5 February 2003, 08:21  Global calendar for Wednesday, Feb. 5 and Thursday, Feb. 6

DATE GMT/EST EVENT
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05-Feb 0500/0000 Japan leading indicators for December.
05-Feb 0745/0245 France quarterly industry survey released.
05-Feb 0745/0245 France Jan industry demand outlook data release
05-Feb 0800/0300 Italy Nov large industrial firm employment data released.
05-Feb 0800/0300 Spain Dec industry output data released.
05-Feb 0800/0300 Italy Dec new car registrations data released.
05-Feb 0845/0345 Italy Jan services PMI data released.
05-Feb n/a Germany to sell E7.0 billion BOBL debt maturing Feb. 2008.
05-Feb 0850/0350 Germany Jan unemployment data released.
05-Feb 0850/0350 France Jan CDAF- svcs PMI data released.
05-Feb 0855/0355 Germany Jan BME/ svcs PMI data released.
05-Feb n/a Spain to sell 3-year Bonos.
05-Feb 0900/0400 EMU Jan services PMI data released.
05-Feb 0930/0430 U.K. Jan official reserves date released.
05-Feb 0930/0430 U.K. Jan PMI services data released.
05-Feb 1200/0700 ECB Executive Board member Eugenio Domingo Solans speaks in Brussels.
05-Feb 1200/0700 U.S. MBA applications survey for Jan. 31 week.
05-Feb n/a U.K. BOE begins Monetary Policy Committee meeting. Rate decision Feb 6.
05-Feb 1345/0845 Canadian International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew to speak at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
05-Feb 1400/0900 Treasury Department to make quarterly refunding announcement.
05-Feb 1440/0940 Deadline for tenders on $3 billion in U.S. Freddie Mac 3-year Reference Notes.
05-Feb n/a U.S. Fannie Mae to sell $4 to $8 billion in 3-month bills and $1.5 to $4 billion in 6-mo. bills.
05-Feb 1500/1000 Treasury Secretary John Snow to testify on FY 2004 before House Budget Committee, in Washing- ton.
05-Feb 1500/1000 U.S. Institute for Supply Management non- manufacturing index for January.
05-Feb 1500/1000 White House budget director Mitch Daniels to testify before Senate Finance Committee on FY 2004 budget proposal, in Washington.
05-Feb 1500/1000 Senate Banking Committee to hold confirmation hearing for Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman nominee William Donaldson, in Washing- ton.
05-Feb 1430/1030 Secretary of State Colin Powell to brief the U.N. Security Council about U.S. intelligence findings in Iraq, provide evidence of non- compliance with disarmament resolution.
05-Feb n/a ABC/Money Magazine weekly survey of U.S. consu- mer confidence.
05-Feb n/a Secretary of State Colin Powell expected to brief the U.N. Security Council about U.S. intelligence findings in Iraq, provide evidence of non-compliance with disarmament resolution.
05-Feb 1900/1400 Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson to speak about the Fed at Vanderbilt University Law School, in Nashville, Tennessee. Audience Q&A expected.
05-Feb 1900/1400 Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels to testify about the FY 2004 budget before the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington.
05-Feb 2000/1500 Treasury Secretary John Snow to testify on FY 2004 before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington.
05-Feb 2245/1745 House Financial Services Committee to meet to approve oversight plan for 108th Congress, in- cluding reappointment of Rep. Richard Baker as GSE subcommittee chairman.
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06-Feb 2350/1850* Japan capital flows for Jan. 31 week.
06-Feb 0001/1701* U.K. Dec Housing starts data released.
06-Feb 0500/0000 Japan household spending for December.
06-Feb n/a France to sell E3.0 billion in 4.75% OAT ma- turing Oct 2012 and E2.5-3.0 billion in 2.50% OATi maturing July 2013.
06-Feb n/a Spain to sell 15-year Bonos.
06-Feb 0800/0300 Sweden's Riksbank holds monetary policy meeting in Stockholm. Rate decision Feb. 7.
06-Feb 1000/0600 OECD releases economic survey on Belgium.
06-Feb 1100/0600 EMU 3Q 2002 EMU-12 GDP data (3rd reading), and 4Q 2002 and 1Q 2003 GDP indicators released.
06-Feb 1100/0600 Germany Dec manufacturing orders data released.
06-Feb 1200/0700 Bank of England MPC interest rate decision.
06-Feb 1245/0745 European Central Bank announces rate decision following its Governing Council. Press conference by President Wim Duisenberg to follow at 1330 GMT (0830 EST).
06-Feb 1330/0830 U.S. preliminary non-farm productivity for the fourth quarter of 2002 and jobless claims for week ended Feb. 1 week.
06-Feb 1330/0830 Canada help-wanted index for January and building permits for December.
06-Feb 1400/0900 Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson to speak about financial services modernization at the annual ALI, ABA conference in Washington. Audience Q&A expected.
06-Feb n/a U.S. same store sales for January.
06-Feb 1600/1100 Standard & Poor's teleconference on Q4 perfor- mance and 2003 outlook for major U.S. banking sectors.
06-Feb 2000/1500 U.S. Treasury STRIPS for January.
06-Feb 2130/1630 U.S. M2 money supply for Jan. 27 week.

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