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DIARY - Germany - to October 5

Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:30am EDT
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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                                  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 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                                  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 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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