Forex news and forecasts archive for 2005-03-01

01/03/2005 09:23 Tokyo's Nikkei average unofficially ends up 0.34% at 11,780.53

01/03/2005 10:01 UK Feb house prices +0.5%м/м, +10.2%y/y

01/03/2005 10:03 German Jan seas. adj. employment rises 14,000м/м tо 38.88 mln

01/03/2005 11:15 Swiss National Bank sets repo rate at 0.62%

01/03/2005 11:17 German Feb adj jobless rate 11.7% vs 11.4% in Jan

01/03/2005 11:20 Spain's manufacturing PMI 52.9 points in Feb vs 53.6 points in Jan

01/03/2005 11:24 CAC 40 index up 1.33 points at 4,028.49 points

01/03/2005 11:26 DAX index down 8.60 points at 4,341.89 points

01/03/2005 11:49 Italy manufacturing PMI rises to adj 50.6 in Feb from 50.1 in Jan

01/03/2005 11:51 FTSE 100 index rose 3.60 points at 4,972.10 points

01/03/2005 11:54 French Feb manufacturing PMI rises to 53.2 from 52.6 in Jan

01/03/2005 11:55 French Feb manufacturing PMI employment index rises to 51.0, highest since May 2001

01/03/2005 12:28 European stocks -- Factors to watch on March 1

01/03/2005 12:44 UK Jan approvals for house purchase 79,000 vs 82,000 in Dec

01/03/2005 12:45 UK Jan net mortgage lending up Stg7.166 bln vs Stg6.89 bln in Dec

01/03/2005 12:46 UK Jan net consumer credit up Stg2.293 bln vs Stg1.564 bln in Dec

01/03/2005 12:47 UK Feb empoyment index 47.6 vs 48.2 in Jan

01/03/2005 12:47 UK Feb output price index 54.9 vs 56.1 in Jan

01/03/2005 12:47 UK Feb input price index 66.8 vs 71.4 in Jan

01/03/2005 12:48 UK Feb new export orders index 49.6 vs 49.5 in Jan

01/03/2005 12:48 UK Feb new orders index 53.0 vs 52.2 in Jan

01/03/2005 13:01 Eurozone feb inflation estimated at 2.0%y/y vs 1.9% in Jan

01/03/2005 13:05 Italy 2004 general govt deficit GDP +3.0% vs 2.9% in 2003

01/03/2005 13:29 Dollar Rises Against Euro

01/03/2005 13:55 DATA AND RATES

01/03/2005 14:02 Development in Eurozone "not so encouraging as we would have liked" - ECB's Garganas

01/03/2005 14:09 Dollar Stronger Against Euro

01/03/2005 15:44 Dollar Is Higher Against Other Major Currencies, Gold Is Down in Europe

01/03/2005 15:50 US chain store sales rise 1.5% in Feb 26 week vs -0.1% in prior wk - ICSC/UBS

01/03/2005 15:51 US chain store sales rise 3.3% on year-ago wk vs prior 1.8% - ICSC/UBS

01/03/2005 16:05 Germany's Clement says expectsclear drop in unemployment in March

01/03/2005 16:08 Germany's Schroeder says latest jobless data depressing but govt reform course correct

01/03/2005 16:34 Fed's Moskow says rates of job displacement still high despite US payroll gains

01/03/2005 16:36 Fed's Moskow says difficult job transitions could raise or lower inflationary pressures

01/03/2005 16:36 Canada Jan industrial prices +0.5% vs Dec +0.2%, 3.2% on year

01/03/2005 16:37 Canada Jan raw material prices +4.5% vs Dec -4.6%, +12.6% on year

01/03/2005 17:09 ECB forex reserves fell 0.2 bln euros to 154.9 bln euros in wk to Feb 25

01/03/2005 17:10 Bank of Canada holds rates at 2.5%

01/03/2005 17:23 U.S. economy still has output gap-Fed's Moskow

01/03/2005 17:34 Dow Jones index up 2.81% or 0.03% at 10,769.04

01/03/2005 17:50 Standart&Poors 500 index up 4.21 points to 1,207.81

01/03/2005 17:52 NASDAQ index up 9.80 points to 2,061.52 points

01/03/2005 18:05 US Jan construction spending +0.7% to $1.047 trln vs 1.2% in Dec

01/03/2005 18:05 US Feb PMI 55.3%

01/03/2005 18:05 US Feb prices paid index 65.5 vs 69.0 in Jan

01/03/2005 18:06 US Feb new orders index 55.8 vs 56.5 in Jan

01/03/2005 18:06 US Feb employment index 57.4 vs 58.1 in Jan