Forex news and forecasts archive for 2002-05-14

14/05/2002 08:10 Good morning!

14/05/2002 08:12 TAKENAKA - JAPAN DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION RELATIVELY SOLID

14/05/2002 08:16 SHIOKAWA - JAPANESE ECONOMY APPEARS TO HAVE BOTTOMED OUT

14/05/2002 08:17 SHIOKAWA - FINANCE TO FUND STIMULUS SPENDING IS LIMITED

14/05/2002 08:54 Calendar for today (14th of May)

14/05/2002 09:16 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES MORNING UP 7.56 PTS AT 11,740.99

14/05/2002 10:45 FRANCE PREL APR HICP +0.5% M/M, +2.1% Y/Y; MAR +2.2% Y/Y

14/05/2002 10:46 FRENCH APRIL PROV CPI UP 0.4 PCT FROM MARCH; UP 2.0 PCT YR-ON-YR

14/05/2002 10:46 FRENCH APRIL PROV HICP UP 0.5 PCT FROM MARCH; UP 2.1 PCT YR-ON-YR

14/05/2002 11:08 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS 17.03 PTS HIGHER AT 4,392.42

14/05/2002 11:10 DAX OPENS 6.40 POINTS HIGHER AT 4,981.88

14/05/2002 16:31 US APR RETAIL SALES & FOOD SVCS +1.2%; EX-MOTOR VEH +1.0%

14/05/2002 16:32 US MAR SALES UNREV AT +0.1%;EX-MTR VEH UNREV AT +0.3%

14/05/2002 16:34 US FEB SALES REV TO +0.5% (PREV +0.4%);EX-MTR VEH +0.5%(+0.3%)

14/05/2002 16:34 US APR RET SALES MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DEALERS +1.9%

14/05/2002 16:35 COMMERCE: APRIL RETAIL SALES DATA INCLUDE ANNUAL REVISIONS

14/05/2002 17:00 ZEW: MAY GERMANY EXPECTATIONS INDEX FALLS 4.3 POINTS TO +66.3

14/05/2002 17:00 ZEW:MAY GERMANY EXPECT. DROP 2ND MTH IN ROW; LOWEST SINCE FEB

14/05/2002 17:01 ZEW:MAY GERMANY EXPECTATIONS STILL WELL ABOVE HISTORIC AVG +33

14/05/2002 17:01 ZEW:BUT MAY DROP SIGNALS GREATER UNCERTAINTY ABOUT ECO UPSWING

14/05/2002 17:01 ZEW: MAY GERMANY CURRENT CONDITIONS FALL 4.0 POINTS TO -80.7

14/05/2002 17:01 ZEW: MAY EMU EXPECTATIONS INDEX FALLS 5.9 POINTS TO +68.4

14/05/2002 17:01 ZEW: MAY EMU CURRENT CONDITIONS FALL 0.9 POINT TO -65.6

14/05/2002 17:02 US BTM-UBSW SAME-STORE SALES -0.5% IN 5/11 WK VS PRIOR WEEK

14/05/2002 17:02 US BTM-UBSW SAME-STORE SALES +4.2% IN WK ENDED 5/11 VS YR-AGO

14/05/2002 17:02 US BTM-UBSW: SALES 'ON TO BELOW PLAN' HIT BY BAD WEATHER

14/05/2002 17:02 ECB: FOREX RESERVES FELL E0.1 BN TO E258.2 BN WK ENDED MAY10

14/05/2002 17:29 ECB QUADEN:EASY EMU MON CONDITIONS, LOW LT RATES AID RECOVERY

14/05/2002 17:29 QUADEN: EMU RECOVERY GRADUAL AT FIRST, MEET POTENTIAL LATE 02

14/05/2002 17:39 MERRILL SURVEY: 62% OF GLOBAL MGRS SEE EURO UNDERVALUED

14/05/2002 17:39 MERRILL SURVEY: MOST MGRS SEE GLOBAL SHORT RATES A YR HENCE

14/05/2002 17:39 MERRILL SURVEY: MGRS PREFER EUROZONE, EM STOCKS OVER US, UK

14/05/2002 17:39 MERRILL SURVEY: MOST MGRS WANT TO UNDERWEIGHT US STOCKS

14/05/2002 17:39 MERRILL SURVEY: MOST MGRS STILL SEE DLR OVERVALUED VS EURO

14/05/2002 17:40 MERRILL SURVEY: MOST MGRS SURPRISED BY YEN STRENGTH

14/05/2002 17:40 MERRILL SURVEY: MOST CITE EURO AS FAVORED CURRENCY; DLR NOT

14/05/2002 17:44 MERRILL SURVEY: MORE FUND MGRS DISLIKE DLR MORE THAN YEN

14/05/2002 17:44 MERRILL SURVEY: MGR FAVORED TRADE LONG EURO, SHORT US DLR

14/05/2002 17:45 CLARIFY: MERRILL SURVEY:MGRS SEE SHORT RATES UP A YEAR HENCE

14/05/2002 18:01 US RICHMOND FED: APR MFG NEW ORDERS INDEX 18 VS 19 MAR

14/05/2002 18:01 US RICHMOND FED: APR MFG PRICES PAID INDEX 0.85 VS 0.71 MAR

14/05/2002 18:02 US RICHMOND FED: APR SVC-SECTOR REVENUES INDEX 6 V 13 MAR

14/05/2002 18:02 US RICHMOND FED: APR RETL SALE REVENUES INDEX -7 VS 14 IN MAR

14/05/2002 18:10 ECB'S QUADEN: EMU INFL RISKS HIGHER BUT "RATHER BALANCED"

14/05/2002 18:10 ECB'S QUADEN: EMU HICP BELOW 2% IN COMING MONTHS

14/05/2002 18:11 QUADEN: EMU 2002 HICP AVERAGE "VERY CLOSE" TO 2%

14/05/2002 18:14 QUADEN: ALL EMU STATES SHOULD HAVE BALANCED BUDGETS BY 2004

14/05/2002 18:14 QUADEN: EURO UNDERVALUED VS DOLLAR BY ALL ECON THEORIES

14/05/2002 18:14 QUADEN: WEAKER DOLLAR WOULD HELP REDUCE US C/A DEFICIT