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02/10/2002 08:18 Calendar for Wednesday, Oct. 2 and Thursday, Oct. 3

02/10/2002 08:59 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES MORNING UP 90.32 PTS AT 9,162.53

02/10/2002 09:03 U.S. Economy: Manufacturing Contracted in September

02/10/2002 09:07 Forex - Yen weak late morning Tokyo, giving up gains from Takenaka appointment

02/10/2002 09:30 Forex - Dollar lower vs yen at midafternoon in Tokyo on profit-taking

02/10/2002 10:00 GERMANY AUG REAL RETAIL SALES -2.2% Y/Y, NOM. -2.5% Y/Y

02/10/2002 10:00 GERMANY AUG REAL RETAIL SALES Y/Y ABOVE MNI MEDIAN FORECAST

02/10/2002 10:01 GERMAN AUG RETAIL SALES UP REAL 1.0 PCT FROM JULY

02/10/2002 11:06 BBK: GERMANY AUG TOTAL SA RETAIL SALES +1.5% M/M; -2.1% Y/Y

02/10/2002 11:23 CORRECT:BBK:GERMANY AUG TOTAL RETAIL SLS +1.7% M/M;-1.3% Y/Y

02/10/2002 11:45 DUTCH FINAL Q2 GDP UP 0.1 PCT FROM Q1, UNCHANGED YR-ON-YR

02/10/2002 12:10 HANG SENG INDEX CLOSES UP 37.14 PTS AT 9,109.35

02/10/2002 12:25 HANG SENG OCT CONTRACT CLOSES AT 9,160 PTS

02/10/2002 12:35 UK CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY INDEX 54.2 IN SEPT VS 54.6 IN AUG

02/10/2002 13:07 FINNISH JULY TRADE SURPLUS 693 MLN EUR VS 787 YR EARLIER

02/10/2002 13:47 EMU Median Forecast: Sep Industry Stmt -12; Consumer Stmt -11

02/10/2002 13:48 EMU Median Forecast: Aug Industrial PPI +0.1% M/M, -0.4% Y/Y

02/10/2002 13:48 EMU Median Forecast: Aug Unemployment Rate Unchanged At 8.3%

02/10/2002 13:59 EMU ECONOMIC SENTIMENT INDEX 98.9 IN SEP; AUG 98.7, JUL 99.0

02/10/2002 14:00 EMU SEP INDUSTRY CONFIDENCE -12, AUG -12; JUL -11

02/10/2002 14:01 EMU SEP SENTIMENT INDEX RISE SLIGHTLY BELOW MNI MEDIAN (99.1)

02/10/2002 14:02 EURO ZONE SEPT BUSINESS CLIMATE INDICATOR -0.55 VS -0.61 AUG AND YR EARLIER

02/10/2002 14:04 EMU SEP CONSUMER CONFIDENCE -9, AUG -11; JUL -10

02/10/2002 14:05 EURO ZONE AUG UNEMPLOYMENT FLAT VS JULY AT 8.3 PCT, VS 8.0 YR EARLIER

02/10/2002 14:06 EMU SEP RETAIL SECTOR SENTIMENT -17, AUG -16, JUL -17

02/10/2002 14:07 EMU-12 AUG INDUSTRIAL PPI +0.1% M/M; -0.2% Y/Y; JUL -0.4% Y/Y

02/10/2002 14:08 EMU-12 JUL UNEMP. RATE IN LINE WITH MNI SURVEY MEDIAN

02/10/2002 14:43 European Forex Trading Preview

02/10/2002 14:45 Forex - Euro up vs dollar in early London on wariness about Iraq, US economy

02/10/2002 15:20 US MBA Market Index Rises 8.6% To 1285.4 From 1183.8

02/10/2002 15:22 US MBA Purchase Index Slips 0.1% To 359.4 From 359.7

02/10/2002 15:23 US MBA Refinancing Index Rises 11.6% To 6671.4 Vs 5977.2

02/10/2002 15:33 DJIA DEC FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 32.00 PTS AT 7,940.00 AT 7.30 AM

02/10/2002 15:34 NASDAQ 100 DEC FUTURES CONTRACT DOWN 4.00 PTS AT 882.50 AT 7.31 AM

02/10/2002 20:35 FED'S GUYNN:'ACCOMMODATIVE'FED NEEDS'PATIENCE,'EYE ON RISKS

02/10/2002 20:35 GUYNN:RISKS:INSUFFIC JOBS GRWTH,CREDIT MISALLOC'N;EXT'L SHOCK

02/10/2002 20:35 GUYNN:CREDIT MAY BE MISALLOCATED BUT FED CAN'T ALLOCATE CREDIT

02/10/2002 20:36 GUYNN: IF PROFITS DON'T GROW,JOB CUTS COULD CURB CONS SPENDING

02/10/2002 20:36 GUYNN: ECONOMY 'PLODDING' BUT 'IN RIGHT DIRECTION -- FORWARD'

02/10/2002 20:36 GUYNN: CONSUMERS' ADJUSTING TO LOWER EXPECT OF REAL INC GAINS'

