WORLD ECONOMY THIS WEEK (Weekly Agenda — Feb. 07 — 11, 2011)

AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

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(Feb. 07 — 11, 2011)

WORLD: ; NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: Consumer Credit (07); Small Business Optimism (08); FED’s Lacker Speaks (08); Economic Optimism (08); FED’s Lockhart Speaks (08); ABC Consumer Confidence (08); FED's Bernanke Speaks before the House Budget Committee (09);  MBA Mortgage Applications (09); DOE Oil Inventories (09); FED’s Sack Speaks (09); Weekly Jobless (10); Wholesale Inventories (10); FED’s Lockhart Speaks (10); Monthly Budget Statement (10); Trade Balance (11); U. of Mich. Confidence (11); ; México; Coincident and Leading Index (08); Public Safety Perception (08); January Inflation (09); Trade Balance (09); Manufacturing by State (10); Electricity by State (10); Gross Fixed Investment (10); Industrial Production (11); Unemployment Rate (11); ;Canada; Building Permits (07); Housing Starts (08); New Housing Price Index (10); Trade Balance (11);    ;EUROPE;  ; Britain: Retail Sales (08); RICS House Price Balance (08); NIESR GDP Estimate (10); BoE Rate Decision (10); BoE Asset Purchase Target (10); Industrial Production (10); Producer Price Index (11);  ; Switzerland : Unemployment Rate (08); Consumer Confidence (10); Consumer Price Index (10);    ; EURO-ZONE : Sentix Investor Confidence (07); ECB Monthly Report (10); ; Germany: Retail Sales (08); Industrial Production (08); Current Account (09); Trade Balance (09); Consumer Price Index (11);  ; France: Business Sentiment (08); Central Government Balance (08); Trade Balance (08); Industrial Production (10); Non-Farm Payrolls (11); Current Account (11); ; Italy: Industrial Production (10); ;—ASIA, PACIFIC:—Japan: BoJ Shirakawa Speaks (07); Coincident and Leading Index (07); M3 (07); Bank Lending (07);Current Account (07); Trade Balance (07); Bankruptcies (08); ECO Watchers Survey Curent and Outlook (08); Consumer Confidence (09); Machine Tool Orders (09); Housing Loans (09); Machine Orders (09);    :Australia: Construction Index (Sunday 06); Retail Sales (07); Consumer Confidence (08); Unemployment Rate (10);   ; New Zealand; Credit Card Spending (08); House Prices (08); Food Prices (10); REINZ Housing Price Index (11); House Sales (11); ;China: HSBC Services (09); Trade Balance (10); ;