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Monday, 22 September 2008

Time	Country	Macroeconomic Indices	Period	Previous Reading	Forecast	Actual Reading
02:00	GBR	Rightmove House Prices	Sep	-2.3% m/m, -4.8% y/y	-	-1.0% m/m, -3.3% y/y
02:50	JP	All Industry Activity Index	Jul	-0.9%	0.8%	0.8%
02:50	JP	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-
10:00	EU	ECB President Trichet Speaks	-	-	-	-
15:30	CAD	Retail trade	Jul	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
15:30	CAD	Retail excl motor vehicles	Jul	1.4%	0.3%	0.4%

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Time	Country	Macroeconomic Indices	Period	Previous Reading	Forecast	Actual Reading
08:00	SGD	CPI	Aug	+0.4% m/m, +6.5% y/y	-	+0.2% m/m, +6.4% y/y
10:30	GER	Flash manufacturing PMI	Sep	49.9	49.2	48.1
10:30	GER	Flash services PMI	Sep	50.6	50.8	49.3
11:00	EU	Flash manufacturing PMI	Sep	47.6	47.3	45.3
11:00	EU	Flash services PMI	Sep	48.5	48.0	48.2
11:30	GBR	BBA Mortgage Approvals	Aug	22448	-	21086
12:00	EU	Industrial new orders	Jul	-0.3% m/m, -7.4% y/y	-0.7% m/m, -3.9% y/y	1.0% m/m, 1.6% y/y
12:00	ZAR	Retail Trade Sales	Jul	-	-	-4.6%
12:30	ZAR	CPI	Aug	13.4%	-	13.7%
14:00	CAD	CPI	Aug	0.3%	-0.1%	-0.2%
14:00	CAD	CPI core	Aug	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
16:30	USA	Paulson, Bernanke Testify on Credit Turmoil at Senate Panel	-	-	-	-
17:00	USA	Richmond Fed Mfg Index	Sep	-16	-15	-18

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Time	Country	Macroeconomic Indices	Period	Previous Reading	Forecast	Actual Reading
11:00	EU	Direct+portfolio flows (ECB)	Jul	E32.2 bn	-	-E19.1 bn
11:00	EU	Current account SA	Jul	-E8.2 bn	-E6.2 bn	-E1.7 bn
11:00	EU	Current account NSA	Jul	-E1.0 bn	-	-E1.1 bn
11:00	GER	IFO business sentiment	Sep	94.8	94.1	92.9
11:00	GER	IFO current assessment	Sep	103.2	101.9	99.8
11:00	GER	IFO business expectations	Sep	87.0	87.3	86.5
14:00	USA	MBA Mortgage Application Index	19-Sep	33.4%	-	-10.6%
15:00	NOK	Norges Bank announces rate decision.	-	5.75%	-	5.75%
17:00	USA	Existing Home Sales (NAR)	Aug	5.00 mn	-	4.95 mn
17:00	USA	Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to testify on the U.S. economy to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, in Washington.	-	-	-	-
17:35	USA	EIA Crude Oil Stocks	19-Sep	-6.3 m to 291.7m	-	-1.5 m to 290.2m
21:30	USA	Chairman Bernanke Testifies	-	-	-	-

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Time	Country	Macroeconomic Indices	Period	Previous Reading	Forecast	Actual Reading
02:50	JP	Trade Balance (tentative)	Aug	Y91.1B	-Y290B	-Y324.0B
02:50	JP	CSPI	Aug	1.3%	1.2%	1.4%
09:10	GER	GfK consumer confidence	Oct	1.5	1.3	1.8
10:30	SE	PPI	Aug	5.6%	-	5.0%
11:00	EU	M3 (ECB)	Aug	9.3%	9.1%	8.8%
11:00	EU	M3 ECB 3M moving avg.	Aug	9.6%	9.3%	9.2%
12:30	ZAR	PPI	Aug	-	-	19.1%
15:30	USA	Jobless Claims	20-Sep	455K	450K	493K
15:30	USA	Durable Goods Orders	Aug	+1.3%	-1.5%	-4.5%
15:30	USA	Durable Goods excl Defense	Aug	+2.8%	-	-
15:30	USA	Durable Goods excl Trans	Aug	+0.7%	-0.4%	-3.0%
17:00	USA	New Home Sales	Aug	515k	510k	460 k
17:35	USA	EIA Nat Gas Stocks	19-Sep	-	-	-
19:00	USA	Paulson, Bernanke Testify on Fannie Takeover at House Panel	-	-	-	-
23:00	GER	Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonised	Sep	3.3%	3.1%	-

Friday, 26 September 2008

Time	Country	Macroeconomic Indices	Period	Previous Reading	Forecast	Actual Reading
01:45	NZD	GDP	2Q-08	-0.3% q/q, +1.9% y/y	-0.4% q/q, +0.6% y/y	-0.2% q/q, +1.0% y/y
02:30	JP	Core National CPI	Aug	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%
02:30	JP	Core Central Tokyo CPI	Sep	1.5%	1.4%	1.7%
15:30	USA	GDP (f)	2Q-08	3.3%	3.3%	2.8%
15:30	USA	Chain Price Index (f)	2Q-08	+1.2%	+1.2%	+1.1%
15:30	USA	Corporate Profits (r)	2Q-08	-2.4%	-	-
17:00	USA	Consumer Sentiment (UM) (f)	Sep	73.1	71	70.3