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03/12/2002 08:05 Good morning!

03/12/2002 08:12 Global Calendar for Tuesday, Dec. 3 and Wednesday, Dec. 4

03/12/2002 08:13 Forex - Dollar lower in Tokyo as Shiokawa denies seeking 150-60 yen rate

03/12/2002 08:13 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES MORNING UP 74.48 PTS AT 9,248.95

03/12/2002 08:14 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES MORNING UP 31.93 PTS AT 10,237.09

03/12/2002 08:15 S&P/ASX 200 CLOSES DOWN 11.2 PTS AT 3,072.6

03/12/2002 08:15 ALL ORDS CLOSES DOWN 10.4 PTS AT 3,037.2

03/12/2002 09:09 NIKKEI 225 INDEX CLOSES UP 30.64 PTS AT 9,205.11

03/12/2002 10:01 JAPAN YR TO MARCH 2002 GDP REVISED TO DOWN 1.4 PCT FROM PRELIMINARY FALL 1.8

03/12/2002 10:29 UK NOV NATIONWIDE HOUSE PRICES UP 2.0% M/M; UP 25.5% Y/Y

03/12/2002 10:49 FRENCH NOV CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDICATOR MINUS 16 VS MINUS 16 IN OCT

03/12/2002 11:01 DAX OPENS 8.93 POINTS HIGHER AT 3,389.13

03/12/2002 11:02 CAC-40 INDEX OPENS UP 8.34 PTS AT 3,307.10

03/12/2002 11:07 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES UP 21.85 PTS AT 10,227.01

03/12/2002 11:19 HANG SENG DEC CONTRACT CLOSES AT 10,240 PTS

03/12/2002 11:23 Australia Central Bank Meets as Rates Seen Unchanged

03/12/2002 11:30 EU to discuss cross-border savers today

03/12/2002 11:59 GERMANY LARGE RETAILER ASSN SEES FULL-YR 02 SALES -2.5% TO -3%

03/12/2002 12:00 GERMANY RETAIL ASSN:JAN-SEP02 REAL SALES -2.5% Y/Y; NOM. -2.0%

03/12/2002 12:01 GERMANY RETAIL ASSN: 2002 'ONE OF WORST CRISIS YRS IN HISTORY'

03/12/2002 12:01 NORWAY SEPT CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS 17.2 BLN NKR VS 16.7 IN AUG

