MNI US Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - It is a thin calendar to start the week on Monday.

Early in the day for US traders New York Federal Reserve Bank Vice President

Simon Potter is to speak on "Implementing Monetary Policy with the Balance

Sheet" at the ECB Workshop: Money Markets, Monetary Policy Implementation and

Central Bank Balance Sheets in Frankfurt, Germany at 1030GMT.

     During the day During the day ECB President Mario Draghi, ECB Supervisory

Board chair Daniele Nouy and ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure will

attend a Eurogroup meeting, in Brussels. There is no set time for comments.

     The US Employment Trends Index will be published at 1500GMT.

     Also at 1500GMT is the Canadian Ivey PMI.

     New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley will speak on

"Lessons from the Financial Crisis" at luncheon hosted by the Economic Club of

New York, in New York, with moderated Q&A at 1710GMT.

     At 1800GMT ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch will deliver a speech at

Slovenian Banking Days "Banking in the digital age" organised by the Banking

Association of Slovenia, in Brdo, Slovenia.

     The final release of the US day is Treasury STRIPS data at 2000GMT.

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