DIARY - Germany - to October 30

Thu Oct 2, 2008 1:00am EDT
 
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UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS
 
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GMT                                                              MEDIAN        
DATE        GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR                          PERIOD  F/CAST   PRIOR
03OCT       0755/0955 Markit Services PMI (index)          Sep    49.3    51.4 
07OCT       1000/1200 Industrial Orders m/m                Aug            -1.7%
08OCT       1000/1200 Industrial Production m/m            Aug     0.3%   -1.8%
09OCT       0600/0800 Trade balance monthly balance SA     Aug            11.8b
                   (euros)                                                  
09OCT       0600/0800 Imports m/m SA                       Aug             7.4%
09OCT       0600/0800 Exports m/m SA                       Aug            -1.7%
13-16OCT    0600/0800 Wholesale price index  y/y           Sep             7.4%
13-16OCT    0600/0800 Wholesale price index m/m            Sep            -1.8%
14OCT       0900/1100 ZEW-Current conditions (indicator)   Oct            -1.0 
14OCT       0900/1100 ZEW Economic Sentiment (indicator)   Oct           -41.1 
15OCT       0600/0800 CPI final m/m                        Sep            -0.3%
15OCT       0600/0800 CPI final y/y                        Sep             3.1%
15OCT       0600/0800 HICP final m/m                       Sep            -0.4%
15OCT       0600/0800 HICP final y/y                       Sep             3.3%
20OCT       0600/0800 Producer price index m/m             Sep            -0.6%
20OCT       0600/0800 Producer price index y/y             Sep             8.1%
24-29OCT              HICP prelim y/y                      Oct                 
24-29OCT              HICP prelim m/m (harmonised index of Oct                 
                   consumer prices)                                         
24-29OCT              CPI m/m preliminary                  Oct                 
24-29OCT              CPI y/y preliminary                  Oct                 
24-29OCT    0600/0800 Import Prices y/y                    Sep             9.3%
24-29OCT    0600/0800 Import Prices m/m                    Sep            -0.8%
27OCT       0900/1000 Ifo Business Sentiment (indicator)   Oct            92.9 
27OCT       0900/1000 Ifo - Expectations (indicator)       Oct            86.5 
27OCT       0900/1000 Ifo - Current conditions (indicator) Oct            99.8 
28OCT       0700/0800 GfK consumer sentiment survey        Nov             1.8 
                   (indicator)                                              
30OCT-04NOV 0700/0800 Retail Sales (real) y/y              Sep            -3.0%
30OCT-04NOV 0700/0800 Retail Sales (real) m/m              Sep             3.1%
30OCT       0900/1000 Unemployment rate SA (official data) Oct             7.6%
30OCT       0900/1000 Unemployment change SA (official     Oct           -29.0k
                   data)                                                    
30OCT       0900/1000 Unemployment total NSA               Oct           3.081m
30OCT       0900/1000 Unemployment total SA                Oct           3.177m
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 GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
 FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council meeting, followed by interest
rate announcement 1145 GMT. News conference follows at 1230
GMT.-
 
 St. PETERSBURG- German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit St.
Petersburg for Russian/German consultations. Merkel is expected
to meet President Dmitry Medvedev, a joint news conference to
follow (1330).-
 
 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
 PARIS- President Nicolas Sarkozy to host a meeting with leaders
of Germany, Britain, Italy, European Central Bank President
Jean-Claude Trichet and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude
Juncker to discuss the ongoing financial crisis.-
 
 GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

 Date  GMT  City       Event                                  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 08/10      FRANKFURT  Re-opening 2-year Schatz of 4 percent,
                    Euro 7 billion, Sept 2010
 
 GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
 FRANKFURT- ECB publishes its monthly Bulletin - 0800 GMT
 
 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
 DRESDEN, Germany- Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a
conference of Germany's Christian Democrats Union CDU (1115 GMT).-
 
 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
 AFGHANISTAN- Mandate of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan
expires.-
 
 GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

 Date  GMT  City       Event                                  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 13/10      FRANKFURT  Germany to auction 6-month Bubill, 6
                    billion Euros, April 2009
 
 GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
 FRANKFRUT- ETF Securities and Flow Traders European Commodities
Forum 2008 - Frankfurt. Link:
here
mme.asp#FrankfurtProgramme-
 
 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
 MUNICH- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber takes part in a
CES-Ifo conference on liquidity risks (to Oct. 18)-
 
 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
 MUNICH- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber takes part in a
CES-Ifo conference on liquidity risks-
 
 GOVERNMENT DEBT SUPPLY

 Date  GMT  City       Event                                  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 22/10      FRANKFURT  Re-opening of 5 year Bobl Series 153 (5
                    billion Euros), October 2013

 GENERAL / ECONOMIC EVENTS

 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
 FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council meeting. No interest rate
announcements scheduled. -
 
 MOSCOW- Marcus Evans to give an international conference
entitled: "Holding companies in Russia and CIS: restructuring as
an on-going process" (to Oct. 24). LINK:
here
torID=32-
 
 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
 SUHL, Germany- A unique collection of hunting rifles and pistols
that once belonged to East German leader Erich Honecker and his
top deputies to be auctioned. A total of 31 weapons, including
the pistol that Erich Mielke used in a 1931 shootout with
police, are part of an extraordinary collection assembled by
Christiane Bernuth, an auctioneer in the eastern town of Erfurt.-
 
 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
 FRANKFURT- ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber attends a
panel discussion on financial crisis organised by German
Association of public sector banks (VÖB)- 1800 GMT




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