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18/06/2001 08:10 GOOD MORNING !

18/06/2001 08:17 Today - 0700GMT ECB Chief Economist Otmar Issing to speak at the conference in Frankfurt.

18/06/2001 08:17 Today - 0830GMT U.K. engineering turnover for April and CBI pay databank.

18/06/2001 08:17 Today - n/a Germany ICON consumer confidence for May.

18/06/2001 08:17 Today - n/a Germany real adjusted construction orders for April.

18/06/2001 08:18 Today - 1000GMT Eurostat to release EMU harmonized HICP inflation for May.

18/06/2001 08:18 Today - 1600GMT Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Cathy Minehan to address the Boston Municipa

18/06/2001 08:48 FOREX-Yen under pressure, eyes BOJ economy report

18/06/2001 08:55 TECHNICALS-Forex market views and key levels

18/06/2001 09:01 US Equities Review: Stocks retreat after Nortel, JDSU warn

18/06/2001 09:09 BOJ DOWNGRADES OVERALL ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT IN JUNE MONTHLY

18/06/2001 09:19 Several Fed banks wanted only "modest stimulus" in mid-May

18/06/2001 09:21 Solbes admits EU spring growth forecast already too high

18/06/2001 09:22 FED WATCHER: Merrill Lynch economists now expect 50-bp cut June 27

18/06/2001 09:23 US manufacturers' Q1 profits at 4.0% of sales; Q4 at 4.6%

18/06/2001 09:26 Phila Fed Livingston survey pegs US 2001 growth at 1.9%

18/06/2001 09:28 Japan Stocks: Nikkei ends AM down 0.2%, WDM shares lower on Nortel

18/06/2001 09:30 Yen falls slightly after gloomy BOJ report

18/06/2001 09:54 POLL-Japan expected to show zero growth in FY 2001/02

18/06/2001 10:01 Forex: Dollar firmer vs yen in midafternoon Tokyo on BoJ assessment downgrade

18/06/2001 10:02 Welteke says Duisenberg has full support of ECB council

18/06/2001 10:04 Japan to cut GDP growth forecasts to 0.5 pct for up to 3 yrs - report

18/06/2001 10:53 BOJ Downgrades Economic Outlook

18/06/2001 11:02 In U.S. stocks, modest reverses Friday

18/06/2001 11:16 Fed Survey Sees Worsened Economic Expectatoins

18/06/2001 12:20 FOREX-Yen sags on downbeat BOJ economic report

18/06/2001 12:21 UK euro tests to be assessed within two yrs-Brown

18/06/2001 12:23 Sterling holds firm against dollar, euro

18/06/2001 12:25 TECHNICALS-Forex market outlook and key levels

18/06/2001 12:31 BOJ report: BOJ slightly downgrades economic assessment

18/06/2001 12:44 German April manufacturing, mining sales rose 9.8% on year

18/06/2001 12:46 Asia FX Review: Yen offered as BOJ downgrades economic view

18/06/2001 13:52 Spain : summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:52 Italy : summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:52 Germany : summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:53 France : summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:53 EMU: summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:54 GB : summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:55 USA : summary of key economic indicators

18/06/2001 13:59 EMU HARMONIZED MAY CPI +0.6% M/M, +3.4% Y/Y; APR +2.9% Y/Y

18/06/2001 14:00 EMU MAY HICP RISE MATCHES HIGH FORECAST IN MNI SURVEY

18/06/2001 14:38 EURJPY: SUP - 104.44-103.82-103.54, RES - 105.06-106.10-106.55 - SOCGEN

18/06/2001 14:38 USDJPY: SUP - 121.52-121.14-120.84, RES - 122.45-122.88-123.31 - SOCGEN

18/06/2001 14:39 GBPUSD: SUP - 1.3955-1.3870-1.3793, RES - 1.4075-1.4191-1.4278 - SOCGEN

18/06/2001 14:56 Calendar

18/06/2001 15:14 ECB Issing:May 10 Rate Cut Should Not Have Surprised Mkt

18/06/2001 15:45 Swiss April trade deficit revised to 496.0 mln sfr vs 138.4

18/06/2001 16:56 German Banks, Kiel Institute, HWWA Cut 2001 Growth Forecasts

18/06/2001 18:01 RICHMOND FED'S BROADDUS TO VA.BANKERS ASSOC.REPEATS 6/5 SPEECH

18/06/2001 18:01 FED'S BROADDUS: NOT CLEAR ECON HAS BOTTOMED,BIG DOWNSIDE RISKS

18/06/2001 18:02 BROADDUS: 'SUBSTANTIAL EASING' LEAVES FED 'NOT MUCH LEEWAY'

