Adamant: Hardest metal
Monday, January 13, 2003

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MONDAY, JANUARY 13

HOLIDAYS

Japan (Coming of Age Day - No major events scheduled)

OPEC LIFTS PRODUCTION TO TAME OIL PRICES

OPEC on Sunday agreed to raise production to stave off

an

oil price shock threatened by a strike in Venezuela and

war in Iraq. Oil prices held steady in Asia on Monday as

the hike was seen as too little, too late. For more,   

double click on [nSP130797]. N/A - G10 CENTRAL BANKERS HOLD REGULAR BIS MEETING, Basel

Group of 10 central bankers hold a regular meeting at

the

Bank for International Settlements. 0930 - UK DECEMBER

PRODUCER PRICES, London

November input prices fell 3.4 percent on the month and

0.9 percent on the year while output prices slipped 0.2

percent on the month and gained 1.2 percent on the year.

Final M0 money supply for December is also due. N/A  -

GERMAN NOVEMBER INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX

Industrial output fell 1.3 percent on the month in

October and 1.4 percent on the year. 1700 - ECB CHIEF

ECONOMIST ISSING SPEAKS, Frankfurt

Otmar Issing makes closing speech at forum for

international financial journalists.

DEBT AUCTIONS

Italian Treasury auctions 3-, 5- and 30-year fixed rate

bonds paying coupons of 3.5, 3.5 and 5.75 percent

respectively. Subscriptions close at 1000 GMT.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 N/A - JAPAN CABINET MEETING, Tokyo

 Cabinet meeting followed by minister's regular news

 conferences, including Finance Minister Masajuro

Shiokawa

 and Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma. N/A  - WORLD BANK

PRESIDENT VISITS TOKYO

James Wolfensohn visits Tokyo from January 14-17. 2350

(Mon) - JAPAN DECEMBER MONEY SUPPLY, BANK LENDING, Tokyo.

The Bank of Japan releases December money supply and

bank

lending data. Money supply rose 3.2 percent in November

from a year earlier, while bank lending fell 4.7

percent. 0000 - JAPAN ECONOMICS MINISTER TAKENAKA IN AUSTRALIA, Canberra

Japan's Economics and Financial Services Minister Heizo

Takenaka speaks at the Australian National University.

0500 - JAPAN NOVEMBER MACHINERY ORDERS, Tokyo

Core machinery orders fell 4.1 percent in October from

September.

DEBT AUCTIONS 0120 - Japan's Ministry of Finance offers

one-year Treasury

bills, results announced 0340 GMT. 0130 - Japan's MOF

announces issue amount of 30-year JGBs.

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