DATE GMT/EST EVENT
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06-Nov 0500/0000 Japan household spending and leading indicators for September.
06-08-Nov* n/a Germany Oct VDA car production released.
06-Nov 0745/0245 France quarterly industry survey for October.
06-Nov 0800/0300 Italy Oct New Car Registrations data released.
06-Nov 0800/0300 Spain Sep Retail Sales data released.
06-Nov 1100/0600 Germany Sep Mfg orders data released.
06-Nov n/a Germany to sell E9 billion in 10-year bunds maturing July 2012.
06-Nov n/a The Netherlands to sell DSL debt.
06-Nov n/a U.S. Fannie Mae to sell $4 to $8 billion in 3- month bills, $1.5 to $4 billion in 6-month bills and $1.5 to $4 billion in 12-month bills.
06-Nov 1200/0700 U.S. MBA applications survey for week Nov. 1.
06-Nov 1330/0830 Canada building permits for September.
06-Nov 1400/0900 Federal Open Market Committee meets in Washington to decide key interest rates. Announcement expected around 2:15 p.m. EST.
06-Nov n/a ABC/Money Magazine weekly survey of consumer confidence.
06-Nov 1730/1230 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy to speak at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
06-Nov 1800/1300 Deadline for tenders on $18 billion in U.S. Treasury 10-year notes.
06-Nov 2000/1500 U.S. Treasury strips for October.
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07-Nov n/a France to sell E2+ billion 4.75% OAT maturing in Oct. 2012.
07-Nov 0700/0200 Germany Oct Final CPI data released.
07-Nov 0850/0350 Germany Oct Unemployment level data released.
07-Nov 1030/0530 UK Oct REC report on jobs released.
07-Nov 1100/0600 EMU 2Q-02 GDP data released. (3rd reading).
07-Nov 1100/0600 UK Oct BRC shop price index data released.
07-Nov 1200/0700 UK BOE MPC interest rate decision.
07-Nov 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).
07-Nov 1310/0810 Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies to speak about accounting and disclosure at the AICPA conference in Washington. No Q&A expected.
07-Nov 1330/0830 Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich to speak about community development in Cincinnati No Q&A expected.
07-Nov 1330/0830 U.S. preliminary third-quarter 2002 non-farm productivity and unit labor costs and jobless claims for Nov. 2 week.
07-Nov 1330/0830 Canada help-wanted index for October.
07-Nov 1400/0900 IMF Managing Director Horst Koehler to open annual IMF Research Conference in Washington with chief economist Kenneth Rogoff.
07-Nov 1430/0930 St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President William Poole to giving opening remarks at a conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
07-Nov 1440/0940 Deadline for tenders on $3 billion in U.S. Freddie Mac 3-year Reference Notes.
07-Nov 1445/0945 IMF External Relations Director Thomas Dawson to hold regular briefing, in Washington.
07-Nov 1450/0950 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Michael Moskow to speak about personal finance educa- tion in Chicago. No media Q&A.
07-Nov 1500/1000 U.S. wholesale inventories for September.
07-Nov n/a U.S. store sales for October.
07-Nov 1530/1030 ECB Governing Council member Yves Mersch takes part in a panel discussion on central bank tasks, in Frankfurt.
07-Nov 1530/1030 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to speak about economic growth in Africa, at the State Depart- ment, in Washington.
07-Nov n/a Germany banking sector wage talks involving Verdi union continue. Location TBA.
07-Nov 1900/1400 Federal Reserve to release minutes of Sept. 24 FOMC meeting in Washington.
07-Nov 2000/1500 U.S. consumer credit for September.
07-Nov 2030/1530 Mexico CPI and PPI for October.
07-Nov n/a Mexico gross fixed investment for August.
07-Nov 2130/1630 U.S. M2 money supply for Oct. 28 week.