MNI US Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - Its a fairly muted US calendar Monday, with little US data

slated on the calendar.

     ECB President Mario Draghi will give his introductory statement at the ECON

Hearing at the European Parliament, in Brussels, starting at 0900ET.

     Across the Atlantic, there is only a limited US data calendar, with just

the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey set for publication at 1030ET.

     At 1045ET, ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure chairs a policy panel

on "Exit from non-standard monetary policy" at Second ECB Annual Research

Conference, in Frankfurt.

     Back in the US, at 1220ET, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

Evans speakS at The Economic Club of Grand Rapids Luncheon Meeting in Grand

Rapids, Michigan, with audience and media Q&A.

     At 1630ET, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari will

participate in Eye of the Hawk Town Hall Event in Grand Forks, North Dakota,

with audience Q&A.

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