DATE GMT/EST EVENT
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18-Mar 0500/0000 Japan revised leading indicators for January.
18-Mar 0800/0300 Italy Jan EU Trade Balance dataG released.
18-Mar 0800/0300 Sweden's Riksbank announces rate decision, publishes inflation report.
18-Mar 0900/0400 Riksbank Governor Lars Heikensten will appear before the RiksdagG Standing Committee on Finance, to speak on "The current situation for monetary policy."
18-Mar 0930/0430 U.K. Feb RPI data released.
18-Mar 1000/0500 Bank of Canada Governor DavidG Dodge attends conference in Rome hosted by the Italian Banks Association.
18-Mar 1000/0500 Germany/EMU Mar ZEW German bus. expectations index released.
18-Mar G 1100/0600 EMU Jan Industrial Production data released.
18-Mar 1100/0600 EMU Feb Final HICP data released.
18-Mar 1245/0745 U.S. BTM-UBSW store sales for March 15 week.
18-Mar 1330/0830 U.S. housing starts and buildinGg permits for February.
18-Mar 1330/0830 Canada international securities transactions and manufacturing survey for January.
18-Mar 1330/0830 Fannie Mae Chairman Franklin Raines meetsG with the media in Washington to discuss lending to minority families.
18-Mar 1355/0855 U.S. Redbook average for March 15 week.
18-Mar 1400/0900 Federal Reserve Open Market CommitteeG to meet to decide key interest rates, in Washington. Announcement expected around 2:15 p.m. EST.
18-Mar 1440/0940 Deadline for weekly tenders on $4 billion in U.S. FGreddie Mac 3-month Reference Bills.
18-Mar 1800/1300 Deadline for weekly tenders on $27 billion in U.S. Treasury 4-week bills.
18-Mar 2000/1500 Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance G Peter Fisher to testify before a House Finan- cial Services subcommittee on President Bush's tax cut plan, in Washington.
18-Mar n/a U.S. semiconductor monthly book-to-bill ratioG for February.
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19-Mar 0745/0245 France January Current account data released.
19-Mar 0930/0430 U.K. Feb Claimant Count Unemployment data released.
19-Mar 0930/0430 G Bank of England publishes the minutes from its Mar 5-6 Monetary Policy Committee meeting.
19-Mar 1100/0600 EMU 4Q Labor Costs (1st read) data released.
19-Mar 1100/0600 EMU Q4 Construction Production data rGeleased.
19-Mar 1200/0700 U.S. MBA applications survey for March 14 week.
19-Mar 1230/0730 Riksbank First Deputy Governor Eva Srejber will speak in Gaevle, Sweden.
19-Mar 1400/0900 Treasury DeputyG Assistant Secretary for Federal Finance Timothy Bitsberger to speak about Tsy inflation-indexed securities at a seminar in New York.
19-Mar 1500/1000 Treasury SecretGary John Snow to testify before House Financial Services Committee in Washing- ton.
19-Mar 1500/1000 Ecofin meeting of EU-15 finance ministers on EU tax package.
1G9-Mar n/a ABC/Money Magazine weekly survey of U.S. consu- mer sentiment.
19-Mar n/a Extra Ecofin meeting of EU-15 finance ministers in Brussels.
19-Mar n/a G U.S. Fannie Mae to sell $4 to $8 billion in 3-month bills and $1.5 to $4 billion in 6-month bills.
19-Mar 1900/1400 Treasury Secretary John Snow to testify before HouGse Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcom- mittee in Washington.
19-Mar 2030/1530 Mexico retail and wholesale sales for January.