Tue, Sep 2 2008, 06:30 GMT
by Nicole Elliott
‘That isn’t the light at the end of the tunnel. That’s the headlamp of the train coming in the opposite direction.’ Robin Griffiths (1943-)
State of emergency declared in Bangkok as anti-government protests turn bloody.
British Summer Time, with expectations and previous figures in brackets.
From today GB August HBOS House Prices (versus –1.7% M/M and –8.8% Y/Y July.
00:50 JP August Monetary Base –0.2% Y/Y versus –0.7% July. PM Fukuda resigns, the second to do so in a year.
03:00 JP Bank of Japan governor Shirakawa speaks, Nagoya. Says needed global slowdown hard to avoid.
04:45 JP auction result of ten-year JGB: coupon 1.50%; average yield 1.485%; stop 1.489%; bid-to-cover 2.66.
05:30 AU Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate decision: –25 basis points to 7.00%.
06:45 CH August CPI –0.3% M/M, +2.9% Y/Y, versus –0.4% and +3.1% July.
06:45 CH Q2 GDP +0.4% Q/Q, +2.3% Y/Y, versus +0.3% and +3.0% Q1.
09:00 DE ECB’s Weber presents a study on banking and the financial crisis.
09:30 GB August Construction PMI (35.0 to 36.2 versus 36.7July). 10:00 auction result of conventional 2049 Gilt.
10:00 EZ15 July PPI (+0.3% to +1.9% M/M, +7.4% to +9.8% Y/Y, versus +0.9% and +8.0% June).
15:00 US August Manufacturing ISM (48.5 to 52.0, Prices Paid 70 to 88, versus 50.0 and 82 July).
15:00 US July Construction Spending (-0.9% to +1.1% versus –0.4% June).
17:30 US Fed’s Rosengren speaks on the economy, New Hampshire.
19:00 US September Fed Beige Book.
UK government to unveil a package today to prop up the housing market.
South Korea warns on betting against the won after biggest capital flight in a decade.
Upward-sloping ‘wedge’ formation.
Published on Tue, Sep 2 2008, 06:34 GMT
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