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02/04/2001 08:20 Japan's major makers DI at -5 in March vs +10 in December

02/04/2001 08:47 FOCUS: BoJ March Tankan shows firms over-optimistic about fiscal H2 recovery

02/04/2001 09:14 TODAY: Japan Tankan survey, trade balance, reserves for March.

02/04/2001 09:15 TODAY: Japan auto registrations for March

02/04/2001 09:15 TODAY: 0600 GMT Germany real unadjusted wholesale sales for Feb

02/04/2001 09:15 TODAY: 0645 GMT France CDAF- PMI index for March

02/04/2001 09:16 TODAY: 0715 GMT Italy /ADACI Manufacturing PMI for March

02/04/2001 09:16 TODAY: 0730 GMT Italy ISAE Bus. Sentiment index for February

02/04/2001 09:17 TODAY: 0830 GMT Germany BME/ PMI for March

02/04/2001 09:17 TODAY: 0900 GMT Euroland PMI for March

02/04/2001 09:17 TODAY: 1000 GMT France new car registrations for March

02/04/2001 09:18 TODAY: 1100 GMT Eurostat's 1st release of fourth-quarter 2000 labor costs

02/04/2001 09:18 TODAY: 1300 GMT Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich speaks

02/04/2001 09:19 TODAY: 1400 GMT U.S. National Association of Purchasing Management index for March

02/04/2001 09:20 TODAY: 1400 GMT U.S. construction spending for February

02/04/2001 09:33 U.S. Treasuries moved sharply higher early Friday

02/04/2001 09:45 Japan's average nonfarm payroll salary falls 0.2% on year in Feb

02/04/2001 09:59 Japan Business Confidence Falls; Export Drop Expected

02/04/2001 10:36 U.S. equities closed in positive territory Friday

02/04/2001 10:42 MEDIAN FORECAST: FRANCE MARCH PMI SEEN DOWN 0.6 POINT AT 52.3

02/04/2001 10:45 CDAF/ FRANCE SA PMI 52.6 IN MARCH VS 52.9 IN FEB

02/04/2001 10:45 FRANCE MARCH SA PMI SLIGHTLY ABOVE MNI MEDIAN FORECAST

02/04/2001 10:58 Mitsubishi Trust's Tsuru on Yen's Gain, Miyazawa: Comment

02/04/2001 11:01 Japan's Miyazawa says yen weakening "too sudden"

02/04/2001 11:12 U.S. Economy Seen Growing at 1.8% in 2001, Faster Next Year

02/04/2001 11:41 ITALY /ADACI SA PMI 50.8 IN MAR. VS 52.8 IN FEB.

02/04/2001 11:42 ITALY /ADACI SA PMI PRICES 52.2 IN MAR VS 56.4 IN FEB

02/04/2001 11:43 French March manufacturing PMI 52.6 vs 52.9 in February - sources

02/04/2001 11:46 FRANCE MARCH PMI: SLOWER MFG GROWTH, MUCH LOWER INFL.

02/04/2001 11:48 FRANCE MARCH PMI: SLOWER MFG GROWTH, MUCH LOWER INFL.

02/04/2001 11:48 FRANCE MARCH PMI: SLOWER MFG GROWTH, MUCH LOWER INFL.

02/04/2001 11:48 GERMANY BME/ SA PMI 51.1 IN MAR. VS 52.8 IN FEB.

02/04/2001 11:49 GERMANY BME/ SA PMI PRICES 56.0 IN MAR. VS 56.1 IN FEB.

02/04/2001 11:49 Italy March manufacturing PMI 50.80 vs 52.80 in Feb

02/04/2001 11:51 GERMANY MARCH BME/ PMI BELOW ALL EXPECTATIONS

02/04/2001 11:52 Eichel says euro zone budget criteria to be maintained despite GDP slowdown

02/04/2001 11:54 Not Many Rate Cuts Left in the Cards: Rates of Return

02/04/2001 12:01 EMU-12 SA PMI 51.2 IN MAR. VS 52.3 IN FEB.:

02/04/2001 12:01 EMU-12 SA PMI PRICES 53.5 IN MAR. VS 55.8 IN FEB.:

02/04/2001 12:02 EMU-12 SA PMI FOR MARCH AT LOW END OF EXPECTED IN MNI SURVEY

02/04/2001 12:03 BBK'S STARK: ECB HAS OWN POLICY, 'NOT SAILING IN WAKE OF FED'

02/04/2001 12:04 -STARK: STRONGLY REJECTS FORMALISATION OF EUROGROUP ROLE

02/04/2001 12:04 STARK: MAASTRICHT DOESN'T ALLOW STRONGER EUROGROUP ROLE VS ECB

02/04/2001 12:04 STARK: COORDINATION OF ECB/OTHER POLICIES 'OUT OF QUESTION'

