Forex news and forecasts archive for 2002-02-26

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26/02/2002 08:10 GOOD MORNING !

26/02/2002 09:01 Forex - Dollar slightly higher midafternoon Tokyo ahead of policy announcement

26/02/2002 09:02 В январе продажи домов на вторичном рынке недвижимости взлетели на 16,2%

26/02/2002 09:23 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES DOWN 93.84 PTS AT 10,202.63

26/02/2002 09:25 Shiokawa to ask BoJ to raise outright JGB purchases to 1 trln yen

26/02/2002 09:26 O'Neill - US 'only in early stages' of returning to 3.0-3.5 pct GDP growth

26/02/2002 09:26 Takenaka - Decision on bank fund injections must wait for result of FSA probe

26/02/2002 09:26 Japan's Aizawa - LDP wants share-buying body to buy from life insurers, firms

26/02/2002 09:27 Yanagisawa not ruling out pre-emptive public-fund injection into banks

26/02/2002 09:27 JAPAN JAN VEHICLE OUTPUT UP 4.9 PCT YR-ON-YR VS DOWN 9.5 IN DEC

26/02/2002 09:45 Hayami - Injections into banks would cover possible capital shortages

26/02/2002 10:43 European Forex Trading Preview by Jes Black

26/02/2002 11:09 ITALY DEC EU TRADE DEFICIT 1.001 BLN EUR

26/02/2002 12:02 IFO FEB W.GERMANY BUS. SENTIMENT RISES TO 88.7 VS 86.2 JAN

26/02/2002 12:02 IFO FEB W.GERMANY INDEX RISE ABOVE ALL FORECASTS IN MNI SURVEY

26/02/2002 12:02 IFO FEB W.GERMANY EXPECTATIONS RISE TO 101.0 VS 94.8 JAN

26/02/2002 12:03 IFO FEB W.GERMANY CURRENT CONDITIONS FALL TO 76.8 VS 78.0 JAN

26/02/2002 12:03 IFO'S SINN: FEB BUS. SENT. DATA SHOW GERMANY TURNAROUND NEAR

26/02/2002 12:04 IFO'S SINN:BUS. SENTIMENT RISE STRONG IN MFG, WHOLESALE

26/02/2002 12:04 IFO'S SINN: GERMANY FEB RETAIL SENTIMENT FALL SHARPLY

26/02/2002 12:05 IFO'S SINN: GERMANY FEB CONSTRUCTION SENTIMENT UNCHANGED

26/02/2002 12:28 French January consumer prices rise 0.5 pct m/m

26/02/2002 12:33 UK Q4 PRELIMINARY BUSINESS INVESTMENT -3.2% Q/Q; -7.6% Y/Y

26/02/2002 12:35 Forex - Euro higher in early London trade, boosted by German Ifo data

26/02/2002 13:03 Yen Steady In Asia Ahead of Anti-Deflation Plan

26/02/2002 13:46 DATAWATCH Euro zone Jan inflation to be revised up following French CPI data

26/02/2002 15:26 Pound subdued, hostage to euro and dollar fortunes

26/02/2002 16:11 Euro Falls Despite Rise in Ifo, USD Looks to Confidence Figure by Jes Black

26/02/2002 16:56 US REDBOOK STORE SALES +0.6% IN FEB VS JAN THROUGH FEB 23 WK

26/02/2002 16:56 REDBOOK: US STORE SALES +3.9% FEBRUARY 2002 VS FEBRUARY 2001

26/02/2002 17:00 US: BTM-UBSW SAME-STORE SALES -0.4% FEB23 WK VS +2.0% FEB16

26/02/2002 17:00 US:BTM-UBSW SAME-STORE SALES +5.1% WK ENDED FEB23 VS YR-AGO WK

26/02/2002 17:01 US:BTM-UBSW FEB16 WEEK SALES 'ON-TO-ABOVE' PLAN AT MOST STORES

26/02/2002 17:34 SNB ROTH: SWISS FRANC BROADLY IN LINE WITH FUNDAMENTALS

26/02/2002 17:35 SNB ROTH: FX MKT FUNCTIONING WELL WITH RESPECT TO SWISS FRANC

26/02/2002 17:36 SNB ROTH:WEAK GLOBAL DEMAND NOT STRONG FX HURT SWISS EXPORTERS

26/02/2002 18:06 FEB US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 94.1 V JAN 97.8(PREV 97.3)

