DIARY - Germany - to May 21

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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
GMT MEDIAN
DATE GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD F/CAST PRIOR
22APR 0728/0928 Markit Composite Flash PMI Apr 58.7
22APR 0728/0928 Markit/BME MFG Flash PMI Apr 60.1 60.2
22APR 0728/0928 Markit Services Flash PMI Apr 55.2 54.9
23APR 0800/1000 Ifo - Current conditions (indicator) Apr 95.2 94.4
23APR 0800/1000 Ifo - Expectations (indicator) Apr 102.1 101.9
23APR 0800/1000 Ifo Business Sentiment (indicator) Apr 98.6 98.1
27-30APR 0600/0800 Import Prices y/y Mar 4.3% 2.6%
27-30APR 0600/0800 Import Prices m/m Mar 1.1% 1.0%
27APR 0600/0800 GfK consumer sentiment survey May 3.2

(indicator)
28APR CPI y/y preliminary Apr 1.1%
28APR CPI m/m preliminary Apr 0.5%
28APR HICP prelim y/y Apr 1.2%
28APR HICP prelim m/m (harmonised index of Apr 0.6%

consumer prices)
29APR 0800/1000 Unemployment rate SA (official data) Apr 8.0%
29APR 0800/1000 Unemployment change SA (official data) Apr -31.0k
29APR 0800/1000 Unemployment total NSA Apr 3.568m
29APR 0800/1000 Unemployment total SA Apr 3.382m
03MAY 0753/0953 Markit/BME Manufact'g PMI Apr 60.2
04-07MAY 0600/0800 Retail Sales (real) m/m Mar -0.4%
04-07MAY 0600/0800 Retail Sales (real) y/y Mar -0.9%
05MAY 0753/0953 Markit Services PMI (index) Apr 54.9
06MAY 1000/1200 Industrial Orders m/m Mar 0.0%
07MAY 1000/1200 Industrial Production m/m Mar 0.0%
10MAY 0600/0800 Trade balance monthly balance SA Mar 12.1b

(euros)
10MAY 0600/0800 Imports m/m SA Mar 0.2%
10MAY 0600/0800 Exports m/m SA Mar 5.1%
11MAY 0600/0800 HICP final m/m Apr 0.6%
11MAY 0600/0800 HICP final y/y Apr 1.2%
11MAY 0600/0800 CPI final y/y Apr 1.1%
11MAY 0600/0800 CPI final m/m Apr 0.5%
12-17MAY 0600/0800 Wholesale price index m/m Apr 1.3%
12-17MAY 0600/0800 Wholesale price index y/y Apr 4.3%
18MAY 0900/1100 ZEW Economic Sentiment (indicator) May 53.0
18MAY 0900/1100 ZEW-Current conditions (indicator) May -39.2
20MAY 0600/0800 Producer price index m/m Apr 0.7%
20MAY 0600/0800 Producer price index y/y Apr -1.5%
21MAY 0600/0800 GDP detail q/q % change Q1 -3.8%
21MAY 0600/0800 GDP detail y/y % change Q1 -6.7%
21MAY 0728/0928 Markit Composite Flash PMI May
21MAY 0728/0928 Markit Services Flash PMI May
21MAY 0728/0928 Markit/BME MFG Flash PMI May
21MAY 0800/1000 Ifo - Expectations (indicator) May
21MAY 0800/1000 Ifo - Current conditions (indicator) May
21MAY 0800/1000 Ifo Business Sentiment (indicator) May

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GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 22
FRANKFURT,Germany- ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest
rate announcements scheduled. -

FRANKFURT- (POSTPONED)Fifth ECB Conference on Statistics on
"Central Bank statistics: What did the financial crisis change".
Opening address by ECB Member of Executive Board Jose Manuel
Gonzalez-Paramo(1230 GMT).-

FRANKFURT- (POSTPONED)Fifth ECB Conference on Statistics on
"Central Bank statistics: What did the financial crisis change".
ECB Governing Council Member Nout Wellink, George Provopoulos
and Marko Kranjec and ECB Vice President Lucas Papademos give
speeches (1300 -1630 GMT). -

FRIDAY, APRIL 23
FRANKFURT- (POSTPONED)Fifth ECB Conference on Statistics on
"Central Bank statistics: What did the financial crisis change"
(final day). Donald L. Kohn, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System participates-

FRANKFURT- (POSTPONED)Fifth ECB Conference on Statistics on
"Central Bank statistics: What did the financial crisis change"
(final day). ECB Governing Council member Vitor Constancio and
Donald L. Kohn, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System participate in a discussion (0700 - 0830 GMT).
ECB Executive Board member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo gives
closing remarks (1130 GMT)

WASHINGTON- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber will attend
the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and
the World Bank (to April 25).-

MONDAY, APRIL 26
FRANKFURT- Norges Bank Deputy Governor Jan F. Qvigstad gives a
speech at a seminar arranged by the European Central Bank (ECB)-

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia- Canada to host a meeting of G8 development
ministers (to April 28).-

TUESDAY, APRIL 27
MUNICH, Germany- World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2010 (to April 29).
Link: www.wnfc.info/-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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28/04 FRANKFURT Auction of Euro 6.0 billion July 04

2020 Bund.

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 29
MUNICH- ECB-President Jean-Claude Trichet will atttend the
Munich Economic Summit (to Apr 30)-

FRIDAY, APRIL 30
MUNICH- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber attends the
final day of the Munich Economic Summit-

MAY 2010
BERLIN- Germany will host a summit of the Group of 20 developed
and emerging nations in May to focus on financial market
regulation.-

MUNICH- (END MAY OR EARLY JUNE) 9th Munich Economic Summit-

THURSDAY, MAY 6
LISBON- ECB Governing Council meeting, followed by interest rate
announcement at 1145 GMT. News conference follows at 1230 GMT.-

SUNDAY, MAY 9
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA (NRW), Germany- State elections.-

TUESDAY, MAY 11
AACHEN, Germany- Charlemagne Prize laureate for 2010.-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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12/05 FRANKFURT Auction of Euro 7.0 billion June 15

2012 Schatz.

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

THURSDAY, MAY 13
FRANKFURT- ECB publishes monthly bulletin (0800 GMT) -

TUESDAY, MAY 18
HAMBURG- Aerospace Testing 2010 (to May 20). Link:
www.aerospacetesting.com/-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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19/05 FRANKFURT Auction of Euro 6.0 billion July 04

2020 Bund.

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

THURSDAY, MAY 20
FRANKFURT,Germany- ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest
rate announcements scheduled. -

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