Forex news and forecasts archive for 2002-02-01

01/02/2002 08:06 GOOD MORNING !

01/02/2002 08:24 Calendar for February 1

01/02/2002 10:13 Japan Jan new vehicle sales down 2.6 pct yr-on-yr vs down 7.6 in Dec

01/02/2002 10:15 DJ. WSJ(2/1) US Construction Starts Decreased Only 1% In Dec

01/02/2002 10:45 FRANCE SA JAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT DOWN TO -12 FROM -11 IN DEC

01/02/2002 10:45 FRANCE JAN SENTIMENT ON GOOD TIME TO BUY DROPS 9 POINTS TO -6

01/02/2002 10:46 FRANCE FUTURE STANDARD OF LIVING -25 VS -26 IN DEC

01/02/2002 11:45 ITALY /ADACI SA PMI 49.1 IN JAN VS 46.0 IN DEC

01/02/2002 11:46 ITALY /ADACI SA PMI PRICES 45.2 IN JAN VS 38.9 IN DEC

01/02/2002 11:46 ITALY /ADACI JAN. PMI RISE ABOVE EXPECTED

01/02/2002 11:50 FRANCE MEDIAN FORECAST: JAN /CDAF MFG PMI: 43.9

01/02/2002 11:51 FRANCE CDAF/ JAN. PMI RISE ABOVE MNI MEDIAN FORECAST

01/02/2002 11:51 FRANCE CDAF/ SA PMI PRICES 33.7 IN JAN VS 34.3 IN DEC

01/02/2002 11:56 GERMANY BME/ SA PMI 44.3 IN JAN VS 43.5 IN DEC

01/02/2002 11:56 GERMANY BME/ JAN. PMI RISE IN LINE WITH MNI MEDIAN

01/02/2002 11:56 GERMANY BME/ SA PMI PRICES 42.6 IN JAN VS 41.7 IN DEC

01/02/2002 12:01 EMU-12 SA PMI 46.2 IN JAN. VS 44.1 IN NOV.:

01/02/2002 12:01 EMU JAN. PMI RISE AT HIGH END OF MNI SURVEY FCASTS

01/02/2002 12:07 JOHN LEWIS WEEK TO JAN 26 DEPT STORE SALES UP 6.6 PCT; FOOD UP 5.8 PCT

01/02/2002 12:07 JOHN LEWIS WEEK TO JAN 26 TOTAL SALES UP 6.0 PCT

01/02/2002 12:08 GERMAN JAN MANUFACTURING PMI 44.3 VS 43.5 IN DEC - SOURCES

01/02/2002 12:37 UK JAN CIPS PMI MANUF. MAIN INDEX 46.4 V DEC 45.2-

01/02/2002 12:38 UK JAN CIPS PMI NEW ORDERS INDEX 47.7 VS DEC 47.3 -

01/02/2002 12:38 UK JAN CIPS PMI OUTPUT INDEX 48.0 VS DEC 45.0 --

01/02/2002 12:38 UK JAN CIPS PMI OUTPUT PRICES INDEX 46.3 VS DEC 46.2 -

01/02/2002 12:39 UK JAN CIPS PMI EMPLOYMENT INDEX 44.6 VS DEC 41.7 -

01/02/2002 12:46 Forex - Dollar pares some gains in early London trade on short-covering

01/02/2002 12:50 Welteke says further ECB rate cuts unnecessary

01/02/2002 13:11 Recent yen fall a bit rapid-Japan ex-MOF Utsumi

01/02/2002 13:12 Sterling spikes higher as UK manufacturing PMI for January shows rise

01/02/2002 13:21 Pound falls victim to broad-based dollar strength

01/02/2002 14:00 EMU-12 JAN FLASH HICP +2.5% Y/Y; DEC +2.1% Y/Y: EUROSTAT

01/02/2002 14:00 EMU-12 JAN FLASH HICP +0.4% M/M; MARKET NEWS CALCULATION

01/02/2002 14:00 ECB:EMU NOV DIRECT+PORTFOLIO INVEST INFLOW E19.3B; OCT +E5.6B

01/02/2002 14:01 ECB:EMU NOV DIRECT INVEST INFLOW E7.8 BN; OCT01 INFLOW E5.3 BN

01/02/2002 14:01 ECB:EMU NOV PORTFOLIO INVEST INFLOW E11.5 BN;OCT INFLOW E0.3 B

01/02/2002 14:01 ECB:EMU NOV GOODS TRADE SURPLUS E9.3 BN; NOV00 DEFICIT E0.5 BN

01/02/2002 14:06 Euro zone Nov current account surplus 2.8 bln eur vs deficit 6.5 bln yr ago

01/02/2002 14:07 Euro zone Jan preliminary HICP up 2.5 pct yr-on-yr vs 2.1 in Dec

01/02/2002 14:08 Japan enacts second extra budget worth 2.6 trln yen

01/02/2002 14:16 British Pound Weakens on Evidence U.S. Recession May Be Over

01/02/2002 15:29 OUTLOOK 32 of 34 economists see ECB rates unchanged Feb 7; further cut by June

01/02/2002 16:31 US JAN PAYROLLS -89K;UNEMP RATE 5.6%;MFG -89K;RETAIL+62K

01/02/2002 16:31 US JAN AVG HRLY EARNGS UNCH VS DEC +0.3%; +4.0% Y/Y

01/02/2002 16:32 DEC US JOBS REV TO -130K VS -124K;NOV -355K VS -371K;NET +10K

01/02/2002 16:49 ODJ U.S. Jobs Report-OVERVIEW

01/02/2002 16:55 Dollar little changed after US non-farm payroll data

01/02/2002 17:40 ECRI GERMANY FUTURE INFLATION INDEX 74.6 IN DEC VS 76.9 NOV

01/02/2002 17:40 ECRI JAPAN FUTURE INFLATION INDEX 97.0 IN DEC VS 97.1 NOV

01/02/2002 17:41 ECRI UK FUTURE INFLATION INDEX 101.3 IN DEC VS 103.6 NOV

01/02/2002 17:54 UNIV OF MICHIGAN JAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT 93.0 VS 94.2 PRELIMINARY READING

01/02/2002 17:55 U MICH FINAL US CONS SENT 93.0 JAN VS 88.8 DEC: SOURCES

01/02/2002 18:01 US DEC CONSTRUCTION SPENDING +0.2%; NOV +0.3% (PREV +0.8%)

01/02/2002 18:01 US DEC PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION +0.3%, PUBLIC -0.2%

01/02/2002 18:01 US DEC PRIV RESIDENTIAL CONSTR +0.7%; NON-RESIDENTIAL -0.4%

01/02/2002 20:43 ITALY JAN. BUDGET DEFICIT WORSE THAN ALL MNI SURVEY FORECASTS