DATE GMT/EST EVENT
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12-Dec 2350/1850* Japan current account balance for October and capital flows for Dec. 6 week.
12-Dec 0700/0200 EMU Nov W Europe new car registration data released.
12-Dec 0745/0245 France Q3 Payrolls data released.
12-Dec 0750/0250 France Oct Mfg production data released.
12-Dec 0900/0400 ECB monthly report for December released. Includes new staff economic forecasts.
12-Dec 0930/0430 U.K. Oct contruction orders data released.
12-Dec 1100/0600 EMU Q3 Construction Production data released.
12-Dec n/a U.S. Farm Credit banks to sell 1-year notes.
12-Dec 1330/0830 U.S. jobless claims for Dec. 7 week and import and export price index for November; retail and food sales for November and third-quarter 2002 current account balance.
12-Dec 1330/0830 Canada new motor vehicle sales for October.
12-Dec 1330/0830 Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Brian Roseboro to speak at the Bond Market Association's Repo and Securities Len- ding Conference in New York.
12-Dec 1700/1200 International Monetary Fund to release quarter- ly Global Financial Stability Report. News con- ference in New York.
12-Dec 1730/1230 White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey to speak at the Bond Market Association's Repo and Securities Lending Conference in New York.
12-Dec 1830/1330 Swiss National Bank board member Niklaus Blattner to speak in Basel.
12-Dec 1900/1400 Federal Reserve to release minutes from Nov. 6 Open Market Committee meeting in Washington.
12-Dec n/a Mexico industrial and manufacturing production for October.
12-Dec 2130/1630 U.S. M2 money supply for Dec. 2 week.
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13-Dec 2350/1850* Japan third-quarter 2002 Tankan Business Survey
13-Dec 0430/2330* Japan industrial output for October.
13-Dec 0745/0245 France October Merchandise trade balance data released.
13-Dec 0800/0300 Spain November Consumer Prices data released.
13-Dec 0845/0345 Swiss National Bank releases quarterly monetary policy assessment including rate announcement. End-of-the-year press conference to follow at 0915 GMT.
13-Dec 1300/0800 Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies about small business credit, in Buffalo, NY. Audience Q&A expected.
13-Dec 1330/0830 U.S. Producer Price Index for November and business inventories for October.
13-Dec 1430/0930 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to release report on third-quarter 2002 U.S. bank derivatives activity, in Washington.
13-Dec 1445/0945 U.S. Univ. of Mich preliminary consumer sentiment for December.
13-Dec 1500/1000 Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson to speak about market structures in Santiago, Chile. Audience Q&A expected.
13-Dec 1530/1030 U.S. ECRI leading index for Dec. 6 week.
13-Dec 1700/1200 Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies to speak about corporate governance in Buffalo, New York Audience Q&A expected.
13-Dec n/a Mexico third-quarter 2002 global demand and private consumption.