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12/09/2002 00:03 DJIA DOWN 26.50 PTS AT 8,576.11 AT 4.00 PM CLOSE

12/09/2002 00:03 NASDAQ COMPOSITE DOWN 4.60 PTS AT 1,315.49 AT 4.00 PM CLOSE

12/09/2002 05:35 AUSTRALIA AUG ADJ EMPLOYMENT UP 88,500 VS JULY; CONSENSUS RISE 30,000

12/09/2002 05:35 AUSTRALIA AUG UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 PCT VS 6.2 PCT IN JULY; CONSENSUS 6.3 PCT

12/09/2002 08:12 Global Calendar for Thursday, Sept. 12 and Friday, Sept. 13

12/09/2002 09:00 Stocks open lower, dollar higher against yen

12/09/2002 09:04 Forex - Dollar eases in late morning Tokyo on hedge funds, exporter selling

12/09/2002 09:32 Stocks open lower, dollar higher against yen

12/09/2002 09:39 BELGIAN JULY INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP 3.8 PCT YR-ON-YR

12/09/2002 09:44 WEST EUROPEAN JULY NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS DOWN 0.9 PCT YR-ON-YR

12/09/2002 09:45 WEST EUROPEAN AUG NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS DOWN 7 PCT YR-ON-YR

12/09/2002 10:01 German Aug final CPI down 0.1 pct vs July, up 1.1 pct yr-on-yr

12/09/2002 10:05 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES UP 15.15 PTS AT 9,415.23

12/09/2002 10:17 ALL ORDS CLOSES DOWN 6.7 PTS AT 3,090.9

12/09/2002 10:46 FRANCE 2Q EMPLOYMENT REVISED DOWN TO UNCH. Q/Q (VS +0.1%)

12/09/2002 10:48 FRANCE 2Q EMPLOYMENT REVISED DOWN TO +0.5% Y/Y (VS +1.0%)

12/09/2002 10:50 SPAIN MEDIAN FORECAST: AUG CPI (DOMESTIC) +0.3% M/M, +3.5% Y/Y

12/09/2002 11:00 ITALY JUN UNADJUSTED IND. ORDERS -4.8% Y/Y; MAY -0.7%

12/09/2002 11:01 ITALY SA JUN IND. TURNOVER +0.3% M/M; DOM. +0.6%, FRGN -0.5%

12/09/2002 11:03 ITALY JUN UNADJ. IND. DOMESTIC ORDERS -6.0% Y/Y; FRGN -2.9%

12/09/2002 11:04 ITALY NSA JUN IND TURNOVER -7.7% Y/Y; DOM. -7.0%, FRGN -9.1%

12/09/2002 11:06 DAX OPENS 11.47 POINTS LOWER AT 3,573.22

12/09/2002 11:06 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS 49.97 PTS LOWER AT 3,347.05

12/09/2002 11:07 ITALY JUNE INDUSTRIAL SALES DOWN 7.7 PCT YR-ON-YR; ORDERS DOWN 4.8

12/09/2002 11:10 SPAIN AUG CPI UP 0.3 PCT FROM JULY; UP 3.6 PCT YR-ON-YR

12/09/2002 11:15 SPAIN AUG. CPI AT HIGH END OF FORECASTS IN MNI SURVEY

12/09/2002 11:16 SPAIN AUG HARMONIZED CPI +0.3% M/M, +3.7% Y/Y; JUL +3.5% Y/Y

12/09/2002 11:34 Dollar hits 3-week high above 120 yen in Tokyo

12/09/2002 11:40 Fed Beige Book adopts a nervous tone

12/09/2002 11:41 USD to face Greenspan's and Bush's comments

12/09/2002 11:50 BBK'S MEISTER: CAN LIVE WELL WITH CURRENT EURO-DOLLAR LEVEL

12/09/2002 12:01 Swedish Aug CPI Up 0.1% On Month, Up 2.0% On Year

12/09/2002 12:04 SWISS Q2 GDP UP ANNUALIZED 0.4 PCT VS Q1

12/09/2002 12:05 German 2002 budget deficit could reach 3.5 pct of GDP - Green Party's Metzger

12/09/2002 12:06 GERMANY EICHEL:RECOVERY ONLY RISKED IF IRAQ CONFLICT ESCALATES

12/09/2002 12:08 EICHEL: IN EVENT OF IRAQ STRIKE, OIL PRICES COULD 'EXPLODE'

12/09/2002 12:11 EICHEL: REITERATES GERMAN 2002 GDP GROWTH AT 0.75%

12/09/2002 12:34 UK 3 MTHS TO JULY NEW CONSTRUCTION ORDERS UP ADJ 5 PCT FROM 3 MTHS TO APRIL

12/09/2002 12:51 UK MAY-JUL CONSTRUCTION NEW ORDERS -4% Q/Q; +8% Y/Y, SA

12/09/2002 13:30 USD to face Greenspan's and Bush's comments

12/09/2002 14:09 Germany still sees govt budget deficit 21.2 bln eur in 2002, 15.5 bln in 2003

12/09/2002 14:14 BOF SURVEY: FRANCE 3Q GDP FCST +0.4% Q/Q VS +0.5% Q/Q

12/09/2002 14:19 KIEL INST. CUTS GERMANY 2002 GDP FORECAST TO +0.4% FROM +1.2%

12/09/2002 14:21 KIEL INST. CUTS GERMANY 2003 GDP FORECAST TO +1.8% FROM +2.5%

12/09/2002 14:22 KIEL INST. CUTS EMU 2003 GDP FORECAST TO +2.3% FROM +2.9%

12/09/2002 14:28 KIEL INSTITUTE:GERMANY 2002 DEFICIT 3.1% OF GDP; 2.3% IN 2003

12/09/2002 14:53 Dollar Gives Up Some Relief Gains

12/09/2002 15:05 SWEDISH AUG UNEMPLOYMENT 4.1 PCT VS 4.3 PCT IN JULY

12/09/2002 15:16 DJIA SEPT FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 36.00 PTS AT 8,516.00 AT 7.15 AM

