Wed, Oct 1 2008, 06:53 GMT
by Nicole Elliott
‘If there was a reincarnation, I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.’ James Carville (1944-)
UK’s Gordon Brown ‘impressed’ by Irish government’s plan to back all deposits and bank bonds.
British Summer Time, with expectations and previous figures in brackets. France’s finance minister Lagarde says French banking system ‘solid’ as it has a different business model.
00:50 JP Q3 Tankan: Large Manufacturers -3, Outlook -4; Non-Manufacturing 1, Outlook -1; All Industry Capex 1.7%; versus 5/4/10/8/2.4% Q2.
02:30 JP August Labour Cash Earnings –0.3% Y/Y, Overtime –1.8% Y/Y, versus +0.3% and +1.1% July.
07:00 DE August Retail Sales +3.1% M/M, -3.0% Y/Y, versus revised –1.0% and +0.6% July.
08:30 CH September PMI (50 to 53 versus 52.5 August).
09:30 GB September Manufacturing PMI (43.4 to 46.3 versus 45.9 August).
09:30 GB July Index of Services (-0.1% to +0.3% 3M/M versus +0.2% June).
10:00 EZ15 August Unemployment (7.3% to 7.4% versus 7.3% July).
11:00 EU’s McCreevy news conference on changes to banks’ capital rules, Brussels.
12:30 US September Challenger Job Cuts (versus +11.7% Y/Y August).
13:15 US September ADP Employment Change (-135K to –20K versus –33K August).
13:30 CA August Raw Material Prices (-0.8% to +0.5%, PPI -1.0% to +0.2%, vs +1.4% and +0.4% July).
15:00 US September Manufacturing ISM (48 to 51, Prices Paid 70 to 75, versus 49.9 and 77 August).
Holidays in Bahrain, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey and United Arab Emirates until Friday; South Korea Friday only.
US SEC says hard-to-value assets need not be marked-to-market.
Ratings’ agencies downgrade on bank failure.
Published on Wed, Oct 1 2008, 06:58 GMT
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