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11/04/2002 08:26 GOOD MORNING !

11/04/2002 08:47 Japan Feb current a/c surplus 1.41 trln yen vs 1.36

11/04/2002 09:49 BOJ Stands Pat, Waits for Govt to Tackle Bad Loans

11/04/2002 10:11 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES DOWN 71.31 PTS AT 11,147.27

11/04/2002 11:33 SPAIN MAR CPI +0.8% M/M; +3.1% Y/Y; FEB +3.1% Y/Y

11/04/2002 12:02 Forex - Dollar rangebound in midafternoon Tokyo on MidEast concerns

11/04/2002 12:31 Japanese Investors Buy Foreign Bonds But Japan Stocks Remain in Vogue

11/04/2002 12:37 U.S. Shares Recovered on Wednesday

11/04/2002 14:00 EMU 4Q01 REAL GDP UNREVISED -0.2% Q/Q, +0.6% Y/Y

11/04/2002 14:00 EU COMM INDICATOR SEES 2Q EMU GDP +0.5-0.8% Q/Q (+0.4-0.7%)

11/04/2002 14:01 EU COMM INDICATOR 'CONFIRMS THAT A RECOVERY IS TAKING HOLD'

11/04/2002 14:01 EU COMM: RISE HELPED BY RETAIL UPTURN, STRONG US RECOVERY

11/04/2002 16:30 US JOBLESS CLAIMS -55,000 TO 438,000 IN APR 6 WEEK

11/04/2002 16:30 US MAR IMPORT PRICES +1.1%; EX-PETRO UNCH; PETROLEUM +15.7%

11/04/2002 16:31 US INITIAL CLAIMS 4-WK AVG +9,750 TO 433,750 IN APR 6 WEEK

11/04/2002 16:31 US INITIAL CLAIMS 4-WK AVG +9,750 TO 433,750 IN APR 6 WEEK

11/04/2002 18:56 US SAME STORE CHAIN SLS +6.5% IN MARCH: BTM NIEMIRA

11/04/2002 20:32 NY Mkt Talk Dealers saw short term fund selling of AUD-USD a bit earlier

11/04/2002 21:30 BOE GEORGE: PROMISING SIGNS GLOBAL ECON PICK-UP TO CONTINUE

11/04/2002 21:30 BOE GEORGE: DOM. DEMAND MUST EASE TO AVOID INFLATION BUILD-UP

11/04/2002 21:30 BOE GEORGE: STRONGER EURO WOULD AID UK EMU ENTRY DEBATE

11/04/2002 21:31 BOE GEORGE: BENEFITS OF UK EMU ENTRY DEPEND ON FX ENTRY RATE

11/04/2002 21:31 BOE GEORGE: EURO WEAKNESS SEEMED TO BE DUE TO CAPITAL FLOWS

11/04/2002 21:43 KC FED'S HOENIG: RECENT STATISTICS REFLECT BRIGHTER ECON VIEW

11/04/2002 21:43 HOENIG:TIMING OF FED POL CHANGES TO DEGREE ART,NOT SCIENCE

11/04/2002 21:44 FED'S HOENIG:CURRENT FED MON POLICY IS 'VERY ACCOMMODATIVE'

11/04/2002 21:48 HOENIG: MUCH OF ADDITIONAL 1Q STRENGTH FROM INVENTORIES

11/04/2002 21:48 HOENIG: RESTOCKING,LESS LIQUIDATION BROUGHT 1Q NUMBERS OFF

11/04/2002 21:48 HOENIG:'FAR LESS CERTAINTY'IN PACE OF ECON REST OF YEAR

11/04/2002 21:48 HOENIG: FED GOVT SPENDING TO BE CONTINUING SOURCE OF STRENGTH

11/04/2002 21:49 HOENIG: AG SUBSIDIES, SECURITY SPENDING TO BE'POSITIVE FORCE'

11/04/2002 21:49 HOENIG:BELIEVES BUSINESS FIXED INVESTMENT TO BE POSITIVE INFL

11/04/2002 21:52 HOENIG:INVENTORIES,HOUSING TO BE'LESS STIMULATIVE'GOING FORWRD

11/04/2002 21:52 HOENIG:HIGHER MTGE RATES MAY DAMPEN HOUSING'S CONTRIBUTION

11/04/2002 21:52 HOENIG:TRADE, STATE&LOCAL GOVT SPENDING, UNCERTAIN FACTORS

11/04/2002 21:52 HOENIG:IMPORTS TO GROW'FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY'BUT EXPORTS LESS

11/04/2002 21:52 HOENIG: TRADE LIKELY TO 'HOLD DOWN' GDP NUMBERS

11/04/2002 21:53 HOENIG: 45 STATES APPEAR 'UNDER FISCAL PRESSURE'

11/04/2002 21:53 HOENIG:A'LOT OF STATES'FACING DILEMMA OF TAX HIKES,SPEND CUTS

11/04/2002 21:53 HOENIG:'CONSUMER WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE KEY'TO RECOVERY

