600/1200 Senator Max Baucus to speak about dispute settlement and the foreign sales corporation conflict with the EU, at a Global Business Dialogue event in Washington.
26-Sep 1800/1400 Federal Reserve to release minutes from Aug. 13 FOMC meeting in Washington.
26-Sep 1800/1400 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to hold pre-G7 news conference in Washington.
26-Sep n/a Mexico manufacturing employment and manhours for July.
26-Sep 2130/1630 U.S. M2 money supply for Sept. 16 week.