WORLD ECONOMY (Weekly Agenda -- April 18 -- 22, 2011)

AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

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(April 18 -- 22, 2011)

WORLD: HOLY WEEK HOLIDAYS (21-22) ; NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: NAHB Housing Market (18); FED's Fisher, Lockhart Speak (18); FED's Fisher Speaks (18); Building Permits (19); Housing Starts (19); MBA Mortgage Applications (20); Existing Home Sales (20); DOE Oil Inventories (20); Weekly Jobless (21); Bloomberg Economic Expectations (21); Bloomberg Consumer Comfort (21); House Prices (21); Leading Indicators (21); Philadelphia FED (21);  ; México; Unemployment Rate (20); Consumer Prices (April 1st half)  (20)  ; Canada; Consumer Prices (19); Leading Indicators (19); Wholesale Sales (19); Housing Starts (19);  Building Permits (19);  ;EUROPE; EU-25 New Car Registrations (19);  ; Britain: Rightmove House Prices (Sunday 17); BoE Minutes (20); Public Finances (20); Retail Sales (21);     ; Switzerland: Money Supply M3 (21);   ; EURO-ZONE : PORTUGAL BAILOUT TALKS WITH EU, FMI (18);  Consumer Confidence (18); Current Account (19); Manufacturing PMI (19); Services PMI (19); Composite PMI (19); Construction (19);   ; Germany: Manufacturing PMI (19); Services PMI (19); Producer Prices (20); Business Climate (21); Current Assessment (21); Expectations (21);   ; France: Manufacturing PMI (19); Services PMI (19); Business Confidence (22);   ;Italy: Current Account (18); Retail Sales (22);   ;---ASIA, PACIFIC:---Japan: Consumer Confidence (19); Machine Tool Orders (19); Trade Balance (19); BoJ Nishimura Speaks (20); Stocks and Bonds Net Buying (20); Coincident and Leading Index (21);  :Australia: RBA Minutes (19);   Leading Index (20); Producer Prices (20); ; New Zealand: Services (Sunday 17); Consumer Prices (Sunday 17); Credit Card Spending (20); Consumer Confidence (20);  ;China: Property Prices (18); CB Leading Index (19); HSBC Manufacturing (19);   ;

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