DIARY-France to August 15

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Paris local time is GMT + 2 hours.
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DATE GMT TIME INDICATOR PERIOD MEDIAN PRIOR

LOCAL FORECAST
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16/07 0645 0845 Consumer prices Jun 0.2 pct -0.1 pct

22/07 0645 0845 Consumer spending Jun -0.2 pct

23/07 0645 0845 Business morale Jul 75

24/07 0645 0845 Consumer morale Jul -37

0658 0858 Flash comp PMI Jul 47.8

0658 0858 Flash mfg PMI Jul 45.9

0658 0858 Flash ser PMI Jul 47.2

27/07 1600 1800 Unemployment (govt)Jun +36,400

28/07 0645 0845 Housing starts Jun

29/07 0645 0845 Producer prices Jun -0.3 pct
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*03/08 0748 0948 Manufacturing PMI July 45.9

*05/08 0748 0948 Composite PMI July 47.8

0748 0948 Services PMI July 47.2

07/08 0645 0845 Trade balance Jun -2.72 bln

0645 0845 French exports Jun 28.04 bln

0645 0845 French imports Jun 30.76 bln

10/08 0645 0845 Industrial output Jun +2.6 pct

11/08 0645 0845 State budget Jun -88.7 bln

12/08 0645 0845 Consumer prices Jul

0645 0845 Current account -2.2 bln

13/08 0645 0845 GDP (prelim) Q2 -1.2 pct

14/08 0645 0845 Payrolls (prelim) Q2 -1.0 pct

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POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/GENERAL EVENTS
----------------Thursday July 16, 2009--------------------------

PARIS - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meets
French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (0915 GMT).

*LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime - Preident Nicolas Sarkozy delivers
speech on France's maritime policy (0945 GMT).

PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0850
GMT). The French Treasury will auction between 6.0 and 7.5
billion euros of 1.5 percent Sept. 2011 BTANs, 3.75 percent Jan.
2012 BTANs and 3.00 percent July 2014 BTANs.

PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury notes (0950
GMT). The French Treasury will auction between 1.0 and 1.5
billion euros of 2.25 percent July 2020 OATeis, 3.4 percent July
2029 OATis and 1.8 percent July 2040 OATeis.
----------------Saturday July 18, 2009--------------------------

NEW YORK - President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to New York to
hear France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sing at Nelson
Mandela's 91st birthday concert.
----------------Monday July 20, 2009----------------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).

PARIS - Opening of Paris Plage, Paris' urban beach, along
the banks of the river Seine (to August 20).
----------------Sunday July 26, 2009----------------------------

PARIS - Final stage of Tour de France 2009
(Montereau-Fault-Yonne-Paris Champs Elysees).
----------------Monday July 27, 2009----------------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).
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There will be no auctions of OATi, OATei or BTAN treasury
notes in August.
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