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18/11/2002 08:16 Good morning!

18/11/2002 08:19 Global Calendar for Monday Nov. 18

18/11/2002 08:20 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES MORNING DOWN 130.53 PTS AT 8,373.06

18/11/2002 08:22 Forex - Dollar/yen firms late morning Tokyo on weak Nikkei

18/11/2002 08:22 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES MORNING UP 8.94 PTS AT 9,874.59

18/11/2002 08:24 S&P/ASX 200 CLOSES DOWN 5.2 PTS AT 2,999.7

18/11/2002 08:24 ALL ORDS CLOSES DOWN 3.9 PTS AT 2,960.8

18/11/2002 09:06 Global Calendar 18.11 - 22.11

18/11/2002 10:22 Forex - Dollar/yen higher in midafternoon Tokyo on Nikkei weakness

18/11/2002 10:24 U.S. Business Inventories Rose 0.5% in September

18/11/2002 10:26 BOE's George Attacks Deficit Rules, Sees Higher U.K. Borrowing

18/11/2002 10:28 German Economy Grew 0.3% in Third Quarter, Economists Say

18/11/2002 10:50 Press: OECD Cuts Germany 02/03 GDP To +0.2/1.5% Vs +0.7/2.5%

18/11/2002 11:01 DAX OPENS 4.21 POINTS HIGHER AT 3,195.97

18/11/2002 11:02 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS 6.58 PTS HIGHER AT 3,168.97

18/11/2002 11:08 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES UP 54.44 PTS AT 9,920.09

18/11/2002 11:27 Germany Press: Craftsmen's Assn Cuts 2002 Sales Fcast To -4%

18/11/2002 11:50 BoJ to begin buying shares on 29 November

18/11/2002 12:11 EU FORECASTERS: 2002 EURO-DLR RATE LIKELY $0.95, 2003 $1.01

18/11/2002 12:11 EU FORECASTERS: GRADUAL PICKUP IN WORLD ECONOMY LIKELY FROM 03

18/11/2002 12:13 EU FORECASTERS: FED FUNDS RATE LIKELY TO RISE TO 2.1% IN 2003

18/11/2002 12:18 GERMANY BANK ASSN:LOWER EMU INFL PRESSURES GIVE ECB CUT LEEWAY

18/11/2002 12:20 GERMANY BANK ASSN:NO RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN GERMAN ECON. IN 2003