11/04/2002 21:59 HOENIG:4Q CONSUMER SPENDING'EXCEPTIONALLY ROBUST'

11/04/2002 21:59 HOENIG: CONSUMER SPENDING HAS SLOWED IN 1Q

11/04/2002 21:59 HOENIG:'ON THE WHOLE BASICALLY LOOKING FOR GOOD GROWTH'IN '02

11/04/2002 21:59 HOENIG:FED HAD RESPONDED'VERY AGGRESSIVELY'TO SLOWDOWN

11/04/2002 22:00 HOENIG:TALK IN FINANCIAL PRESS SWITCHED TO FED RATE HIKES

11/04/2002 22:00 HOENIG:SHORT TERM RATES HAVE RISEN'WE THINK,IN ANTICIPATION'

11/04/2002 22:00 HOENIG: ANALYSTS AGREE REAL RATES 'ESSENTIALLY ZERO'

11/04/2002 22:00 HOENIG:IN '80S,REAL RATES AT ZERO WERE INFLATIONARY

11/04/2002 22:00 HOENIG: EASING OVER LAST YEAR PROVIDED'SUBSTANTIAL LIQUIDITY'

11/04/2002 22:00 HOENIG:REAL RATES AT ZERO CARRY RISK OF 'SPECULATIVE ACTIVITY'

11/04/2002 22:01 HOENIG:TIMING OF MON POL CHANGE'MORE COMPLEX'THAN DIRECTION

11/04/2002 22:01 HOENIG:DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF RECOVERY

11/04/2002 22:01 HOENIG:IN EARLY '90S POLICY NOT REVERSED UNTIL 1994

11/04/2002 22:01 HOENIG:AFTER ASIAN CRISIS,POLICY REVERSED FOLLOWING SUMMER

11/04/2002 22:01 HOENIG:'THERE'S NO FORMULA' FOR REVERSING FED POLICY

11/04/2002 22:13 HOENIG:NOW,ASKING IF SEPT 11 'BEHIND US,' IF INVEST RECOVERY

11/04/2002 22:14 HOENIG:IF PRODUCTIVITY STAYS STRONG,'GIVES YOU MORE TIME'

11/04/2002 22:14 HOENIG: ALL FACTORS TOGETHER MAKE FOR 'INTERESTING...DEBATE'

11/04/2002 22:14 HOENIG:US HAS WEATHERED SLOWDOWN AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

11/04/2002 22:14 HOENIG:OPTIMISTIC 'THE WORST IS OVER'

11/04/2002 22:14 HOENIG:OPTIMISTIC 'THE WORST IS OVER'

11/04/2002 22:15 HOENIG Q&A:NO QUESTION HEALTH CARE LARGER PART OF GDP

11/04/2002 22:15 HOENIG: AS HEALTH CARE COSTS RISE SHARPLY, AFFECTS SPENDING

11/04/2002 22:15 HOENIG: HEALTH CARE IS NOT THE WHOLE ECONOMY,BUT VERY IMPORTNT

11/04/2002 22:15 HOENIG:INFLATION RISKS AFFECT DIFFERENT SECTORS DIFFERENTLY

11/04/2002 22:15 HOENIG:IF LEAVE HIGHLY ACCOMMODATIVE POL IN PLACE,THEN INFLAT

11/04/2002 22:16 HOENIG: HAVE TO LOOK AT ECON ON THE WHOLE FOR INFL,NOT SECTORS

11/04/2002 22:16 HOENIG:'NO QUESTION' UNCERTAINTY ON OIL PRICES HURTS GROWTH

11/04/2002 22:16 HOENIG:ECONOMY IS 'FACTORING IN' OIL PRICES 'IN THE 20S'

11/04/2002 22:16 HOENIG: BY DEFINITION,CAN'T FACTOR SHOCKS,OIL ETC.'IN FORECAST

11/04/2002 22:16 HOENIG:ADDITIONAL TERRORIST ATTACKS WOULD HURT US ECONOMY

11/04/2002 22:16 HOENIG:MON POL CAN'T BE SCRIPTED AROUND UNKNOWABLES

11/04/2002 22:17 HOENIG: HAVE TO DEAL W/CIRCUMSTANCES AS THEY APPEAR

11/04/2002 22:17 HOENIG SPEECH AND AUDIENCE Q&A ENDED

11/04/2002 23:15 BOE GEORGE: NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO RAISE UK RATES

11/04/2002 23:15 BOE GEORGE: VERY DIFFICULT TO INFLUENCE STG EXCHANGE RATE

11/04/2002 23:16 BOE GEORGE: TSY EURO TESTS NEED TO ADDRESS STG FX RATE

11/04/2002 23:17 BOE GEORGE: LIKE TO THINK EURO WILL RECOVER

11/04/2002 23:17 BOE GEORGE: SEES PROS AND CONS TO UK JOINING EURO

11/04/2002 23:28 FED OFFICIALS: HIGHER OIL PRICES COULD DAMPEN DEMAND GROWTH

11/04/2002 23:28 FED OFFICIALS: OIL NOT INFLATIONARY IF FED DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE