16.12.2002

11:00 Italy Industrial production (October) adjusted - -0.5%
11:00 Italy Industrial production (October) Y/Y unadjusted - -2.7%
14:00 EU(12) Labour cost index (Q3) Y/Y - 3.7%
17.12.2002

Japan BoJ meeting announcement
11:00 Italy CPI (November) final 0.3% 0.3%
11:00 Italy CPI (November) final Y/Y 2.8% 2.8%
11:00 Italy HICP (November) final Y/Y 2.9% 2.9%
12:30 UK Retail prices (November) - 0.2%
12:30 UK Retail prices (November) Y/Y - 2.1%
12:30 UK RPI-X (November) Y/Y - 2.3%
12:30 UK RPI-Y (November) Y/Y - 2.4%
12:30 UK HICP (November) Y/Y - 1.4%
16:30 USA CPI (November) 0.1% 0.3%
16:30 USA CPI (November) Y/Y - 2.0%
16:30 USA CPI excluding food and energy (November) 0.2% 0.2%
16:30 USA CPI excluding food and energy (November) Y/Y - 2.2%
16:30 USA Real earnings (November) - -0.3%
16:30 USA Housing starts (November), mln 1.695 1.603
16:30 USA Building permits (November), mln 1.710 1.763
17:00 USA Redbook (14.12)
17:15 USA Industrial production (November) 0.1% -0.8%
17:15 USA Capacity utilisation (November) 75.4 75.2
18.12.2002
08:00 Japan BoJ monthly economic report (December)
12:30 UK Claimant count (November) - -4.5K
12:30 UK Claimant count rate (November) 3.1% 3.1%
12:30 UK Average earnings (3 months to October) Y/Y 3.8% 3.8%
12:30 UK Manufacturing unit wage cost (3 months to October) Y/Y - 1.9%
12:30 UK ILO Jobless rate (3 months to October) - 5.3%
12:30 UK BoE meeting minutes (04-05.12)
14:00 EU(12) Harmonized CPI (November) final - 0.3%
14:00 EU(12) Harmonized CPI (November) final Y/Y 2.2% 2.3%
14:00 EU(12) Harmonized CPI excluding energy (November) Y/Y - 2.4%
16:30 USA International trade (October), bln -37.0 -38.03
16:30 USA Export (October), bln - 82.16
16:30 USA Import (October), bln - 120.19
19.12.2002
12:30 UK Retail sales (November) - 0.8%
12:30 UK Retail sales (November) Y/Y - 6.0%
12:30 UK M4 money supply (November) provisional - 0.6%
12:30 UK M4 money supply (November) provisional Y/Y - 5.4%
12:30 UK M4 lending (November) provisional, bln - 11.4
12:30 UK PSNCR (November), bln - -2.5
14:00 EU(12) Industrial production (October) - -0.2%
14:00 EU(12) Industrial production (October) Y/Y - -0.6%
EU(12) ECB meeting
16:30 USA Jobless claims (week to 14.12) 403K 441K
18:00 USA Leading indicators (November) 0.4% unch
20:00 USA Philadelphia Fed index (December) 5.0 6.1
22:00 USA Federal budget (November), bln -55.0 -54.0
20.12.2002

00:30 USA M2 money supply (09.12), bln - +21.1
08:00 Japan BoJ meeting minutes (30.10, 18-19.11)
10:00 Germany Import prices (November) - unch
10:00 Germany Import prices (November) Y/Y - 0.2%
10:00 Germany Import prices excluding oil (November) Y/Y - -1.1%
10:00 Germany PPI (November) - 0.3%
10:00 Germany PPI (November) Y/Y - 0.3%
10:45 France CPI (November) final unadjusted unch unch
10:45 France CPI (November) final unadjusted Y/Y 2.2% 2.2%
10:45 France HICP (November) final Y/Y 2.1% 2.1%
14:00 EU(12) Trade balance (October), bln - 9.5
16:30 USA GDP (Q3) final Y/Y 4.0% 4.0%
16:30 USA PCE price index (Q3) final 1.7% 1.7%