03/12/2002 12:20 DUISENBERG:EMU GROWTH SLOWED FROM SUMMER,CUT UPSIDE INFL RISKS

03/12/2002 12:21 DUISENBERG:M3 'CONSIDERABLY BOOSTED' BY MARKET UNCERTAINTY

03/12/2002 12:22 DUISENBERG: M3 DATA MUST BE INTERPRETED CAUTIOUSLY

03/12/2002 12:23 MNI UK PETROL INDEX: NOV PETROL PRICES DOWN 0.3% M/M

03/12/2002 12:24 DUISENBERG:MOR LIQUIDITY AVAILABLE THAN NEED FOR NON-INFL GDP

03/12/2002 12:25 DUISENBERG:DATA SUGGEST ONLY MODERATE GROWTH IN 3Q

03/12/2002 12:26 DUISENBERG:HIGH LIQUIDITY NOT INFL. RISK NOW DUE LOW GROWTH

03/12/2002 12:27 DUISENBERG:MAIN SCENARIO IS CLOSE TO POTENTIAL GDP COURSE '03

03/12/2002 12:28 DUISENBERG:STOCK DROP IMPACT ON DEMAND, GEO-POLITICAL RISKS

03/12/2002 12:35 DUISENBERG:HICP TO FALL INTO LINE WITH PRICE STAB DURING '03

03/12/2002 12:35 DUISENBERG SEES EURO ZONE INFLATION RISING IN DEC, ABOVE 2 PCT EARLY 2003

03/12/2002 12:36 DUISENBERG SAYS EVIDENCE OF EASING INFLATION HAS STRENGTHENED SINCE NOV 7

03/12/2002 12:43 DUISENBERG:COMMISSION PLAN A STRONGER STAB PACT INTERPRETATION

03/12/2002 12:45 DUISENBERG:EXPECT HICP TO STAY ABOVE 2% FOR SOME MTHS TO COME

03/12/2002 12:47 DUISENBERG:US CURRENT ACCT DEFICIT NOT SUSTAINABLE IN LONG RUN

03/12/2002 12:50 UK construction activity index 56.2 in Nov vs 54.6 Oct - CIPS

03/12/2002 12:57 DUISENBERG:WANT HALT TO UNIT WAGE GROWTH ABOVE PRODUCTIVITY

03/12/2002 13:02 DUISENBERG:HOPE HIGH M3 TEMPORARY,TO UNWIND IN RESPONSIBLE WAY

03/12/2002 13:09 DUISENBERG:DON'T SEE DEFLATION RISK IN ANY EUROZONE COUNTRY

03/12/2002 13:19 DUISENBERG:RISING SERVICES PRICES SHOW LACK OF SINGLE MARKET

03/12/2002 13:19 ECB: VARIABLE REFI MARGINAL RATE 3.25% VS 3.29% LAST REFI

03/12/2002 13:21 ECB:WEIGHTED AVG RATE OF ALLOTTED REFI BIDS 3.25%; LAST 3.31%

03/12/2002 13:29 Swedish Riksbank to leave repo rate unchanged at 4.00 pct

03/12/2002 13:49 EMU Median Forecast: Oct Industrial PPI +0.2% M/M, +0.9%. Y/Y

03/12/2002 13:50 EMU Median Forecast: Oct Unemployment Rate Up To 8.4%

03/12/2002 13:59 EMU-12 OCT INTERMEDIATE GOODS PPI UNCH M/M; +0.6% Y/Y

03/12/2002 14:00 EURO ZONE OCT PPI UP 0.2 PCT VS SEPT, UP 0.9 PCT YR-ON-YR

03/12/2002 14:00 EMU-12 OCT CAPITAL GOODS PPI UNCH M/M; +0.9% Y/Y

03/12/2002 14:01 EURO ZONE OCT UNEMPLOYMENT 8.4 PCT VS 8.3 IN SEPT

03/12/2002 14:02 EMU-12 OCT SA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP TO 8.4% FROM 8.3% IN SEP

03/12/2002 14:16 UK house price growth picks up pace

03/12/2002 14:55 Duisenberg Sees Inflation Slowing, Signals Rate Cut

03/12/2002 15:25 DJIA DEC FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 40.00 AT 8,830.00 AT 7.25 AM

03/12/2002 15:26 S&P 500 DEC FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 3.90 AT 931.40 AT 7.26 AM

03/12/2002 15:30 NASDAQ 100 DEC FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 4.00 AT 1,123.50 AT 7.30 AM

03/12/2002 15:32 SOURCES: UBSW/BTM STORE SALES IN WK TO NOV 30 UP 0.3% W/W

03/12/2002 15:45 US: BTM-UBSW WKLY CHAIN STORE INDEX +4.0% Y/Y WK ENDED NOV30

03/12/2002 16:54 US REDBOOK: STORE SALES +2.7% IN WK ENDED NOV 30 VS YR AGO WK

03/12/2002 16:55 US REDBOOK: NOV STORE SALES +0.5% VS OCT THROUGH NOV 30 WEEK

03/12/2002 16:55 US REDBOOK: NOVEMBER 2002 STORE SALES +0.7 VS NOVEMBER 2001

03/12/2002 16:59 BANK OF CANADA LEAVES KEY OVERNIGHT RATE UNCHANGED AT 2.75%

03/12/2002 17:01 ECB:FOREX RESERVES UNCH AT E240.4 BN WEEK ENDED NOV29

03/12/2002 17:30 NASDAQ COMPOSITE DOWN 10.09 AT 1,474.69 AT 9.30 AM

03/12/2002 17:31 DJIA DOWN 31.40 AT 8,831.17 AT 9.30 AM

03/12/2002 17:40 Eurozone jobless rises to 8.4pc in Oct

03/12/2002 17:40 Eichel insists Germany will lower defict

03/12/2002 19:18 O'NEILL SAYS US Q4 GDP RISE COULD BEAT EXPECTATIONS OF 1.0-1.5 PCT

03/12/2002 19:18 O'NEILL SAYS US ECONOMY NOT SLUGGISH; BUSINESS ACTIVITY 'PRETTY GOOD'

03/12/2002 19:21 O'NEILL SAYS US HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON 'TERRIFIC' THUS FAR

03/12/2002 19:21 O'NEILL SAYS US NEEDS HELP FROM JAPAN, EUROPE TO GROW ABOVE 3.5 PCT RATE

03/12/2002 19:21 O'NEILL SAYS NEW STIMULUS STEPS TO FOCUS ON JOB CREATION

03/12/2002 19:22 O'NEILL SAYS US 'OBVIOUSLY CAN AFFORD' ANOTHER STIMULUS PACKAGE

03/12/2002 19:22 O'NEILL SAYS CONGRESS MUST 'REIN IN' NON-PRIORITY SPENDING

03/12/2002 19:22 O'NEILL SAYS UK IS PULLING ITS WEIGHT IN G7; EUROPE SHOULD GROW AT SAME PACE