Forex news and forecasts archive for 2001-04-26

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26/04/2001 00:00 Dollar Slips Against Euro After Report Stokes Growth Concern

26/04/2001 05:55 MIYAZAWA: G7 WILL NOT CHANGE STANCE TOWARDS DOLLAR/YEN POLICY

26/04/2001 06:13 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES MORNING UP 195.61 PTS AT 14,023.11

26/04/2001 09:31 Today - Japan retail and wholesale sales for March.

26/04/2001 09:31 Today - n/a European Central Bank to release EMU-12 M3 money supply for March.

26/04/2001 09:37 Today - 0600GMT Germany unadjusted and adjusted producer price index for March.

26/04/2001 09:38 Today - n/a Germany April CPI for state of North Rhine- Westphalia and preliminary HICP

26/04/2001 09:38 Today - n/a Germany VDMA machinery orders for March.

26/04/2001 09:39 Today - 0645GMT France industry sentiment for April.

26/04/2001 09:39 Today - 0700GMT Italy unadjusted retail sales for February.

26/04/2001 09:39 Today - 0730GMT Italy ISAE consumer confidence for April.

26/04/2001 09:40 Today - 1145 ECB to announce its rate decision following its Governing Council meeting.

26/04/2001 09:42 Today - 1230GMT U.S. employment cost index for the first quarter of 2001 and jobless claims

26/04/2001 09:43 Today - 1400 GMT Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to testify on the department's budget

26/04/2001 09:45 Today - 1500GMT IMF to release it semi-annual World Economic Outlook at spring

26/04/2001 09:49 European stocks mixed as banks, drugs rise, telecoms slide

26/04/2001 09:50 US stocks end broadly higher; focus on positive news

26/04/2001 09:50 Japan stocks end morning 1.4% up, above the 14,000-level

26/04/2001 09:58 GERMAN MARCH PPI UP 0.2 PCT FROM FEB; UP 4.9 PCT YR-ON-YR

26/04/2001 10:00 GERMANY MAR Y/Y PPI RATE HIGHEST SINCE JULY 1982: STATS OFFICE

26/04/2001 10:12 Miyazawa: G7 will not change stance towards dollar/yen policy

26/04/2001 10:24 Japan's lower house approves Koizumi as PM, by 287 of 478 votes

26/04/2001 10:28 Mori cabinet resigns ahead of appointment of Koizumi as premier

26/04/2001 10:30 Shiokawa to be Japan's finance minister, says report

26/04/2001 10:45 FRENCH APRIL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDICATOR -12 VS +5 IN MARCH - INSEE

26/04/2001 10:55 French April business confidence indicator -12 vs +5 in March - Insee

26/04/2001 11:00 ITALY FEBRUARY UNADJUSTED RETAIL SALES +2.3% Y/Y

26/04/2001 11:03 ITALY ISTAT: 2000 AVG HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMPTION +4.0% OVER 1999

26/04/2001 11:31 ITALY ISAE: APR CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX 122.8; MAR 121.2

26/04/2001 12:24 BBK: GERMANY MAR SA PPI ANNUALIZED 6-MON RATE +4.3%;FEB +5.2%

26/04/2001 12:24 BBK: GERMANY MAR SA PPI +0.4% M/M, +4.9% Y/Y; FEB +4.7% Y/Y

26/04/2001 12:47 Forex: Euro rangebound in early London trade ahead of ECB rate decision

26/04/2001 12:54 OUTLOOK ECB to leave rates unchanged today; inflation concerns prevail

26/04/2001 13:02 GERMANY: NRW APR CPI +0.3% M/M, +2.9% Y/Y; MAR +2.6% Y/Y

26/04/2001 13:02 GERMANY:NRW APR CPI RISE AT HIGH END OF MNI FCSTS FOR PREL CPI

26/04/2001 13:29 Germany's N Rhine-Westphalia April CPI above original forecasts

26/04/2001 15:06 FT-SE 5817.80(-9.70/-0.17%), CAC 40 5403.12 (-4.72 -0.09%), DAX 6068.79 (-46.40/-0.76%) at 10-45

26/04/2001 15:24 ADVISORY: GERMANY PREL APR CPI TO BE RELEASED AT 11:40 GMT

26/04/2001 15:25 USA : summary of key economic indicators

26/04/2001 15:35 EURUSD : support 0.8955/50 - 0.8910/00 - 0.8885 - 0.8845/40 - 0.8810 COBA

26/04/2001 15:36 EURUSD : resistance 0.9015/20 - 0.9080/90 - 0.9115/45 - 0.9205 COBA

26/04/2001 15:37 USDCHF : support 1.7015 - 1.6945 - 1.6855 - 1.6715 Uptr - 1.6605 - 1.6400 COBA

26/04/2001 15:38 USDCHF : resistance 1.7185 - 1.7215/60 - 1.7300 - 1.7360/80 COBA

26/04/2001 15:39 GBPUSD : support 1.4360 - 1.4325 - 1.4290 - 1.4240/50 - 1.4185 COBA

26/04/2001 15:41 German provisional April CPI rises above original expectations

26/04/2001 15:42 GBPUSD : resistance 1.4425 - 1.4480 DownTr - 1.4560 - 1.4670 - 1,4750/65 COBA

26/04/2001 15:46 ECB LEAVES VARIABLE REFI MINIMUM BID RATE UNCHANGED AT 4.75%

26/04/2001 16:08 USDJPY : support 121.80 - 121.05 - 120.85/65 - 119.85 - 119.80 Uptr COBA

26/04/2001 16:09 USDJPY : resistance 122.70 - 122.90 - 123.35 Downtr - 123.90 - 124.50/125.00 COBA

26/04/2001 16:27 IFO'S LEIBFRITZ:ECB RATE CUT TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED

26/04/2001 16:28 LEIBFRITZ URGES ECB TO CUT RATES 'SOON' BY 50 BASIS POINTS

26/04/2001 16:33 1Q US EMPLOYMENT COSTS +1.1% Q/Q; +4.1% Y/Y (VS 1Q00 +4.3%)

26/04/2001 16:35 US JOBLESS CLAIMS +18,000 TO 408,000 IN APRIL 21 WEEK

26/04/2001 16:36 US Jobless Claims-OVERVIEW

26/04/2001 16:39 U.S. Q1 employment cost index up 1.1 pct; up 4.1 year-on-year

26/04/2001 17:10 Ifo's Leibfritz Urges ECB to Cut Rates by 50bp 'Soon'

26/04/2001 17:51 FED'S HOENIG:WEAK JAPAN BANK SYSTEM HAS HURT JAPAN ECONOMY

26/04/2001 18:01 US CONF BD: MAR HELP AD VOLUME UP IN 12% OF MKTS VS FEB 24%

26/04/2001 18:01 CONF BOARD:MARCH HELP-WANTED INDEX LOWEST SINCE APRIL 1993(66)

26/04/2001 19:00 IMF CUTS WORLD 2001 GDP GROWTH FORECAST TO 3.2 PCT FROM 4.2

26/04/2001 20:05 US FX Daily Outlook: Euro gains after the ECB leaves rates flat

26/04/2001 21:01 Fed "will continue to be especially alert in monitoring economic developments."

26/04/2001 21:03 The EU has become the locomotive for world growth