WORLD ECONOMY (Weekly Agenda Dec. 19 -- 23, 2011)

AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

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(Dec. 19 -- 23, 2011)

WORLD:  ; NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: NAHB Housing Index (19); FED's Lacker, BofA Moynihan Speak (19); Housing Starts (20); Building Permits (20); MBA Mortgage Applications (21); Existing Home Sales (21); DOE Oil Inventories (21);Chicago FED Natl. Act. Index (22); GDP (3q T) (22); Personal Consumption (22); GDP (22); Weekly Jobless (22); U. of Mich. Confidence (22); Leading Indicators (22); House Prices (22); Durable Goods Orders (23); Personal Income (23); Personal Spending (23); Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (23);  New Home Sales (23); ; México; Mines and Metals (18); Retail Sales (19); Services (19); Manufacturing (20); Construction (20); Unemployment Rate (21); Consumer Prices Dec. 1º half (21)  ;Canada; Wholesale Sales (19); Consumer Prices (20); Retail Sales (21); GDP (23);    ;EUROPE;  ; Britain: Rightmove House Prices (19); Consumer Confidence (20);CBI Reported Sales (20); BoE Minutes (21); Public Finances (21); GDP (22); Current Account (22); Total Business Investment (22); Loans for House Purchase (23); Services (23);    ; Switzerland: Trade Balance (20); M3 (21);  ; EURO-ZONE; Current Account (19); Construction (19); Consumer Confidence (21);   ;Germany: Consumer Confidence (20); Producer Prices (20); Business Climate (20); Current Assessment (20); Expectations (20);   :France: GDP (23); Producer Prices (23);   : Italy: Trade Balance (19); GDP (21); Retail Sales (22);Consumer Confidence (23);    ;---ASIA, PACIFIC:---Japan: Gov. Economic Report (19); All Industry Activity Index (20); Leading and Coincident Indexes (20); Trade Balance (20); BoJ Rate Decision (21); Bonds and Stocks Net Buying and Selling (21); BoJ Monthly Economic Report (22);     ; Australia: Leading Index (19-20)); RBA Rate Decision Minutes (20);  ; New Zealand; Consumer Confidence ((Sunday 18); Services (Sunday 18); Activity Outlook (19); Business Confidence (19); Current Account (20); Trade Balance (21); Credit Card Spending (21); GDP (21);     :China: ;  

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