THIS WEEK'S WORLD AGENDA (MARCH 09 -- MARCH 13)

AHEAD OF  THE CURVE! 

UPCOMING THIS WEEK: POLITICS AND ECONOMY: ---EVENTS THAT MAY MOVE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS (Update 1 of 3)--- 

(March 09 -- March 13, 2009)---Outstanding Events That May Move Global Financial Markets:

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WORLD MARKETS--Bloomberg Confidence Index (11)--Dollar Recovery, Possible?, ----Oil, Gasoline and Food Prices---NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: Wholesale Inventories (10); ABC Consumer Confidence (10); Mortgage Applications (11); Monthly Budget Statement (11); Retail Sales (12); Business Inventories (12); Trade Balance (13); Imports Inflation (13); U. of Mich. Confidence (13);     ;  México: Inflación de Febrero (09); Balanza Comercial (10); Inversión Fija Bruta (11);  ; Canada: Unemployment Rate (13); Trade Balance (13);;-----EUROPE;; Britain: Retail Sales (10); Manufacturing Production (10); GDP Estimate (11); Trade Balance (11);; Switzerland: Unemployment Rate (09); SNB Rate Decision (12);; Euro-Zone: Investor Confidence (09); ECB Monthly Report (12); Industrial Production (12);   ; France: Industrial Production (10);Bank of France Business Confidence (12);; Germany: Producer Prices (Year on Year) (Sunday 08); Producer Prices (Month on Month) (09); Inflation (10); Trade Balance (10); Current Account (10); Industrial Production (12); ;   Italy: GDP (12);  ;---ASIA, PACIFIC: ---Japan: Current Account (Sunday 08); Trade Balance (Sunday 08); Bank Lending (Sunday 08); Bankruptcies (09); Eco Watchers Survey: Outlook (09); Machine Tools Orders (10); Machine Orders (10); Corporate Goods Inflation (10); GDP (11); Net Buying of Japan and Foreign Bonds (11); Industrial Production (13); Consumer Confidence (13); ; Australia; Business Confidence (10); Leading & Coincident Index (10); Consumer Confidence (10);  Investment Lending (11); Consumer Inflation Expectation (12); Unemployment Rate (12); ; -- New Zealand: Business Confidence (09); Terms of Trade Index (10); RBNZ Rate Decision (12); Retail Sales (12);    ;  

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OUTSTANDING: (March 06, 2009)

--- Markets: Bloomberg Global Confidence Index;  United States: Treasury, Budget; Retail Sales; Consumer Sentiment, Trade Balance. Euro-Zone: ECB Monthly Economic Report; Germany: Industrial Production;  Japan: GDP; United Kingdom GDP Estimate;Switzerland; SNB Rate Decision; New Zealand: RBNZ Rate Decision; Italy: GDP; México: Inflación de febrero.---

SUNDAY 08: 

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Euro-Zone: Investor Confidence 

Japan: Trade Balance

Switzerland: Unemployment Rate 

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MONDAY 09:

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Japan: Eco Watchers Survey

México: Inflación de febrero

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TUESDAY 10:

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Germany: Trade Balance; Current Account

Japan: Machine & Machine Tool Orders 

France: Industrial Production; Business Confidence

Australia: Business Confidence; Leading & Coincident Index 

México: Balanza Comercial

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WEDNESDAY 11:

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Euro-Zone: ECB Monthly Economic Report; Industrial Production 

Japan: GDP

United Kindom: GDP Estimate; Trade Balance

México: Inversión Fija Bruta  

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THURSDAY 12:

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United States: Retail Sales

Germany: Industrial Production

Switzerland: SNB Rate Decision

Italy: GDP

Australia: Unemployment Rate

New Zealand: Rate Decision

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FRIDAY 13:

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United Sates: Trade Balance 

Japan: Industrial Production; Consumer Confidence 

Canada: Unemployment Rate; Trade Balance 

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SUNDAY 15: 

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