MNI Global Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - After a relatively unexciting Friday, Monday follows up with

only a few calendar releases to report on.

     France release their final Q4 GDP figures at 0745GMT with previous m/m and

y/y growth of 0.6% and 2.5% respectively. This is followed by Spain's double

release of Industrial Orders and Services Survey at 0800GMT. Industrial orders

y/y working day adjusted was previously at 6.9% whereas the Services Survey y/y

expected growth of 6.2% prior.

     The only two noteworthy pieces of data in the afternoon/evening are the

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey at 1500GMT, followed with the Cleveland Federal

Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester speaking at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center

for Public Policy & Finance at Princeton University at 2130GMT.

     For those left unsatisfied with the calendar, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly

consumer confidence figure comes out at 2330GMT and is followed a bit later on

with RBA Assistant Governor Christopher Kent speaking at the Investment

Implementation Summit in Sydney.

--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com