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26/01/2001 09:44 Yesterday - 2300GMT Japan CPI for December; Tokyo CPI for January.

26/01/2001 09:45 Yesterday - 2350GMT Japan retail and wholesale sales for December.

26/01/2001 09:46 Today - 0100GMT Bank of Japan accounts for week of Jan. 20.

26/01/2001 09:46 Today - 0700GMT Germany unadjusted producer price index for Dec

26/01/2001 09:46 Today - n/a Germany adjusted BBK producer prices for Dec.

26/01/2001 09:47 Today - n/a Germany VDA car production for December

26/01/2001 09:47 Today - n/a ICON consumer confidence for December

26/01/2001 09:48 Today - 0800GMT European Central Bank Chief Economist Otmar

26/01/2001 09:48 Today - 0800GMT Italy unadjusted retail sales for November.

26/01/2001 09:49 Today - 0930GMT U.K. preliminary fourth-quarter GDP and BBA mortgage lending for December.

26/01/2001 09:49 Today - n/a EMU current account balance for October

26/01/2001 09:50 Today - 1130/0630 January CPI for Italian city of Turin.

26/01/2001 09:50 Today - 1230GMT U.S. building permits revision.

26/01/2001 09:51 Today - 1330GMT U.S. durable goods orders for December.

26/01/2001 09:52 Today - 1600GMT ECB Executive Board member Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa to speak in Palermo, Italy.

26/01/2001 09:52 GERMANY MEDIAN FORECAST: DEC PPI -0.1% M/M; +4.4% Y/Y

26/01/2001 10:00 PAN-GERMANY DEC PPI -0.3% M/M, +4.2% Y/Y; NOV +4.7% Y/Y

26/01/2001 10:02 PAN-GERMANY DEC PPI -0.3% M/M, +4.2% Y/Y; NOV +4.7% Y/Y

26/01/2001 10:02 GERMANY DEC PPI DROP MATCHES LOW FORECAST IN MNI SURVEY

26/01/2001 10:02 GERMANY DEC PPI DROP MATCHES LOW FORECAST IN MNI SURVEY

26/01/2001 10:04 GERMANY DEC PPI EX-OIL +0.1% M/M, +3.7% Y/Y; NOV +3.6% Y/Y

26/01/2001 10:05 GERMANY DEC PPI: OIL PRODUCT PRICES -7.5% M/M

26/01/2001 10:08 German December PPI down 0.3% vs Nov, below forecasts

26/01/2001 10:27 UK MEDIAN FORECAST:Q4 PRELIMINARY GDP UP 0.5% Q/Q; UP 2.6% Y/Y

26/01/2001 10:37 BBK: GERMANY DEC SA PPI ANNUALIZED 6-MON RATE +4.8%;NOV +6.5%

26/01/2001 10:38 BBK: GERMANY DEC SA PPI -0.2% M/M, +4.2% Y/Y; NOV +4.6% Y/Y

26/01/2001 11:02 ITALY NOV NOMINAL UNADJ. RETAIL SALES +1.5% Y/Y; OCT +1.1%

26/01/2001 11:02 ITALY NOV. RETAIL SALES AT LOW END OF MNI SURVEY RANGE

26/01/2001 11:03 ITALY ISTAT: NOV Y/Y RET. SALES 'PROBABLY FELL IN REAL TERMS'

26/01/2001 11:04 DAX OPENS AT 6,713.40, DOWN 14.09 POINTS

26/01/2001 11:06 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS 106.46 PTS LOWER AT 5,828.22

26/01/2001 11:44 The Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed lower for the fourth straight session

26/01/2001 12:04 U.S. initial unemployment claims were up 12,000 to 316,000 in Jan 20 week