12/09/2002 15:17 NASDAQ 100 SEPT FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 5.00 AT 938.00 AT 7.15 AM

12/09/2002 15:46 ECB LEAVES VARIABLE REFI MINIMUM BID RATE UNCHANGED AT 3.25%

12/09/2002 15:47 ECB LEAVES DEPOSIT AND MARGINAL LENDING RATES UNCHANGED

12/09/2002 16:30 US INITIAL CLAIMS 4-WK AVG +8,750 TO 409,500 IN SEP7 WK,3MO HI

12/09/2002 16:32 2Q US CURR ACCT GAP RECORD $130.0 BN VS UNREV 1Q $112.5 BN

12/09/2002 16:34 US AUG EXPORT PRICES EX-AG -0.7% Y/Y,TOTAL EXPORTS -0.4% Y/Y

12/09/2002 16:55 DUISENBERG: CURRENT LEVEL OF INT. RATES IS APPROPRIATE

12/09/2002 16:55 DUISENBERG:NO SIGN OF MAJOR M3 SLOWDOWN IN PAST FEW MONTHS

12/09/2002 16:55 DUISENBERG:MONETARY TRENDS NEED TO BE ASSESSED WITH CAUTION

12/09/2002 16:56 DUISENBERG: ECB CONCERNED MORE LIQUIDITY THERE THAN NEEDED

12/09/2002 16:56 DUISENBERG:GIVEN WEAK DEMAND,HIGH LIQUIDITY LESS RISKY NOW

12/09/2002 16:56 DUISENBERG:EMU DEMAND IN 2Q APPEARS MORE BROADLY BASED

12/09/2002 16:57 DUISENBERG: BUT DOMESTIC DEMAND GROWTH REMAINS SUBDUED

12/09/2002 16:57 DUISENBERG:MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS ON-GOING BUT SLOW GROWTH

12/09/2002 16:57 DUISENBERG: SEE GDP IN LINE WITH TREND POTENTIAL IN 2003

12/09/2002 16:58 DUISENBERG:DELAY IN EMU RECOVERY IN LINE WITH GLOBAL TREND

12/09/2002 16:58 DUISENBERG: PLEASED EMU INFL. RISKS ARE BALANCED

12/09/2002 17:00 DUISENBERG:IF GERMANY DEFICIT OVER 3%, NO IMPACT ON ECB POLICY

12/09/2002 17:02 DUISENBERG:ECO/INFL. IMPACT OF IRAQ WAR 'TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE

12/09/2002 17:03 DUISENBERG: TODAY'S ECB RATE DECISION BY CONSENSUS, NO DISSENT

12/09/2002 17:05 DUISENBERG DODGES QUESTION ON OUTLOOK FOR MAJOR CURRENCIES

12/09/2002 17:54 Duisenberg says ECB monetary policy stance 'completely neutral'

12/09/2002 18:01 GREENSPAN: CHRONIC DEFICITS WOULD RISK RETURN'HIGH'INT RATES

12/09/2002 18:02 GREENSPAN:ECON SEEMS TO HAVE WITHSTOOD YEAR'S CHALLENGES'WELL'

12/09/2002 18:03 GREENSPAN: CAN 'SCARCELY ARGUE' DEFICITS PRESSURING RATES NOW

12/09/2002 18:06 GREENSPAN SAYS DEPRESSING EFFECTS OF SEPT 11, STOCK DROP 'STILL LINGER'

12/09/2002 18:08 GREENSPAN SAYS RETURN TO ANNUAL DEFICITS RISKS NEW ERA OF HIGH INTEREST

12/09/2002 19:14 GREENSPAN Q&A:RPTS 'ERODING' UNDERLYING BUDGET RESTRAINT

12/09/2002 19:14 GREENSPAN:EROSION IN BDGT RESTRAINT WILL HAVE MKT CONSEQUENCES

12/09/2002 19:14 GREENSPAN:FED WILL RESPOND TO ECONOMY,NOT TO FISCAL SITUATION

12/09/2002 19:20 GREENSPAN:SIGNIFICANT FISCAL PROBLEMS AS POPULATION AGES

12/09/2002 19:30 GREENSPAN:HARD TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF DEFICIT EFFECT ON RATES

12/09/2002 19:30 GREENSPAN:RATES WILL RISE WHEN MKT PERCEIVES L-TRM FISCAL CHNG

12/09/2002 19:31 GREENSPAN:STILL THINKS CONGRESS DID RIGHT THING TO CUT TAXES

12/09/2002 19:34 GREENSPAN:RAISING MARGIN REQUIREMENTS WOULD'VE UNDERMINED FED

12/09/2002 19:34 GREENSPAN:HOPES EVERYTHING HAS BEEN LEARNED ABOUT ACCT SCANDLS

12/09/2002 19:40 GREENSPAN:WOULD PREFER NOT TO FREEZE FURTHER TAX CUTS

12/09/2002 19:41 GREENSPAN:FREEZING TAX CUTS WOULD BE HIKE FOR FIRMS INVESTING

12/09/2002 19:42 GREENSPAN:REFORECAST OF JULY FED GROWTH PRED WOULD BE LOWER

12/09/2002 19:43 GREENSPAN:PREFERS FISCAL RESTRAINT TO MORE FISCAL STIMULUS

12/09/2002 20:06 GREENSPAN:NEED TO IMPROVE REVENUE FORECASTING TECHNIQUES