MNI European Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - A quiet start to the week on Monday, the economic docket

kicks off at 0900GMT with Italian ISTAT Consumer and Business Confidence.

     The ECB will call for bids on the latest 7-day MRO at 1440GMT, before

publishing the latest PSPP bond buying data at 1445GMT.

     Across the Atlantic the first release of the day is US New Home Sales at

1500GMT. New home sales are expected to slow to a 629,000 annual rate in October

following a sharp rebound in September. Unadjusted sales were up 18.2% from a

year earlier before seasonal adjustment.

     Home supply was flat, so the months' supply dipped to 5.0 months. Even so,

there should be adequate homes available for sale when demand returns.

     At 1530GMT Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey is released.

     Bundesbank board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele will participate in discussion

at Housing Policy Forum 2017, in Berlin.

     At 2330MT Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari is to

participate in moderated Q&A at Winona State University's Town Hall in Winona,

Minnesota, with audience Q&A.

     Finally at 0000GMT New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley

will participate in a moderated discussion on "US Economy: 10 Years After the

Crisis" in New York, with audience Q&A.

--MNI London Bureau; +44 203 865 3809; email: kieran.williams@marketnews.com