26/01/2001 12:09 ECB: DEC. EMU PRIVATE CREDIT GROWTH 10.3% Y/Y; NOV. 10.3% Y/Y

26/01/2001 12:10 ECB: DEC. EMU TOTAL CREDIT GROWTH 6.3% Y/Y; NOV 5.9% Y/Y

26/01/2001 12:10 EURO AREA DEC M3 UP 4.9 PCT YR-ON-YR VS REVISED 5.0 IN NOV

26/01/2001 12:11 EURO AREA THREE Ì3 MONTH AVERAGE OCT-DEC UP 5.0 PCT 5.1 SEP-NOV

26/01/2001 12:15 UK MEDIAN FORECAST:Q4 PRELIMINARY GDP UP 0.5% Q/Q; UP 2.6% Y/Y

26/01/2001 12:16 Euro area Dec M3 up 4.9 pct yr-on-yr vs revised 5.0 in Nov

26/01/2001 12:26 ECB'S WELTEKE: RATE HIKES HAVING AN EFFECT ON M3 GROWTH

26/01/2001 12:35 UK Q4 PRELIMINARY GDP UP 0.3% Q/Q; UP 2.4% Y/Y

26/01/2001 12:35 UK Q4 PRELIMINARY GDP UP 0.3% Q/Q; UP 2.4% Y/Y

26/01/2001 12:36 UK Q4 SERVICE SECTOR GROWTH UP 0.7% Q/Q; UP 3.2% Y/Y

26/01/2001 12:36 UK Q4 GDP BELOW ALL FORECASTS IN MNI SURVEY

26/01/2001 12:36 UK Q4 GDP Q/Q RATE WEAKEST SINCE Q4 1998

26/01/2001 12:37 UK Q4 GDP WEAKEST ANNUAL RATE SINCE Q2 1999

26/01/2001 12:37 UK ONS ESTIMATES Q4 MFG UP SLIGHTLY;ENERGY SUPPLY DN SLIGHTLY

26/01/2001 12:37 UK ONS: SVCES GROWTH SLOWS DUE TO BUS SVCES/FINANCE,TRANSPORT

26/01/2001 12:37 ECB'S WELTEKE:ECB RATE POLICY IN 'NEUTRAL' FOR NOW

26/01/2001 12:40 UK DATA SNAP:JOHN LEWIS STORE SALES UP 10.0% Y/Y WK TO JAN 20

26/01/2001 12:44 Forex: Dollar weakens vs euro in early London despite U.S. rate cut hopes

26/01/2001 13:44 DAVOS Welteke says euro zone -- U.S. Fed 50 bps cut would pressure ECB

26/01/2001 13:49 DAVOS Welteke says euro zone inflation cut no 'clear indication' for rate cuts

26/01/2001 14:03 EURUSD: SUP - 0.9170-0.9125/10-0.9040/30, RES - 0.9270/80-0.9355/70-0.9430 - COBA

26/01/2001 14:05 USDCHF: SUP - 1.6475-1.6410/00-1.6350/10-1.6225, RES - 1.6575-1.6630-1.6740/70-1.6855-1.6895 - COBA

26/01/2001 14:06 GBPUSD: SUP - 1.4565/25-1.4500-1.4460-1.4435-1.4410, RES - 1.4635-1.4740-1.4775-1.4810-1.4875 - COBA

26/01/2001 14:07 USDJPY: SUP - 116.15-115.80/60-115.50-114.85, RES - 117.10/40-118.40/60-119.90 - COBA

26/01/2001 14:29 ITALY: TURIN PRELIMINARY JAN CPI (NIC) +0.4% M/M

26/01/2001 14:31 ITALY JAN CPI SEEN +0.4% M/M, +3.0% Y/Y AFTER ALL CITIES

26/01/2001 14:33 IMF FISCHER: LITTLE CHANCE OF COMMON N.A. CURRENCY NEAR TERM

26/01/2001 14:59 FT-SE 6226.80(-28.80/ -0.46%), CAC 5876.84(-57.84/-0.97%), DAX 6674.63 (-52.86/-0.79%) at 11:46GMT

26/01/2001 15:21 OUTLOOK: 35 out of 36 economists see no ECB rate move Feb 1; cut seen by June

