DIARY - Germany - to October 5

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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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GMT MEDIAN
DATE GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD F/CAST PRIOR
05SEP 1000/1200 Industrial Production m/m Jul -0.5% 0.2%
09SEP 0600/0800 Trade balance monthly balance SA Jul 18.1b

(euros)
09SEP 0600/0800 Exports m/m SA Jul 4.2%
09SEP 0600/0800 Imports m/m SA Jul -0.1%
11-16SEP 0600/0800 Wholesale price index y/y Aug 9.9%
11-16SEP 0600/0800 Wholesale price index m/m Aug 1.4%
16SEP 0600/0800 HICP final y/y Aug 3.5%
16SEP 0600/0800 HICP final m/m Aug 0.7%
16SEP 0600/0800 CPI final y/y Aug 3.3%
16SEP 0600/0800 CPI final m/m Aug 0.6%
16SEP 0900/1100 ZEW-Current conditions (indicator) Sep -9.2
16SEP 0900/1100 ZEW Economic Sentiment (indicator) Sep -55.5
19SEP 0600/0800 Producer price index m/m Aug 2.0%
19SEP 0600/0800 Producer price index y/y Aug 8.9%
23-26SEP CPI m/m preliminary Sep
23-26SEP CPI y/y preliminary Sep
23-26SEP HICP prelim m/m (harmonised index of Sep

consumer prices)
23-26SEP HICP prelim y/y Sep
23SEP 0730/0830 Markit/BME MFG Flash PMI Sep 49.7
23SEP 0730/0830 Markit Services Flash PMI Sep 51.4
23SEP 0730/0830 Markit Composite Flash PMI Sep 50.5
24SEP 0800/1000 Ifo - Expectations (indicator) Sep 87.0
24SEP 0800/1000 Ifo Business Sentiment (indicator) Sep 94.8
24SEP 0800/1000 Ifo - Current conditions (indicator) Sep 103.2
25-30SEP 0600/0800 Import Prices y/y Aug 9.3%
25-30SEP 0600/0800 Import Prices m/m Aug 0.6%
25SEP 0600/0800 GfK consumer sentiment survey Oct 1.5

(indicator)
29SEP-02OCT 0600/0800 Retail Sales (real) m/m Aug -1.5%
29SEP-02OCT 0600/0800 Retail Sales (real) y/y Aug 0.0%
30SEP 0800/1000 Unemployment total SA Sep 3.2m
30SEP 0800/1000 Unemployment change SA (official Sep -40.0k

data)
30SEP 0800/1000 Unemployment rate SA (official data) Sep 7.6%
30SEP 0800/1000 Unemployment total NSA Sep 3.196m
01OCT 0755/0955 Markit/BME Manufact'g PMI Sep 49.7
03OCT 0755/0955 Markit Services PMI (index) Sep 51.4
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GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
FRANKFURT- ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet opens the Center
for Financial Studies' conference "The ECB and its watchers"
(0650 GMT), followed by debates with participation from ECB
Executive members Juergen Stark (0730 GMT) and Lorenzo Bini
Smaghi (0900 GMT), as well as Governing Council member
Athanasios Orphanides (1300 GMT)-

BRANDENBURG, Germany- Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech at
a CDU-party convention (1630 GMT)-

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
NYBORG, Denmark- Keynote speech to be delivered by ECB Executive
member Juergen Stark at the annual conference for Institutional
Investors organised by Fiona Bank (1100 GMT)-

FRANKFURT- ECB Executive Board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
gives speech on regulation in Germany in the wake of the
financial crisis- 1430 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, UK - Grammy-winning artist Stevie Wonder will tour
Europe for the first time in more than a decade. The tour will
begin with performance at the National Indoor Arena in
Birmingham, England on Sept. 8 and conclude at the Bercy in
Paris, France on Sept. 28 with stops in Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Germany, Netherlands and Italy on the way.-

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
FRANKFURT- IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky, EU
Economics and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia and
ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber speak at Finanzplatz
conference (0800 GMT)-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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10/09 FRANKFURT Germany to auction new 2 year Schatz (8

billion Euros), September 2010

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
HAMBURG- Keynote speech delivered by ECB Vice President Lucas
Papademos at "The Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe" organised
by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (0715 GMT), Papademos
participates in a panel on "Banking and financial Activities
between the EU and China" (1200 GMT)-

FRANKFURT- ECB publishes its monthly Bulletin - 0800 GMT

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
BERLIN- Rock band Metallica will play exclusive shows for
members of its fan club to promote its upcoming album, "Death
Magnetic".-

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
PARIS- Meeting of Paris Club - an informal group of financial
officials from 19 of the world's richest countries, which
provides financial services such as debt restructuring, debt
relief, and debt cancellation to indebted countries and their
creditors.-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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15/09 FRANKFURT Germany to auction new 6 months Bubill

(6 billion Euros), March 2009

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
BERLIN- German Parliament discusses federal budget for 2009 (to
Sept. 19) and the extention of deployment of German Federal
Armed Forces under UN-Resolutions in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and in
Sudan (UNMIS)-

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
BERLIN- German Parliament discusses federal budget for 2009 (to
Sept. 19), second day with general debate with Chancellor Angela
Merkel and vote on the extention of deployment of German Federal
Armed Forces under UN-Resolutions in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and in
Sudan (UNMIS)-

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council and General Council meeting. No
interest rate announcements scheduled.-

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
COLOGNE, Germany- Anti-Islamization Congress (to Sept. 20).-

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
MUNICH, Germany- Oktoberfest Beer Festival 2008, (to Oct. 5).
Link: www.oktoberfest.de/-

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
BERLIN- Launch of Transparency International Corruption
Perceptions Index 2008. News conference (0800).-

GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

Date GMT City Event
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24/09 FRANKFURT Germany to auction new 5 year Bobl

Series 153 (7 billion Euros) of 4.25

percent, October 2013

GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
FRANKFURT- ECB Executive Board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi,
Swedish Riksbank Governor Stefan Ingves and others discuss what
Europe's central banks should do about financial stability at an
event organised by Frankfurt's Center for Financial Studies
(1300-1500 GMT)-

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
BAVARIA, Germany- Parliamentary elections in the German federal
state of Bavaria.-

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council meeting, followed by interest
rate announcement 1145 GMT. News conference follows at 1230
GMT.-

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