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23/01/2002 08:32 Good Morning!

23/01/2002 08:47 US' O'NEILL:'BIG GAP' BETWEEN JAPAN'S REALIZED,POTENTIAL PROD

23/01/2002 08:47 O'NEILL:JPN NEEDS ONLY DETERMINATION IN POLS FOR BETTER GROWTH

23/01/2002 08:47 O'NEILL: NEED STRONG JAPAN TO HELP SUPPORT GLOBAL ECONOMY

23/01/2002 08:48 O'NEILL: JAPAN 'NOT CONTRIBUTING' TO GLOBAL GROWTH

23/01/2002 08:48 O'NEILL: REPEATS,FX DEPRECIATION WON'T IMPROVE ECON SITUATION

23/01/2002 08:48 O'NEILL: REPEATS,JAPAN NEEDS GREATER PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

23/01/2002 08:48 O'NEILL: 'NO VALUE' IN TALKING ABOUT FX POLICY

23/01/2002 08:49 O'NEILL: JAPAN SHOULD FOCUS ATTENTION ON 'REAL ECONOMY'

23/01/2002 08:50 O'NEILL: TOYOTA 'BEACON FOR THE WORLD' IN AUTO BUSINESS

23/01/2002 08:50 O'NEILL: 'DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME' TO TALK ABOUT FX

23/01/2002 08:50 O'NEILL: 'RENEWED HOPE' FOR MORE STIMULUS IN US NEXT 2-3 WEEKS

23/01/2002 08:50 O'NEILL:SEN.DASCHLE SENT COMPROMISE ON STIMULUS TO WHITE HOUSE

23/01/2002 08:51 O'NEILL: CONDITIONS 'HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE' FOR US REBOUND

