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The Day Ahead

Good morning – its Thursday February 3rd and the 34th day of 2005.

Today and tomorrow the G7 finance ministers meet in London – heads up on the currency front, perhaps the consolidation in various currencies which has been forming for days will finally break down based on political rather than strictly fiscal stimulus. After all, yesterday the FOMC raised US rates, as expected1, and today the ECB kept European key rates steady, again, and as expected2.

US Market Calendar

  • 6:00 am: Monster Employment Index
  • 7:45 am: European Central Bank policy announcement2
  • 8:30 am: Productivity – Q4 P
  • 8:30 am: Initial Claims – Jan. 29th week3
  • 10:00 am: Factory Orders – Dec.
  • 10:00 am: Non-mfg ISM Index – Jan.
  • 11:00 am: Chain-Store Sales – Jan.

Canadian Market Calendar

  • 8:15 am: Foreign Reserves – Jan.

Earnings and the Federal Reserve

For earnings highlights, please see today's WSJ Earnings Calendar.

For a list of upcoming speeches, congressional testimony, Federal Open Market Committee material, and statistical releases, please visit the What's Next page of The Federal Reserve Board website. Recently released Federal Reserve Board material, including market moving FOMC decisions and speeches by members, will be found on their What's New page.

1 FOMC Press Release

2 ECB holds interest rates at 2 per cent

3 US Initial Jobless Claims Fell 9,000 Last Week to 316,000

05.02.03 08:52 #