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The Week Ahead October 22 - October 26

United States

Tuesday: Richmond Federal Reserve District Manufacturing Index at for October at 10:00 ET; September 14.

Wednesday: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Mortgage Application Index for the week ending October 19th at 7:00 ET; prior week +0.7% to 656.3. Existing Home Sales for September at 10:00 ET; August 5.50 million.

Thursday: Jobless Claims for the week ending October 20th at 8:30 ET; prior week +28,000 to 337,000. Durable Goods Orders for September at 8:30 ET; August -4.9%, ex defense -5.4%, ex transport -1.8%. New Home Sales for September at 10:00 ET; August 795,000.

Friday: Final University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for October at 10:00 ET; preliminary 82.0.

Eurozone
Tuesday: Industrial New Orders for August at 9:00 GMT; July -4.0% m/m, +10.9% y/y.

Wednesday: Current Account for August at 8:00 GMT; July seasonally adjusted +E36.6 billion, not seasonally adjusted +E3.3 billion. Flash (1st issue) Manufacturing PMI for October at 9:00 GMT; September 53.2. Flash (1st issue) Services PMI for October at 9:00 GMT; September 54.2.

Friday: Money Supply (M3) for September at 8:00 GMT; August +11.6% y/y, 3 month moving average +11.4% y/y. Loans to private sector for September at 8:00 GMT; August +11.2% y/y.

Germany
Thursday: IFO Survey for October at 8:00 GMT; September 'business sentiment' 104.2, 'current assessment' 109.9, 'business expectations' 98.7.

Friday: GfK Consumer Confidence for November at 6:00 GMT; October 6.8.

United Kingdom
Monday: CBI Industrial Trends Survey for October at 11:00 GMT; September 'monthly orders balance' 6. CBI Quarterly Industrial Trends Survey for Q4 at 11:00 GMT; Q3 'business optimism balance' -2. .

Tuesday: Nationwide House Prices for October at 7:00 GMT; September +0.7% m/m, +9.0 y/y.

Thursday: Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling testimony to the Treasury Committee at 11:00 ET.

Friday: Land Registry House Prices for September at 11:00 GMT; August +0.2% m/m, +9.4% y/y.

Japan
Friday: National Core CPI for September at 23:30 GMT (October 25); August -0.1%. Central Tokyo CPI for October at 23:30 GMT (October 25); September -0.1%.

China
Monday: Q3 GDP (release time undetermined); Q2 +11.5% y/y. CPI for September (release time undetermined); August +6.5% ytd, +3.5% y/y. Fixed Asset Investment for September (release time undetermined); August +26.7% y/y.