02/10/2002 20:36 GUYNN:'POTENTIAL LARGE NEGATIVE SHOCK' FROM M.EAST,LATAM, ASIA

02/10/2002 20:37 GUYNN:JOBS GROWTH WEAK BUT UNEMP 'MUCH LOWER' THAN LAST RECESS

02/10/2002 20:37 GUYNN:EVEN W/ACCOMM MON POL NEED PATIENCE TO GET ECON ON TRACK

02/10/2002 20:37 GUYNN:WOULDN'T SURPRISE TO SEE MORE MOS SLOW JOB GRWTH' AS '91

02/10/2002 20:37 GUYNN:'UNEMP PROB'LY SETTLED OUT,NOT LIKELY TO RISE MUCH MORE'

02/10/2002 20:49 FED'S BROADDUS:EXCESSIVE DISINFLATION NOT CLEAR DANGER

02/10/2002 20:49 RICHMND FED'S BROADDUS:MON POL,PRODUCT'TY STILL 2 KEY FACTORS

02/10/2002 20:49 FED'S BROADDUS:MOST ANALYSTS SEE GDP UP 3%-3.5% IN 3RD QUARTER

02/10/2002 20:49 FED'S BROADDUS:HSHOLD SPEND STILL GROWS SURPRINGLY RAPIDLY

02/10/2002 20:49 FED'S BROADDUS:TO PROBABLY SEE'RELATIVELY GOOD'3Q GDP REPORT

02/10/2002 20:50 BROADDUS:CONSUMER,BUSINESS MOOD STILL'PRETTY PESSIMISTIC'

02/10/2002 20:50 BROADDUS:'THERE IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY'ABOUT THE U.S. OUTLOOK

02/10/2002 20:50 BROADDUS:SEES MORE UNCERTAINTY 'THAN USUAL' IN CURRENT OUTLOOK

02/10/2002 20:50 BROADDUS:PESSIMISM NOT DAMPENING HSHOLD SPENDING YET

02/10/2002 20:50 BROADDUS:HSHOLD SPENDING HANGING IN DESPITE CONS CONF DECLINE

02/10/2002 20:50 BROADDUS:BUSINESS SPENDING MUST TURN UP FOR RECOVERY 'LEGS'

02/10/2002 20:51 BROADDUS: FORECAST CONSENSUS SEES Q4 DECELERATION

02/10/2002 20:51 BROADDUS: 2003 GROWTH EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE TO 3.5%

02/10/2002 20:51 BROADDUS:UNEMPLOYMENT LIKELY TO RISE MODERATELY NXT FEW MONTHS

02/10/2002 20:51 BROADDUS:3%-3.5% GROWTH 'NOT A ROBUST FORECAST'

02/10/2002 20:51 BROADDUS: 3%-3.5% GRWTH WOULDN'T BRING ECON BACK TO FULL UTIL.

02/10/2002 20:51 BROADDUS:CITES NEGATIVE WEALTH EFFECT AS POSS DOWNSIDE RISK

02/10/2002 20:52 BROADDUS:LABOR MKT RECOVERY HAS BEEN 'TEPID AT BEST'

02/10/2002 20:52 BROADDUS: CITES HSING MKT AS BRIGHT SPOT IN RECENT ECON DATA

02/10/2002 20:52 BROADDUS:UNEMP HIGHER THAN WOULD LIKE,BUT CONS SPENDING'SOLID'

02/10/2002 21:10 BROADDUS:SEES'AT LEAST FEW GLIMMERS OF LIGHT'ON BUSINESS SPEND

02/10/2002 21:10 BROADDUS:'CREDIT APPEARS TO BE READILY AVAIL'TO BIZ BORROWERS

02/10/2002 21:10 BROADDUS:BUSINESSES MAY BE READY TO LOOSEN PURSE ST 'A LITTLE'

02/10/2002 21:10 BROADDUS:REPEATS,ESSENTIAL FED KEEP COMMITTED VS INFLATION

02/10/2002 21:11 BROADDUS Q&A:AGREES EXCESS CAPACITY PROBLEM IN GLOBAL ECON

02/10/2002 21:14 BROADDUS Q&A:US L-T OUTLOOK MUCH BRIGHTER THAN IN PREV CYCLES

02/10/2002 21:14 BROADDUS Q&A:FED HAS TOOLS TO HANDLE DISINFLATION AS WELL

02/10/2002 21:18 BROADDUS Q&A:PAYROLLS BEST COINCIDENT INDICATOR 'FOR ME'

02/10/2002 21:18 BROADDUS Q&A: ALSO WATCHES CONSUMER SPENDING, RETAIL SALES

02/10/2002 21:30 -BROADDUS Q&A:DEFINITE LIMIT TO FED IMPACT ON MKT RATES

02/10/2002 21:48 ABC/MONEY US CONS COMFORT INDEX -15 IN SEP 29 WEEK VS -15 PREV

02/10/2002 21:48 ABC/MONEY US PERS FIN INDX 15 IN SEPT 29 WK VS 16 IN PREV WEEK

02/10/2002 21:48 ABC/MONEY US STATE OF ECON INDX -40 SEPT 29 WK VS -40 PREV WK

02/10/2002 21:48 ABC/MONEY US BUY CLIMATE INDX -20 IN SEPT 29 WK VS -20 PREV WK