23/01/2002 08:51 O'NEILL: DOESN'T SEE 'CORRECT BALANCE' IN JAPAN SUPPLY/DEMAND

23/01/2002 08:52 Calendar for 23-24th of January

23/01/2002 12:38 BOE JAN MINS: MPC VOTED 9-0 FOR UNCHANGED REPO RATE JAN 10

23/01/2002 12:38 BOE MINS:RATE CUT POSS. IF CONS. SLOWED BEFORE GLOBAL REBOUND

23/01/2002 12:38 BOE MINS:BUT POSS.RATE HIKE IF CONS. DOESN'T SLOW FAST ENOUGH

23/01/2002 12:39 BOE MINS: 'UNEXPECTEDLY POSITIVE INDICATORS' ON US ECONOMY

23/01/2002 12:39 BOE MINS: POSS. FIN. MKTS HAD OVERREACTED TO US RECOVERY SIGNS

23/01/2002 12:39 BOE MINS: UK RETAIL SALES, HSE PRICES STRONGER THAN EXPECTED

23/01/2002 12:39 UK DEC NON-EU TRADE DEFICIT STG2.40 BN VS NOV STG2.076 BN

23/01/2002 12:40 UK NOV WORLD GOODS TRADE DEFICIT STG2.84BN VS OCT STG2.39BN

23/01/2002 12:41 UK DEC NON-EU TRADE DEFICIT ABOVE MNI SURVEY MEDIAN

23/01/2002 12:42 UK NOV WORLD TRADE DEFICIT ABOVE MNI SURVEY MEDIAN

23/01/2002 12:42 UK NOV EU TRADE DEFICIT: STG762MN VS OCT STG731MN DEFICIT

23/01/2002 12:43 UK NOV WORLD GOODS/SVCE TRADE DEF. STG1.723BN; OCT STG1.48 BN

23/01/2002 13:51 U.S. Stocks Down Tuesday, Led By Techs, Kmart Bankruptcy

23/01/2002 13:54 Japanese Officials Say Not looking For Artificial Yen Weakening

23/01/2002 14:18 UK January CBI business confidence balance -31 vs -54 in Oct

23/01/2002 14:18 CBI Output Survey Idx -13 vs -28, Calls For 25BP Cut

23/01/2002 15:50 GERMANY INSTITUTES/WISEMAN DISMISS TALK JAN. CPI ABOVE 3% Y/Y

23/01/2002 15:50 GERMANY INSTITUTES/WISEMAN SEE JAN. CPI NEAR 2% Y/Y, 2.5% TOPS

23/01/2002 16:01 NORWAY CENTRAL BANK LEAVES DEPOSIT/OVERNITE RATES UNCHANGED

23/01/2002 16:01 NORWAY CENTRAL BANK RETAINS EASING BIAS

23/01/2002 16:18 BELGIUM'S REYNDERS:SURE UK BUSINESS/CITY WANT EURO MEMBERSHIP

23/01/2002 16:18 BELGIUM'S REYNDERS: UK MUST RESPECT EMU CRITERIA PRE-EMU ENTRY

23/01/2002 16:18 BELGIUM'S REYNDERS:UK MAY LOSE EMU POLICY ROLE IF STAYS OUT

23/01/2002 16:19 BELGIUM'S REYNDERS:GERMAN/FRENCH/DUTCH 02 VOTES TO SLOW REFORM

23/01/2002 16:55 REDBOOK: US STORE SALES +1.4% IN JAN 19 WEEK VS YEAR AGO WEEK

23/01/2002 16:56 REDBOOK: US STORE SALES +1.6% JANUARY 2002 VS JANUARY 2001

23/01/2002 17:00 BELGIAN CBANK DEC INDUSTRY SENTIMENT -12.8 VS -15.1 IN NOV

23/01/2002 17:00 BELGIAN CBANK DEC MANUFACTURING SENTIMENT -16.9 VS -19.0 NOV

23/01/2002 17:01 BELGIAN CBANK DEC RETAIL/WHLSALE SENTIMENT -2.3 VS -8.3 IN NOV

23/01/2002 17:01 BELGIAN CBANK DEC CONSTRUCTION SENTIMENT -4.4 VS -3.7 IN NOV

23/01/2002 17:01 BTM-UBSW: US SAME-STORE SALES +0.7% JAN19 WK VS +0.6% JAN12

23/01/2002 17:01 BTM-UBSW: JAN 19 WEEK SALES STILL MIXED,DISCOUNTERS ABOVE PLAN

23/01/2002 17:02 RIKSBANK HEIKENSTEN:SWEDEN WLD NEED TIGHTER BUDG POL IF IN EMU

23/01/2002 17:05 HEIKENSTEN:SHOULDN'T OVERSTATE EFFECT OF LOSING MONPOL INDEP.

23/01/2002 17:06 HEIKENSTEN:SWEDEN IN EMU WOULD BOOST COMPETITION, DEEPEN MKTS

23/01/2002 17:06 HEIKENSTEN:SWEDEN WOULD HAVE MUCH TO GAIN FROM EMU STAB. PACT

23/01/2002 17:10 HEIKENSTEN: GROUNDS FOR TIGHTER BUDG CRITERIA UNDER STAB PACT

23/01/2002 18:01 US ABA ECON PANEL SEES '02 GDP +2.2%

23/01/2002 18:01 US ABA ECON PANEL SEES 'DOWNSIDE RISKS' TO ECONOMY

23/01/2002 18:01 ABA PANEL: FED NOT THROUGH LOWERING RATES, BUT VERY CLOSE

23/01/2002 18:01 US ABA PANEL: SEES 3.1% GDP GROWTH IN 2003

23/01/2002 18:02 US ABA PANEL: FORECAST FOR 4Q '01 GDP -1.3%

23/01/2002 18:02 US ABA ECONOMISTS' PANEL:SEES BUDGET DEFICITS IN '02, '03

23/01/2002 18:19 ECB'S DUISENBERG: EURO CASH CHANGEOVER BETTER THAN ENVISAGED

23/01/2002 18:19 UK BLAIR:WEAK EURO HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR EU ECONOMIC REFORMS

23/01/2002 18:27 DUISENBERG: LITTLE CHANGE IN RECENT PRICE STABILITY ASSESSMENT

23/01/2002 18:27 DUISENBERG: M3 SURGE IN AUTUMN DUE TO LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE

23/01/2002 18:27 DUISENBERG: MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS DON'T SHOW FUTURE INFLATION

23/01/2002 18:27 DUISENBERG: MAY HAVE TO RE-EVALUATE MONETARY OUTLOOK NEXT MTHS

23/01/2002 18:27 DUISENBERG: RECENT DATA CONFIRM WEAK GROWTH H2 2001

23/01/2002 18:27 DUISENBERG: SOME SIGNS STABILIZATION IN WORLD GDP OUTLOOK

23/01/2002 18:28 DUISENBERG: RECENT SHOW MIXED SIGNALS ON RECOVERY

23/01/2002 18:28 DUISENBERG: FIN MKTS TREND SUPPORTS SIGNS OF RECOVERY

23/01/2002 18:28 DUISENBERG: ECON ACTIVITY MAY HAVE BOTTOMED

23/01/2002 18:28 DUISENBERG: FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO GROWTH

23/01/2002 18:28 CLARIFY:DUISENBERG: RECENT DATA SHOW MIXED SIGNALS ON RECOVERY

23/01/2002 18:29 DUISENBERG: TIMING/STRENGTH EMU RECOVERY UNCERTAIN

23/01/2002 18:29 DUISENBERG: LOWER PRICE RISES WILL SUPPORT DEMAND

23/01/2002 18:29 DUISENBERG: DON'T SEE UPWARD INFLATION PRESSURE NEAR TERM

23/01/2002 18:30 DUISENBERG: RECENT HICP DATA SHOW DECLINE TO CONT. EARLY '02

23/01/2002 19:10 DUISENBERG: EXCHANGE RATE DEVELOPMENT NOW "NORMALIZED"

