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UK's Gordon Brown ‘impressed' by Irish government's plan to back all deposits and bank bonds

Wed, Oct 1 2008, 06:53 GMT
by Nicole Elliott

Mizuho Corporate Bank


Quote:

‘If there was a reincarnation, I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.’ James Carville (1944-)


The News:

UK’s Gordon Brown ‘impressed’ by Irish government’s plan to back all deposits and bank bonds.


The Numbers:

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).


The Psychology:

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The Risk:

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