WORLD AGENDA (Dec. 16--17, 2010)

AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

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(Dec. 16– Dec. 17, 2010)

WORLD: ; NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: Housing Starts (16); Building Permits (16); Weekly Jobless (16); Current Account (16); Housing Starts (16);Philadelphia FED (16); Leading Indicators (17); ; México;   Construction Sector (17); Mines & Metals Sector (17); BANXICO’s Private Sector Economic Survey (17); ;EUROPE;; Britain:Retail Sales (16);Consumer Confidence (17); ; Switzerland :  Industrial Production (16); SNB Rate Decision (16); KOF Economic Forecast (17);   ; EURO-ZONE :  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 : Consumer Price Index (16); Current Account (17); ;—ASIA, PACIFIC:— :Australia:Inflation Expectation (16); Reserve Bank’s Bulletin (16); ; New Zealand:  Activity Outlook (16); Business Confidence (16); Consumer Confidence (17); Services (17);     ;China: Foreign Direct Investment (16);

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