DIARY-France to November 20
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Paris local time is GMT + 2 hours. ----------------------------------------------------------------
DATE GMT LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD MEDIAN PRIOR
TIME FORECAST ----------------------------------------------------------------
13/10 0645 0845 Consumer prices Sept 0.0 pct +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 54.8
0658 0858 Flash mfg PMI Oct 53.0
0658 0858 Flash ser PMI Oct 53.2
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------
02/11 0848 0948 Manufacturing PMI Oct 53.0
04/11 0848 0948 Services PMI Oct 53.2
0848 0948 Composite PMI Oct 54.8
06/11 0745 0845 Trade balance Sept -3.41 bln
0745 0845 French imports Sept 31.15 bln
0745 0845 French exports Sept 27.74 bln
0745 0845 State budget Sept -127.6 bln
1100 1200 OECD lead Sept
10/11 0745 0845 Industrial output Sept +1.8 pct
0750 0850 Ind. investment Q3 -21 pct
12/11 0745 0845 Current account Sept
13/11 0745 0845 Consumer prices Oct
0745 0845 Payrolls (prelim) Q3 -0.7 pct
0750 0850 GDP (prelim) Q3 +0.3 pct ----------------------------------------------------------------
POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/GENERAL EVENTS -------------------Tuesday October 13, 2009---------------------
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveils reforms to the education system (0900 GMT). -------------------Wednesday October 14, 2009-------------------
PARIS - International Energy Agency Ministerial meeting, "Responding to Challenges in Partnership" at OECD in Paris (to Oct. 15).
PARIS - Start of the bankruptcy trial of French entrepreneur Bernard Tapie (to Oct. 16).
PARIS - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde presents report on the Pittsburgh G20 summit to the parliamentary European and foreign affairs committee (1430 GMT). -------------------Thursday October 15, 2009--------------------
NOISY-LE-GRAND, Ile de France - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde delivers speech on employment (0730 GMT)
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, head of an intergovernmental group on climate change (0800 GMT).
PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0850 GMT). The French Treasury will auction between 6.5 and 8.0 billion euros of 1.5 percent Sept. 2011 BTANs, 4.0 percent April 2013 BTANs, 4.0 percent April 2014 BTANs and 3.0 percent July 2014 BTANs.
PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury notes (0950 GMT). The French Treasury will auction between 1.2 and 1.7 billion euros of 2.25 percent July 2020 OATeis, 2.1 percent July 2023 OATeis and 1.8 percent July 2040 OATeis.
FRANCE - French fasion designer Pierre Cardin is named Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). -------------------Friday October 16, 2009----------------------
CADARACHE, Bouches du Rhone - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde delivers speech celebrating the 50th anniversary of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (1300 GMT).
AVIGNON, Languedoc Roussillon - Bank of France governor Christian Noyer delivers speech at opening of a new subsidiary of the French central bank. -------------------Monday October 19, 2009----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).
STRASBOURG - EU Parliament Plenary session (to Oct 22). -------------------Tuesday October 20. 2009---------------------
NATIONWIDE - French rail unions are threatening a day of strike action in protest at planned changes to the freight service. -------------------Thursday October 22, 2009--------------------
PARIS - Prix Pictet International Photographic Awards 2009. Link: www.prixpictet.com -------------------Friday October 23, 2009----------------------
PARIS - Clearstream trial due to end. Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is accused of conspiring to smear President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2004 and wreck his chances of becoming president. -------------------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". -------------------Wednesday October 28, 2009-------------------
PARIS - Opening of an exhibition celebrating the 50th birthday of famous Gallic cartoon character Asterix, at the Museum of the Middle Ages (to Jan. 3, 2010). Asterix, created by writer Rene Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo, first appeared in the French comic magazine Pilote in October 1959. -------------------Monday November 2, 2009----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT). -------------------Thursday November 5, 2009--------------------
PARIS - Auction of OAT treasury notes (0950 GMT). -------------------Monday November 9, 2009----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT). -------------------Friday November 13, 2009---------------------
PARIS - Bank of France holds joint conference with the Chicago Federal Reserve on asset bubbles and monetary policy (to Nov. 14). -------------------Monday November 16, 2009---------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT). -------------------Tuesday November 17, 2009--------------------
PARIS - Second auction of art works belonging to Yves Saint Laurent (to Nov. 19). The first art sale of treasures belonging to Saint Laurent and his companion and business partner, Pierre Berge, raised more than 370 million euros ($544.5 million) in February. -------------------Thursday November 19, 2009-------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0950 GMT).
PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury notes (1050 GMT). -------------------Friday November 20, 2009---------------------
PARIS-NEW YORK - Inaugural flight of the Airbus A380. Air France is auctioning 380 tickets and will give all proceeds to charity. ----------------------------------------------------------------
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