AFX economic and business calendar

AFX economic and business calendar

	Published : Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:01 By : Agencies Print this Story

LONDON (AFX) - Key items expected today, Wednesday Jan 17 (approx GMT times)

ASIA

-Australia Nov lending finance data

-Westpac/Melbourne Institute Nov leading indicators survey

-Bank of Japan begins two-day policy board meeting

-Japan Nov balance of payments

-Japan Dec consumer confidence survey

-Rio Tinto Q4 production report

AUSTRIA

-Dec CPI

BENELUX

-ASML 2006 Q4, FY results (0600 GMT), conference call (1000 GMT). Q4 net

profit forecast 184-186.3 mln eur vs 52 mln eur

EUROPEAN UNION/EURO AREA

-Germanys Merkel outlines EU presidency programme to EU parliament

EUROPEAN UNION/EURO AREA

-Euro zone Nov trade (1000 GMT)

-Euro zone Dec HICP (1000 GMT)

FRANCE

-Airbus press conference with CEO Gallois, COO Bregier, Paris (1030 GMT)

-Accor FY sales

-SEB FY sales

GERMANY

-Final Dec CPI and HICP (0700)

-'Topic of the Year' symposium on the German financial market, speakers

include Deutsche Bank CEO Ackermann, Deutsche Boerse CEO Francioni and

EADS' Bischoff

-Bayer Schering Pharma AG EGM

-Douglas Holding FY 2005-2006 annual results news conference

SCANDINAVIA

-Finnish Nov GDP (0700 GMT)

-Finnish Dec PPI (0700 GMT)

-Sony Ericsson Q4 results (0730 GMT)

UNITED KINGDOM

-Labour market report (0930 GMT)

-Merrill Lynch fund managers' report (1330 GMT)

-Home Retail Group Q3 trading statement

-SABMiller Q3 trading statement

-Woolworths trading statement

-Rio Tinto Q4 production figures

UNITED STATES

-Weekly retail chain index (1245 GMT)

-Dec producer prices (1330 GMT)

-Dec industrial production and capacity utilization (1515 GMT)

-Jan NAHB-Wells Fargo housing index (1800 GMT)

-Fed Governor Frederic Mishkin talks about monetary policy at the

Forecasters Club, New York.

-Fed Beige Book (1900 GMT)

-AMR Corp Q4 results (before market opens). Forecast loss per share 0.07 usd

-Charles Schwab Q4 results (before market opens). EPS forecast 0.21 usd

-JP Morgan & Chase & Co Q4 results. EPS forecast 0.94 usd vs 0.73 (before

market opens)

-Apple Computer Inc Q1 results. EPS forecast 0.78 usd vs 0.65 (after market

closes)