WORLD AGENDA (Dec. 15--17, 2010)

AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

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(Dec. 15– Dec. 17, 2010)

WORLD: ; NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: MBA Mortgage Applications (15); Consumer Price Index (15);Empire Manufacturing (15); TIC Flows (15); Industrial Production (15); Capacity Utilization (15); NAHB Housing Market Index (15); DOE Oil Inventories (15); Housing Starts (16); Building Permits (16); Weekly Jobless (16); Current Account (16); Housing Starts (16); Philadelphia FED (16); Leading Indicators (17); ; México;  IMMEX Manufacturing (15); Construction Sector (17); Mines & Metals Sector (17); BANXICO’s Private Sector Economic Survey (17); ;Canada;   Manufacturing Shipments (15); ;EUROPE; EU New Car Registrations (15);  ; Britain: ILO Unemploment Rate (15);CBI Reported Sales (15); Retail Sales (16);Consumer Confidence (17); ; Switzerland :  ZEW Expectations (15);Industrial Production (16); SNB Rate Decision (16); KOF Economic Forecast (17);   ; EURO-ZONE :  Employment (15);Consumer Price Index (16); Labor Costs (16); Business Confidence (17); Construction Output (17); Trade Balance (17);    ;Germany:Wholesale Price Index (16); IFO Business Climate (17); IFO Current Assessment (17); IFO Expectations (17); ; Italy : Trade Balance (15); Consumer Price Index (16); Current Account (17); ;—ASIA, PACIFIC:—Japan: Foreign Buying-Selling of Stocks & Bonds (15);   :Australia:Inflation Expectation (16); Reserve Bank’s Bulletin (16); ; New Zealand:  Manufacturing Index (15); Activity Outlook (16; Business Confidence (16); Consumer Confidence (17); Services (17);     ;China: Leading Index (15); Money Supply (15); New Yuan Loans (15); Foreign Direct Investment (16);    ;