18/11/2002 12:21 GERMANY BANK ASSN SEES EMU HICP CLEARLY BELOW 2% FROM MARCH 03

18/11/2002 12:36 GERMAN GOVT RAISES 2002 NEW DEBT FORECAST TO 34.6 BLN EUR VS 21.1 BLN EUR

18/11/2002 12:37 GERMAN GOVT RAISES 2003 NEW DEBT FORECAST TO 18.9 BLN EUR VS 15.5 BLN EUR

18/11/2002 13:14 Austrian Oct CPI Up 0.3% On Month, Up 1.8% On Year

18/11/2002 13:44 BOF STRAUSS-KAHN: ECON FUNDAMENTALS POSITIVE FOR EURO-DOLLAR

18/11/2002 13:46 BOF STRAUSS-KAHN: EXPECT FRENCH Q4 GDP AT +0.4% Q/Q;+1.0% Y/Y

18/11/2002 13:46 DUTCH CBANK BAKKER: DON'T SEE SERIOUS RISK OF EUROZONE DEFL'N

18/11/2002 13:47 DUTCH CBANK BAKKER: IF SIGNS OF DEFL, ECB WOULD ACT QUICKLY

18/11/2002 13:48 BOF STRAUSS-KAHN: FRENCH HICP TO EASE BELOW 2% IN 2003

18/11/2002 13:59 BBK: GERMANY SA/CAL ADJ 3Q GDP ABOUT SAME AS 1Q/2Q +0.3% Q/Q

18/11/2002 14:00 BBK: GERMANY 3Q INVESTMENT FELL AGAIN, NO IMPROVEMENT IN SIGHT

18/11/2002 14:01 BBK: GERMANY 3Q GDP CAL-ADJ +0.5% Y/Y; NSA +1% Y/Y

18/11/2002 14:02 BBK SEES RISK GERMANY 03 BUDGET DEFICIT AGAIN ABOVE 3.0%

18/11/2002 14:03 BBK: GERMANY EXPORTS HAD STRONG POSITIVE IMPACT ON 3Q GDP

18/11/2002 14:03 BUBA SAYS GOVT TAX PLANS WILL HIT INVESTMENT, LONG TERM GROWTH OUTLOOK

18/11/2002 14:12 ECB hints again at rate cut next month

18/11/2002 14:14 BBK: EMU Sept. Ind. Output Likely Lower, Q3 Up Only Slightly

18/11/2002 14:38 EU COMMISSION: SEEING LAST UPWARD MOVEMENT IN EMU INFL RATE

18/11/2002 14:39 EU COMMISSION: SEE EMU HICP, CORE INFL, FALLING NEXT YEAR

18/11/2002 14:40 EU COMMISSION: OCT RISE IN EMU HICP NOT A NEW TREND

18/11/2002 14:41 BOF:FRANCE OCT. INDUSTRY OUTLOOK BIT MORE FAVORABLE THAN SEPT.

18/11/2002 14:42 BOF:FRANCE OCT. NEW INDUSTRY ORDERS UP ON DOMESTIC DEMAND

18/11/2002 14:44 BOF:FRANCE OCT. CAPACITY UTILISATION +0.3 PCT PT TO 83.3%

18/11/2002 14:45 BOF:FRANCE SEP-OCT REAL ADJ RETAIL SALES -0.7% VS JUL-AUG

18/11/2002 15:00 GERMANY'S SCHROEDER CONFIRMS 2002 NET NEW BORROWING E34.6 BLN

18/11/2002 15:01 GERMANY'S SCHROEDER SEES 2003 FEDERAL DEFICIT OF E18.5 BLN

18/11/2002 15:05 DJIA DEC FUTURES CONTRACT UP 51.00 AT 8,617.00 AT 7.06 AM

18/11/2002 15:07 NASDAQ 100 DEC FUTURES CONTRACT UP 5.50 AT 1,071.00 AT 7.06 AM

18/11/2002 15:10 GERMANY'S EICHEL AGAIN PLEDGES 2003 PUBLIC DEFICIT BELOW 3%

18/11/2002 15:42 Eurozone inflation climbs to six-month high

18/11/2002 15:43 German economy barely grew in Q3: Buba

18/11/2002 16:59 BANK OF ITALY SEES ITALY 4Q '02 GDP GROWTH REMAINING WEAK

18/11/2002 17:00 BOI SEES ITALY GDP GROWTH ACCELERATING IN 1H 2003

18/11/2002 17:01 BOI: POSSIBLE ITALY GROWTH TO REACH 2% ANNUALIZED DURING 2003

18/11/2002 18:54 SHADOW FOMC:ECON RECOVERY INTACT; GROWTH REACCELERATES IN'03

18/11/2002 18:54 SHADOW FOMC: MON POL HAS NOT RESTRAINED ECONOMIC RECOVERY

18/11/2002 18:54 SHADOW FOMC: FED DESERVES CREDIT FOR SUBDUED INFLATION RATE

18/11/2002 18:55 SHADOW FOMC:MUST AVOID EXCESS MONETARY STIM EVEN IF EXT SHOCKS

18/11/2002 18:55 SHADOW FOMC: UNCERTAINTIES CONSTRAINING ECON 'WILL DISSIPATE

18/11/2002 18:55 SHADOW FOMC: FEARS OF JAPAN-LIKE DISINFLATION MISPLACED

18/11/2002 19:02 SHADOW FOMC: NO JUSTIFICATION FOR LATEST 50 BPS RATE CUT

18/11/2002 19:02 SHADOW FOMC: RECOMMENDS EVENTUAL FULL PRIVATIZATION OF GSES

18/11/2002 19:02 SHADOW FOMC:PRIVATIZATION OF FANNIE,FRED WOULD NOT HURT MTGS

18/11/2002 21:15 US ECON NOBEL WINNER SMITH: 'REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC'INFL TAMED

18/11/2002 21:16 US ECON SMITH: 'SURPRISED' AT FED'S 50 BPS RATE CUT

18/11/2002 21:16 US ECON SMITH:WONDER IF FED 'KNOWS SOMETHING REST OF US DON'T'

18/11/2002 21:16 US ECON SMITH:AGREES W/GREENSPAN EASIER TO 'UNWIND' MON POL

18/11/2002 21:16 US ECON SMITH:ECON BEGINNING TO 'COME OUT' OF WEAK PATCH

18/11/2002 21:16 US ECON SMITH: URGES HILL,ADMIN NOT TO OVERREACT TO SOFTNESS