DIARY-France to October 31

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DATE GMT LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD MEDIAN PRIOR

TIME FORECAST
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06/10 0645 0845 State budget Aug -109 bln

08/10 0630 0830 BOF survey Sept

0645 0845 Trade balance Aug -2.50bln -1.287 bln

0645 0845 French exports Aug 30.441 bln

0645 0845 French imports Aug 31.728 bln

09/10 0645 0845 Industrial output Aug +0.5 pct +0.1 pct

1000 1200 OECD lead Aug

13/10 0645 0845 Consumer prices Sept +0.6 pct

0645 0845 Current account Aug -1.2 bln

22/10 0645 0845 Business morale Oct 85

23/10 0645 0845 Consumer spending Sept -1.0 pct

0658 0858 Flash comp PMI Oct

0658 0858 Flash mfg PMI Oct

0658 0858 Flash ser PMI Oct

26/10 1700 1800 Unemployment (govt)Sept +18,100

27/10 0745 0845 Housing starts Sept -31.1 pct

0750 0850 Consumer morale Oct -36

30/10 0745 0845 Producer prices Sept +0.4 pct
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POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/GENERAL EVENTS
-------------------Tuesday October 6, 2009----------------------

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - State visit by President Nicolas
Sarkozy.

NATIONWIDE - Start of two-day strike by workers at France
Telecom who are demanding more concrete measures to deal with a
spate of suicides at the former state-owned company.
-------------------Wednesday October 7, 2009--------------------

NATIONWIDE - France's major trade unions hold a sixth round
of protests against the government's handling of the economic
crisis, which could include strikes as well as marches and
rallies.

PARIS - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde delivers speech
at 3rd Islamic Finance Summit (0700 GMT).

PARIS - Christine Lagarde makes statement in parliament on
the outcome of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. To be followed by
parliamentary deabte (1300 GMT).

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy meets leaders of the
French overseas departments of French Guiana and Martinique
(1400 GMT).

PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy meets Malaysian Prime Minister Najib
Razak (1530 GMT).
------------------Thursday October 8, 2009---------------------

PARIS - Start of the 4th World Antiques Fair at Paris'
Saint-Ouen Flea market (to Oct 11).

MOSELLE, Lorraine - President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers
speech on defence restructuring.
-------------------Friday October 9, 2009-----------------------

PARIS - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde makes closing
speech at Franco-Turkish seminar organised by employers' union
Medef (1015 GMT).

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy visits exhibition "From
Byzantium to Istanbul" at Grand Palais, accompanied by Turkish
President Abdullah Gul. Followed by a working lunch (1100 GMT).

PARIS - Christine Lagarde delivers speech at Savings and
Investment Forum (1445 GMT).
-------------------Monday October 12, 2009----------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).
-------------------Wednesday October 14, 2009-------------------

PARIS - International Energy Agency Ministerial meeting,
"Responding to Challenges in Partnership" at OECD in Paris (to
Oct. 15).
-------------------Thursday October 15, 2009--------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0850
GMT).

PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury notes (0950
GMT).
-------------------Monday October 19, 2009----------------------

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

STRASBOURG - EU Parliament Plenary session (to Oct 22).
-------------------Thursday October 22, 2009--------------------

PARIS - Prix Pictet International Photographic Awards 2009.
Link: www.prixpictet.com
-------------------Sunday October 25, 2009----------------------

NATIONWIDE - Switch to Central European Time (GMT +1 hour).
-------------------Monday October 26, 2009----------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT).

CHINA - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde travels to China
for third world conference on fiscal dialogue.
-------------------Tuesday October 27, 2009---------------------

PARIS - Paris court rules on charges of fraud brought
against the French branch of the Church of Scientology. The
trial, which began on May 25, centres on complaints made in the
late 1990's by former members who spent huge sums of money on
Scientology courses and "purification packs".
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