18/06/2001 18:02 BROADDUS: FED HAS 'ALREADY TAKEN STRONG ACTIONS' TO HELP ECON

18/06/2001 18:02 BROADDUS:'ADDIT'L STIMULUS MAY WELL BE NEEDED' IF ECON WEAKENS

18/06/2001 18:03 BROADDUS: MANUF WEAKNESS COULD SPREAD, DEEPEN, PROLONG SL-DOWN

18/06/2001 18:04 BROADDUS: TAKE TIME TO WORK OFF 'CONSIDERABLE EXCESS CAPACITY'

18/06/2001 18:04 BROADDUS: LITTLE RISK OF INFL, BUT FED CREDIBILITY 'FRAGILE'

18/06/2001 18:30 BROADDUS:8 STRAIGHT DROPS IN INDUSTRIAL PROD.WORST SINCE 1981

18/06/2001 18:43 BROADDUS:REAL FUNDS RATE 'QUITE LOW,IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1%'

18/06/2001 18:45 BROADDUS:FED TO MONITOR ECON'VERY,VERY CAREFULLY,'ACT PROMPTLY

18/06/2001 18:45 BROADDUS:INFL 'SEEMS TO BE GRADUALLY DRIFTING HIGHER'

18/06/2001 20:59 MINEHAN:SEES APPROX.75PT GDP BOOST FROM TAX CUT THIS YR,NEXT

18/06/2001 21:00 MINEHAN: CONSUMER SPENDING STILL KEY TO AVOIDING RECESSION

18/06/2001 21:00 BOSTON FED'S MINEHAN:TAX CUT STIMULUS EXPECTED 3RD,4TH QTR

18/06/2001 21:00 MINEHAN:'DISTINCT PAUSE' UNDER WAY IN CAPITAL SPENDING

18/06/2001 21:00 MINEHAN:'HARD TO SEE' TURNAROUND IN DEMAND DATA YET

18/06/2001 21:01 MINEHAN:FOREIGN DEMAND SLOWING,NOT LIKELY TO BOOST US OUTPUT

18/06/2001 21:01 MINEHAN: TAX CUT REFUND A 'RELATIVELY SMALL WINDFALL'

18/06/2001 21:01 MINEHAN: AS MUCH AS 75% OF TAX REFUND COULD BE SPENT

18/06/2001 21:01 MINEHAN:GOOD CHANCE OF GROWTH PICKUP LATER IN THE YEAR

18/06/2001 21:02 MINEHAN: DROP IN BUSINESS SPENDING MAY HAVE LEVELED OFF

18/06/2001 21:02 MINEHAN: DEMAND FOR WORKERS SOFTENING

18/06/2001 21:02 JUNE US HOME BUILDERS INDEX AT 58, UP FROM 56 IN MAY

18/06/2001 21:02 BOE KING:READY TO ACT PROMPTLY IN 'EITHER DIRECTION' ON RATES

18/06/2001 21:03 BOE KING: UNWISE TO READ TOO MUCH INTO MAY INFLATION SPIKE

18/06/2001 21:03 BOE KING: MAY INFLATION RISE MAINLY DUE TO SEAS'L FOOD/PETROL

18/06/2001 21:03 BOE KING: REASONABLE TO EXPECT MORE INFL. VOLATILITY IN FUTURE

18/06/2001 21:03 BOE KING: EXISTING IMBALANCES POSE RISKS TO INFLATION OUTLOOK

18/06/2001 21:04 BOE KING:GROWING ECON. IMBALANCES RISK LARGE FUTURE ADJUSTMENT

18/06/2001 21:04 BOE KING: SEES CONTINUING NEGATIVE CONTRIB. FROM NET EXPORTS

18/06/2001 21:04 MINEHAN: LATER ON, INFLATION MAY BECOME A CONCERN AGAIN

18/06/2001 21:04 MINEHAN:'GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC' CONSENSUS IS A GOOD ONE