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23/09/2003 08:25 Good morning!

23/09/2003 08:25 Global Calendar for Tuesday, September 23

23/09/2003 09:23 Wall St slumps on weak dollar

23/09/2003 09:27 Dollar struggles despite Snow denial

23/09/2003 09:52 GERMANY JUL REAL NSA CONSTRUCTION ORDERS -3.1% Y/Y; STATS OFFICE

23/09/2003 10:12 S&P/ASX 200 CLOSES DOWN 12.4 PTS AT 3,180.6

23/09/2003 10:12 ALL ORDS CLOSES DOWN 13.0 PTS AT 3,187.2

23/09/2003 10:33 FRANCE FINMIN:HOPE 2004 PUB DEFICIT UNDER 3.7% OF GDP

23/09/2003 10:39 Mer sees 2007 deficit slightly under 3.7% GDP

23/09/2003 10:43 Median Forecast: France July Mfg Spending +0.4%; Aug -0.3%

23/09/2003 10:48 FRANCE AUG SA CONSUMER SPEND -2.7% M/M, JUL +1.1% M/M

23/09/2003 10:48 FRANCE AUG SA TEXTILE SALES -8.9% M/M; JUL +2.3% M/M

23/09/2003 10:48 FRANCE AUG SA AUTO SALES -0.3% M/M; JUL -1.4% M/M

23/09/2003 10:49 FRANCE JUL-AUG CONSUMER SPEND -0.2% VS 2Q AVG: MNI CALC

23/09/2003 10:49 FRANCE JUN CONSUMER SPEND. REVISED TO +0.8% M/M (+0.5%)

23/09/2003 10:55 FRANCE FINAL AUG SA CPI UNREVISED +0.3% M/M, +1.9%Y/Y

23/09/2003 10:55 FRANCE FINAL AUG HICP UNREVISED +0.3% M/M, +2.0% Y/Y

23/09/2003 10:56 FRANCE SA FINAL CORE AUG CPI UNREVISED +0.1% M/M; +1.3% Y/Y

23/09/2003 11:01 ITALY JULY UNADJUSTED RETAIL SALES +2.2% Y/Y; JUNE +0.2% Y/Y

23/09/2003 11:01 ITALY JULY SA RETAIL SALES +0.6% M/M; JUNE -0.3% M/M

23/09/2003 11:04 French July and August consumer spending

23/09/2003 11:05 Italian retali sales +0.6% m/m in July

23/09/2003 11:27 ITALY MEDIAN FORECAST: ISAE SEPT. SA CONSUMER CONF INDEX 106.1

23/09/2003 11:35 ITALY ISAE SEP SA CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX 106.8; AUG 105.5

23/09/2003 11:35 ITALY ISAE: SEP CONSUMER OUTLOOK FOR ECON. -22 VS -21 IN AUG

23/09/2003 11:35 ITALY ISAE: 38% CONSUMERS IN SEP SEE UNEMP. RISING; AUG 34%

23/09/2003 11:35 ITALY ISAE: 8% CONSUMERS IN SEP SEE INFL. ACCELERATING; AUG 7%

23/09/2003 11:35 ITALY ISAE SEP NSA CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX 106.8; AUG 107.1

23/09/2003 11:36 ITALY ISAE: 14% CONSUMERS IN SEP SEE UNEMP. FALLING; AUG 14%

23/09/2003 11:36 LDN: DOLLAR FALLS BELOW 33-MTH LOWS VS YEN, BELOW Y111.25

23/09/2003 11:53 Yen hits 3-year vs dollar for second day

23/09/2003 12:29 Yen extends gains versus dllar in G7 aftermath

23/09/2003 12:39 GERMANY EXPORT ASSN BGA: 2004 GERMAN GDP OF +1.5% 'ATTAINABLE'

23/09/2003 12:39 GERMANY BGA F'CASTS 04 WHOLESALES AT 1.0%, DEPENDS ON EXPORTS

23/09/2003 12:39 GERMANY BGA SURVEY: BIZ EXPECTATIONS AT 97.7 VS 87.6 IN JAN

23/09/2003 12:39 GERMANY BGA:SEES 03 WHOLESALE SALES +0.1%; DEPENDS EURO FX/GDP

23/09/2003 12:39 GERMANY BGA SURVEY: BUSINESS CLIMATE AT 76.25 VS 64.4 IN JAN

23/09/2003 12:40 ECB'S TRICHET: GLOBAL IMBALANCES ON THE RISE

23/09/2003 12:40 ECB'S TRICHET: WORLD RECOVERY STILL FRAGILE AND TENUOUS

23/09/2003 12:41 ECB'S TRICHET: CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS SOURCE OF CONCERN

23/09/2003 12:52 Euro hits USD1.15 as G7 weighs on dollar

23/09/2003 12:56 BOJ FUKUI:FIRMLY COMMITTED TO MAINTAIN CURRENT MONETARY STANCE

23/09/2003 12:56 BOJ FUKUI:JPN RECOVERY SUPPORTED BY BUS.INVEST, PRIV.CONSUMPTN

23/09/2003 13:01 GERMANY BGA HEAD: EURO FX CURRENTLY NO REASON TO PANIC

23/09/2003 13:21 ECB: VARIABLE REFI MARGINAL RATE 2.06% VS 2.07% LAST REFI

23/09/2003 13:27 Sterling tracks euro higher against dollar

23/09/2003 13:51 ECB AVERAGE REFI RATE 2.07 PCT; MARGINAL RATE 2.06 PCT

23/09/2003 15:02 CANADA AUGUST CORE CPI +0.2% NSA; +1.7% YR/YR

23/09/2003 15:03 CANADA AUGUST CPI +0.2% NSA VS +0.1% IN JULY; +2.0% YR/YR

23/09/2003 15:03 CANADA AUGUST ENERGY CPI +4.3% NSA; +7.6% YR/YR

23/09/2003 15:03 CAN AUGUST TRANSPORT CPI +1.8% NSA; +3.9% YR/YR

23/09/2003 15:03 CANADA AUGUST FOOD CPI -0.9% NSA; +1.6% YR/YR

23/09/2003 15:46 US BTM-UBS WKLY CHAIN STORE INDEX -1.8% W/W WK ENDED SEP 20

23/09/2003 15:46 US BTM-UBS WKLY CHAIN STORE INDEX +4.0% Y/Y WK ENDED SEP 20

23/09/2003 15:52 DOLLAR IS DOWN 0.8 PERCENT VS. YEN AT 111.35

23/09/2003 15:52 DOLLAR DOWN 0.1 PERCENT VS. EURO AT $1.1473

23/09/2003 16:02 GERMANY: HESSE SEP CPI -0.1% M/M, +1.0% Y/Y; AUG +1.0% Y/Y

23/09/2003 17:02 ECB FOREX RESERVES UNCHANGED AT 195.4 BLN EUROS IN WK TO SEPT 19