26/02/2002 18:06 CONF BOARD US PRESENT CONDITIONS FEB 94.8 VS JAN 98.1

26/02/2002 18:07 CONF BOARD US CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS FEB 93.6 VS JAN 97.6

26/02/2002 18:07 CONF BOARD: US JOBS HARD-TO-GET IN FEB 22.8% VS JAN 22.5%

26/02/2002 18:07 CONF BOARD: CONFIDENCE INDEX STILL SUGGESTS HEALTHY SPENDING

26/02/2002 19:19 BOE GEORGE: ON WHOLE FINANCIAL MKTS HAVE RECOVERED FROM SEP 11

26/02/2002 19:20 BOE GEORGE: FX IMPACT ON UK INFLATION SHOULD WEAR OFF OVR TIME

26/02/2002 19:21 BOE GEORGE: STERLING STILL HIGHER THAN EXPECTED IN INF. REPORT

26/02/2002 19:21 BOE GEORGE: MANY MPC MEMBERS SEE EURO RECOVERING AT SOME POINT

26/02/2002 19:26 BOE GEORGE: ONLY LOOSE LINK BETWEEN BOE FCASTS AND MON. POLICY

26/02/2002 19:27 BOE GEORGE: INTRO OF EURO CASH NO SIGNIF. IMPACT ON UK MON POL

26/02/2002 19:29 BOE GEORGE: FALL IN STG WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN SOME WAYS

26/02/2002 19:29 BOE GEORGE: INCREASED UK IMBALANCES CLD SPARK ABRUPT FX ADJUST

26/02/2002 19:32 BOE GEORGE: DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN WHY EURO IS SO WEAK

26/02/2002 19:32 BOE GEORGE: VERY CLEAR EURO WEAKNESS LINKED TO CAPITAL FLOWS

26/02/2002 19:34 BOE GEORGE: DIFFICULT TO LINK FX RATES WITH INTEREST RATES

26/02/2002 19:34 BOE GEORGE: WELCOMED UK PUBLIC SPENDING INCREASE

26/02/2002 19:37 GEORGE: MAY HAVE TO SLOW DOMESTIC DEMAND IF GLOBAL ECON PICKUP

26/02/2002 19:43 BOE GEORGE: EVIDENCE UK MARKET HAS PICKED UP AGAIN

26/02/2002 19:43 CLARIFY: GEORGE: EVIDENCE UK HOUSING MKT HAS PICKED UP AGAIN

26/02/2002 19:43 GEORGE: UK HOUSING MKT NOT DOMINANT FACTOR IN UK MON POL MAKING

26/02/2002 19:53 BOE GEORGE: BEST POSS OUTCOME IF HOUSEHOLD DEMAND MODERATES

26/02/2002 19:53 BOE GEORGE: INT.RATES COULD RISE TO RESTRAIN CONSUMER SPENDING

26/02/2002 19:55 BOE GEORGE: NOT LOOKING AT POSSIB OF DOUBLING OF INT. RATES

26/02/2002 19:56 BOE GEORGE: VOLATILITY OF UK INT RATES WONT BE LIKE LATE 80S

26/02/2002 19:58 BOE GEORGE: RISKS OF TRYING TO PUSH INFL HIGHER TOO ABRUPTLY

26/02/2002 20:02 BOE GEORGE: NOT ANXIOUS TO CHANGE INFLATION TARGET

26/02/2002 20:02 BOE GEORGE: RPIX INFLATION COULD BE PRETTY VOLATILE

26/02/2002 20:19 BOE GEORGE: SEE PRETTY MODEST DECLINE IN BUS. INVESTMENT

26/02/2002 20:24 BOE GEORGE: MKTS MAY BE TAKING MORE UPBEAT VIEW ON US THAN BOE

26/02/2002 20:25 BOE GEORGE: INTERBANK MKTS NOT TRUE PICTURE OF RATE EXPECTAT'N