23/01/2002 19:16 DUISENBERG: SOME IN EMU DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO STAB. PACT LIMIT

23/01/2002 19:17 DUISENBERG: BUT ALL SET TO STAY INSIDE 3% DEFICIT MEDIUM TERM

23/01/2002 19:17 DUISENBERG: BUT ALL SET TO STAY INSIDE 3% DEFICIT MEDIUM TERM

23/01/2002 19:17 DUISENBERG: NOT AT ALL CERTAIN US RECOVERY FASTER VS EMU

23/01/2002 19:20 DUISENBERG: LESS CERTAIN OF US RECOVERY THAN EMU RECOVERY

23/01/2002 19:20 DUISENBERG: STILL WAITING FOR EFFECTS OF US MONETARY EASING

23/01/2002 19:20 ABC/MONEY US CONSUMER COMFORT INDEX -13 JAN20 WK VS -13 WK AGO

23/01/2002 19:20 ABC/MONEY US CONSUMER STATE OF ECON INDEX -36 JAN 20 WK VS -38

23/01/2002 19:20 ABC/MONEY US CONSUM.PERS FINANCES INDEX 16 IN WK VS 14 WK AGO

23/01/2002 19:20 ABC/MONEY US BUYING CLIMATE INDEX -20 IN WEEK VS -18 WEEK AGO

23/01/2002 19:21 BANK OF CANADA'S DODGE:IN SHORT RUN FOREX CAN BE VOLATILE

23/01/2002 19:21 BOC'S DODGE:RECOVERY TAKING HOLD ON MANY FRONTS

23/01/2002 19:21 DUISENBERG:FED CUT RATES MORE THAN ECB, BUT FROM HIGHER LEVEL

23/01/2002 19:21 BOC'S DODGE:CAN-US EXCHANGE RATE NOT REFLECTING FUNDAMENTALS

23/01/2002 19:21 BOC'S DODGE: RECOVERY DOESN'T HING ON US-CAN EXCHANGE RATE

23/01/2002 19:21 BOC'S DODGE:POSITIVE DATA NOT REFLECTED IN EXCHANGE RATE

23/01/2002 19:22 BOC'S DODGE: EXPECT POSITIVE CAN GROWTH FOR 4Q, 1Q

23/01/2002 19:23 ECB'S DUISENBERG: IF M3 NOT REVERSED, REASSESS INFL OUTLOOK

23/01/2002 19:24 BOC'S DODGE Q&A:CANNOT SAY WHEN OR BY HOW MUCH RE INTERVENTION

23/01/2002 19:24 BOC'S DODGE Q&A:BEST MEDICINE FOR CAN$ IS STRONG ECONOMY

23/01/2002 19:24 DUISENBERG: NO PLANS TO INCLUDE M3 IN OVERALL PROJECTIONS

23/01/2002 19:33 BOC'S DODGE: 'WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT IN THE ECONOMIC CYCLE'

23/01/2002 19:34 BOC'S DODGE: CAN ECONOMY STRENGTHENING AND CAN$ WILL STRENGHTN

23/01/2002 19:34 DUISENBERG: CERTAIN M3 GROWTH WILL EASE

23/01/2002 19:34 DUISENBERG: UP TO GOVTS TO JUDGE ERM 2 CONDITION FOR EMU

23/01/2002 19:34 DUISENBERG:IN EMU CONVERGENCE REPORTS, ECB APPLY ALL CRITERIA

23/01/2002 19:34 DUISENBERG: NORMAL FOR ECON TRENDS TO DIFFER WITHIN EMU

23/01/2002 19:35 DUISENBERG: MONETARY POLICY HAS SHORT TERM GROWTH IMPACT

23/01/2002 19:35 DUISENBERG: BUT MONETARY POLICY NEUTRAL ON GROWTH LONG TERM

23/01/2002 19:36 DUISENBERG: NO COMMENT ON WHEN PLANNING TO STEP DOWN

23/01/2002 19:36 DUISENBERG REITERATES HE WILL NOT SERVE OUT FULL TERM

23/01/2002 19:37 DUISENBERG SAYS HAS NOT MADE UP MIND WHEN HE WILL LEAVE

23/01/2002 19:37 DUISENBERG: 3% EMU DEFICIT LIMIT NO IMPACT ON MONETARY POLICY

23/01/2002 19:42 DUISENBERG SAYS LACK OF CONFIDENCE GREATEST ECON PROBLEM

23/01/2002 19:42 ECB'S DUISENBERG: EMU WON'T GO INTO RECESSION

23/01/2002 19:55 DUISENBERG: EXPECT HARMONISATION OF TAXES TO SPEED UP WITH EMU

23/01/2002 19:55 DUISENBERG: NEITHER DISCOURAGE/ENCOURAGE EURO AS RESERVE UNIT

23/01/2002 19:56 DUISENBERG SEES SLOW PICK UP OF EURO AS RESERVE FX