MNI US Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - 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