Tuesday, April 6, 2004

GMT                                                                    Expected  Previous
0130  JPN          6-month Treasury Bill Auction
0200  JPN  Mar     Imported Car Sales                              +1.3% YY
0400  JPN          6-month Treasury Bill Auction results
0400  JPN          10-year Government Bond Auction results
0500  JPN  Feb     Leading Indicators                        77.8%     50.0%
0645  FRA  Feb     Budget Balance                           -16.7B    -11.7B
0800  EU           European Parliament holds confirmation
                   hearing on Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo
                   for member of ECB executive board
0900  GER  March   Unemployment adj.       10.3%MM   10.3%MM
                                                                        +15K MM   +26K MM
0915  GER          ECB allocates main refi ops bids
1145  US   Apr 3   ICS-UBS Store Sales Index                         -1.9%
1230  CAN  Feb     Building Permits                            Flat      -0.9%
1255  US   Apr 3   Redbook Retail Sales Index                       +0.1%
1300  FRA          Government answering questions in
                   parliament
1400  US   Mar     Challenger Layoff Survey                             -34%
1730  US           St. Louis Fed Pres Poole speaks in
                   Little Rock, Ark.
1900  US   Mar     Treasury STRIPS
2230  US   Apr 3   ABC/Money Consumer Confidence Index     -17
N/A   EU           E.U.'s Solbes before European
                   Parliament economic and monetary  affairs panel
N/A   EU           E.U.'s Lamy before European Parliament
                   Industry, Trade Research and Energy  panel
N/A   EU           E.U.'s Prodi meets Georgia Pres Saakashvli
N/A   EU           E.U.'s Monti, de Palacio meets U.S.
                   Transport Secretary Mineta
N/A   EU           E.U.'s Prodi gives speech before
                   European Science Congress
N/A   EU           E.U.'s Monti in Paris, speech on
                   "Competitive strategies for tomorrow's
                   France," at Les Echos conference