MNI European Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - It is a busy economic docket on Tuesday with a slew of

European releases dominating the calendar.

     First up are preliminary French GDP figures at 0630GMT.

     At 0745GMT French Consumer Spending data will hit the wires.

     The Swiss KOF Economic Barometer will be published at 0800GMT.

     Also at 0800GMT is the preliminary reading of Spanish GDP.

     At 0900GMT the Italian ISTAT Business/Consumer Confidence figures are on

the schedule.

     The UK publish BoE Lending to Individuals and M$ Money Supply data at

0930GMT.

     A whole host of data from the aggregate Eurozone will be published at

1000GMT. Economic Sentiment, Industrial Sentiment, Business Climate Indicator,

Consumer Confidence and the preliminary estimate of GDP are all slated for

release.

     At 1300GMT preliminary German HICP data is on the docket.

     Across the Atlantic the first release of the day is US Redbook Retail Sales

at 1355GMT.

     At 1400GMT the US S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index will be published.

     US Housing Vacancies data will be released at 1500GMT, alongside US

Conference Board Consumer Confidence figures.

     The index of consumer confidence is expected to rebound to a reading of

123.8 in January after a decline in December to 122.1, as soaring stock prices

and the recently-passed tax cuts lifting the spirits of consumers. The Michigan

Sentiment Index fell to 94.4 in early-January from 95.9 in December.

     At 1530GMT the Dallas Fed Services Survey is released, at the same time BOE

Governor Mark Carney will give evidence to Lords' Economic Affairs Committee.

     ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch will deliver a speech at Institute

for Monetary and Financial Stability in Frankfurt, Germany at 1630GMT.

     At 1720GMT ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann gives a speech at award of

the X. Karl Klasen Journalist Award, in Hamburg.

     Rounding off the day at 2000GMT are US Farm Prices.

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