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Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:01 GMT Mar 26/17:01 EST Mar 26

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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27-Mar  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

27-Mar  0745/0845  **   FR  PPI

27-Mar  0800/0900       EU  ECB President Mario Draghi gives address at the

                              conference 'The ECB and Its Watchers XX' in

                              Frankfurt.

27-Mar  0800/0900       EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna,

                              Austria.

27-Mar  0845/0945       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet

                              participates in a debate at the conference 'The

                              ECB and Its Watchers XX' in Frankfurt.

27-Mar  0845/0945       NO  Norges Bank Gov. Oystein Olsen speech in

                              Mozambique

27-Mar  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

27-Mar  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

27-Mar  0930/1030       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Pentti Hakkarainen

                              gives speech on 'Central banking and banking

                              supervision in today's financial markets' in

                              Stockholm.

27-Mar  1000/1100       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlager

                              participates in a panel discussion on 'New

                              challenges for cross border banking' in Vienna.

27-Mar  1045/1145       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos participates in

                              a debate at the conference 'The ECB and Its

                              Watchers XX' in Frankfurt.

27-Mar  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

27-Mar  1100/1100  **   UK  CBI Distributive Trades

27-Mar  1200/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

27-Mar  1230/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

27-Mar  1230/0830  **   US  trade balance

27-Mar  1230/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

27-Mar  1330/1430       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch

                              participates in a debate at the conference 'The

                              ECB and Its Watchers XX' in Frankfurt.

27-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  current account balance

27-Mar  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

27-Mar  1700/1800       SE  Riksbank Gov. Stefan Ingves gives lecture on the

                              Swedish economy at Swedish History Museum,

                              Stockholm

27-Mar  2300/1900       US  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther

                              George to deliver a speech on economic outlook and

                              monetary policy at the Money Marketeers of New

                              York University, Inc. Downtown Association in New

                              York, NY, with audience Q&A.

28-Mar  0800/0900  ***  ES  HICP (p)

28-Mar  0810/0910       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos speaks at

                              'Financial Intermediation, Regulation and Economic

                              Policy' conference in Frankfurt.

28-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  M3

28-Mar  1000/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

28-Mar  1000/1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

28-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

28-Mar  1000/1100       EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna,

                              Austria.

28-Mar  1115/0715       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman

                              Randal Quarles to deliver a speech about

                              "Financial Stability Board Agenda" at the Joint

                              Conference of the European Central Bank and the

                              Journal of Money, Credit and Banking: Financial

                              Intermediation, Regulation and Economic Policy

                              50th Anniversary of the Journal of Money, Credit

                              and Banking in Frankfurt, Germany, with audience

                              Q&A.

28-Mar  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

28-Mar  1230/0830  ***  US  GDP (3rd)

28-Mar  1300/1400  ***  DE  HICP (p)

28-Mar  1330/0930       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman

                              Richard Clarida to participate in a panel

                              discussion about global shocks and the U.S.

                              economy at the Banque de France and European Money

                              and Finance Forum Colloquium in Paris, France,

                              with audience Q&A.

28-Mar  1400/1000  **   US  NAR pending home sales

28-Mar  1400/1000       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Michelle

                              Bowman to deliver a speech about "Agriculture and

                              Community Banking" at the  Independent Community

                              Bankers Association of New Mexico (ICBA/NM) 2019

                              Ag Lenders Conference in Deming, NM, with

                              moderated Q&A.

28-Mar  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

28-Mar  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

28-Mar  1530/1130       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to participate in the panel discussion

                              "From Bankhead to Buckhead: Prosperity for All"

                              about workforce development, income mobility and

                              income inequality at the Commerce Club in Atlanta,

                              GA, with audience Q&A.

28-Mar  1715/1315       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to participate in a moderated discussion

                              about the economy with Kenneth Rivera-Robles,

                              President of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce,

                              in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with audience Q&A.

28-Mar  1830/1430       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to participate in a roundtable discussion

                              focused on small business and entrepreneurship at 

                              Parallel18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

28-Mar  1900/1500  *    US  farm prices

28-Mar  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

28-Mar  2220/1820       US  St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James

                              Bullard to deliver a presentation about the U.S.

                              economy and monetary policy at the Center for

                              Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE)'s Spring

                              Economic Outlook Forum in Madison, WI, with

                              audience Q&A.

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com

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