26/01/2001 15:41 DAVOS: Fabius: Fed rate cuts shouldn't affect "independent" ECB

26/01/2001 16:08 JPN SAKAIYA: 'SHOULD NOT BE PESSIMISTIC' ON JAPAN ECONOMY

26/01/2001 16:08 SAKAIYA: EXPECTS TO SEE CONSUMPTION RECOVERY 'BEFORE LONG'

26/01/2001 16:10 SAKAIYA: 'SECOND TROUGH' IN JPN ECONOMY 'WON'T LAST LONG'

26/01/2001 16:26 DAVOS: Ex-Japan EPA chief Sakaiya sees econ growth "before long"

26/01/2001 16:31 DEC US DURABLE NEW ORDERS +2.2%; EX-TRANSPORTATION -1.4%

26/01/2001 16:31 DEC US TOTAL DUR ORDERS EXCL BOTH CIV AIRCRAFT, DEFENSE -1.0%

26/01/2001 16:32 DEC US DURABLE ORDERS EX-DEFENSE +3.4%; DEFENSE -25.9%

26/01/2001 16:33 DEC US DURABLE ORDERS EX-DEFENSE +3.4%; DEFENSE -25.9%

26/01/2001 16:33 DEC US TRANSPORTATION ORDERS +14.6%;CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT +94.4%

26/01/2001 16:34 U.S. NOV DURABLE GOODS ORDERS REVISED TO 1.8 PCT RISE FROM RISE 2.5

26/01/2001 16:38 US Durable Goods Orders-OVERVIEW

26/01/2001 16:41 Japan stocks fall 0.7% tracing Nasdaq's decline (repeat)

26/01/2001 16:42 Nasdaq ends down 3.37% after late rally, Dow Jones up

26/01/2001 16:44 Tokyo Consumer Prices Rise 0.3% in January, Led by Fresh Food

26/01/2001 17:06 Japan December Large Retailers' Sales Decline 4.5%

26/01/2001 17:37 * EUR/USD extended Thursday's gains to hit a 2-day high of 0.9317 as

26/01/2001 17:41 ITALY'S VISCO SEES AVG 2001 CPI ABOVE 2% VS 1.7% GOVT FORECAST

26/01/2001 17:44 ITALY VISCO: NO ALARM ON JAN CPI; INFL. TO TREND DOWN AHEAD

26/01/2001 17:45 * USD/JPY was almost flat after touching a 3-day low of 116.33.

26/01/2001 17:46 * EUR/JPY moved a touch lower in the previous range of 106.70 to 108.96.

26/01/2001 17:47 * GBP/USD fell from a 2-day high of 1.4688, which it reached despite news

26/01/2001 17:50 Bears Bid Down Dollar & Stocks by Jes Black

26/01/2001 17:52 Japan's Kawade says Greenspan's remarks prompted stronger yen

26/01/2001 17:52 Japan's domestic auto output rises 4.7% on year in December

26/01/2001 17:55 Japan's Aso says Oct-Dec GDP possible to rise on quarter

26/01/2001 17:58 US Press: O'Neill says economy has slowed, needs tax cuts (repeat)

26/01/2001 17:59 MOF's Miyazawa: US econ slowdown may cut Japan's growth 0.4%-0.6%

26/01/2001 18:00 Japan Dec retail sales down 5.4 pct yr-on-yr vs revised fall 4.2 in Nov (Repeat)

26/01/2001 19:26 FRANCE FABIUS: NO AUTOMATIC LINK BETWEEN U.S. FED/ECB MOVES

26/01/2001 19:28 FRANCE FABIUS: CONFIDENT ABOUT US ECON; SLOWDOWN WAS NEEDED

26/01/2001 19:29 FRANCE FABIUS: CONFIDENT ON ECON PROSPECTS FOR EUROPE/ASIA

26/01/2001 19:48 Europe FX Review: Dollar reverses on O'Neill, Welteke

26/01/2001 19:51 CAC-40 INDEX CLOSES 9.06 PTS LOWER AT 5,925.62