02/04/2001 12:04 STARK: ECB PRESIDENT IS 'MR. EURO,' NO NEED FOR ANOTHER

02/04/2001 12:15 IMF'S KOEHLER:ECB RATE CUT WD BE 'CLEARLY HELPFUL' FOR EMU GDP

02/04/2001 12:16 KOEHLER:IMF LIKELY TO REVISE DOWN EMU 2001 GDP F'CAST TO +2.5%

02/04/2001 12:16 KOEHLER: U.S. FED HAS LEEWAY FOR MORE RATE CUTS IF NEEDED

02/04/2001 12:31 :UK MAR PMI MANUFACTURING MAIN INDEX 49.7 V FEB 52.2

02/04/2001 12:32 UK MARCH PROV M0 UP ADJ 0.2 PCT FROM FEB; UP 8.3 YR-ON-YR

02/04/2001 12:32 : UK MARCH PMI NEW ORDERS INDEX 49.9 VS FEB 54.7

02/04/2001 12:32 : UK MARCH INPUT PRICES INDEX 52.0 VS FEB 54.8

02/04/2001 12:33 : UK MARCH PMI OUTPUT INDEX 49.1 VS FEB 53.6

02/04/2001 12:33 UK MARCH PROVISIONAL M0 0.2% M/M; 8.3 Y/Y%, SA

02/04/2001 12:39 ECB WELTEKE: INTERESTED IN STRONG EURO, EVENTUALLY TO OCCUR

02/04/2001 12:39 BOE UK prov adj Mar M0 money supply-STATS and OVERVIEW

02/04/2001 12:46 EMU DATA: MAR PMI DOWN 11TH MONTH IN ROW; PRICES DIVE

02/04/2001 13:30 EURUSD: SUP - 0.8755-0.8720-0.8700-0.8530-0.8240, RES - 0.8800-0.8840-0.8875-0.9865-0.8990 - ISFX

02/04/2001 13:31 USDCHF: SUP - 1.7380-1.7360-1.7310-1.7250-1.7220, RES - 1.7460-1.7490-1.7540-1.7860-1.8175 - ISFX

02/04/2001 13:32 USDJPY: SUP - 126.00-125.70-125.00-123.30-123.00, RES - 127.00-127.70-129.10-130.00-133.90 - ISFX

02/04/2001 13:34 GBPUSD: SUP - 1.4145-1.4100-1.4085-1.4000-1.3970, RES - 1.4195-1.4215-1.4245-1.4280-1.4295 - ISFX

02/04/2001 14:28 FRANCE MARCH NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS DOWN 0.6% Y/Y--CCFA

02/04/2001 14:29 FRANCE MARCH WORKDAY-ADJ. NEW CAR REGS UP 3.9% Y/Y--CCFA

02/04/2001 14:59 IMF'S Koehler says an ECB rate cut would be helpful for euro area

02/04/2001 15:01 BBK STARK:ECB NOT FOLLOWING FED, SHOULDN'T TAKE HECTIC ACTION

02/04/2001 15:04 UK DATA SNAP: UK MFG ACTIVITY FALLS AS US DOWNTURN BITES-CIPS

02/04/2001 15:12 Calendar:

02/04/2001 15:12 BBK STARK: EXPECT 'SOLID' EUROZONE GROWTH THIS YEAR

02/04/2001 15:24 Forex: Euro firmer in midday London trade ahead of U.S. NAPM data

02/04/2001 15:28 The purchasing managers' index for the eurozone fell for the 11th month

02/04/2001 15:38 MEDIAN FORECAST FOR US MARCH NAPM: 41.5

02/04/2001 15:47 OUTLOOK: BoE seen cutting rates to 5.50 pct on April 5

02/04/2001 15:53 OUTLOOK: UK Feb industrial output up 0.2 pct from Jan; manufacturing up 0,3

02/04/2001 16:34 US FX Daily Outlook: Greenback trims gains before NAPM release

02/04/2001 16:48 * USD/JPY trimmed gains that saw it hit a new 29-month high of 126.65 in

02/04/2001 16:48 * EUR/USD inched its way up from a new 4-month low of 0.8725 to 0.8785.

02/04/2001 16:50 * EUR/ JPY kept a narrow range 110.50-111.00, within Friday's range, with

02/04/2001 16:51 * GBP/USD was sold initially vs the USD to 1.4147, a 4-month low,

02/04/2001 17:51 BOJ TANKAN SURVEY SHOWS BUSINESS SENTIMENT WORSENING

02/04/2001 17:51 MIYAZAWA: WATCHING FX CLOSELY; TANKAN WITHIN EXPECTATIONS

02/04/2001 17:52 EUROZONE MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY SLOWS FURTHER

02/04/2001 18:03 U.S. FEB CONSTRUCTION SPENDING UP 0.6 PCT FROM JAN

02/04/2001 18:06 US NAPM PRICES PAID INDEX 49.9 MAR VS 58.1 FEB

02/04/2001 18:07 US NAPM PRODUCTION INDEX 42.8 MAR VS 39.7 FEB

02/04/2001 18:07 US NAPM: PRODUCTION, BACKLOG ORDERS SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY

02/04/2001 18:55 Tankan March large manufacturer diffusion index minus 5 vs plus 10 Dec

02/04/2001 18:57 BoJ/March Tankan -- 2 (capex forecasts)

02/04/2001 18:58 BoJ/March Tankan -- 3 (profit/revenue forecasts)

02/04/2001 19:00 BoJ/March Tankan -- 4 (labour index)

02/04/2001 19:00 BoJ/March Tankan -- 9 (forex/fund raising)

02/04/2001 19:02 FOCUS: BoJ March Tankan shows firms over-optimistic about fiscal H2 recovery

02/04/2001 19:59 US data: results of treasury 13- day bill auction

02/04/2001 21:48 US data: results of treasury 3- and 6-month bill auction

02/04/2001 22:13 INSIGHT: FED HOPEFUL ABOUT SPEED OF INVENTORY ADJUSTMENT>

02/04/2001 23:47 API Preview: Crude, distillates down; gasoline, runs higher