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• CIPS: UK Construction Growth Remains Strong in March
• GERMAN DATA: Mar new passenger car registrations wda.
• UK DATA: BOE UK Q4 housing equity withdrawal -2.7%…
• UK DATA: UK Q4 housing equity withdrawal BOE………
• UK DATA: UK Mar Construction PMI 56.4 vs 56.5 in…..
• Euro zone April sentix investor confidence 14.2
• UK construction PMI for March 56.4
• Cable steady early; data awaited
• Paris attempts to prise HSBC from London
• Spain’s March jobless rises 0.8% m/m, to reach 4.3 mln people – Labour Ministry
• German February plant, equipment orders +38% y/y
• Industry pleads with Bank of England not to raise rates this week
• Beyond the EU policy maker’s Dream
• A blow to Merkel’s coalition – WSJ
• Repeat; BOJ Tankan: Electronics Firms See FY11 Dlr Avg Y83.94
• Repeat: BOJ: Quake Impact on Mar Tankan Limited; June To Drop
• South Korean authorities seen buying dollars to stem won strength – Traders
• EUR/USD shows little net change during Asian trade
• ForexLive Asian market wrap: Quiet consolidation in Asia
• BOJ’s follow-up analysis to last week’s Tankan

CIPS: UK Construction Growth Remains Strong in March Posted: --Mar CIPS Construction Index 56.4 Versus 56.5 In Feb ...

GERMAN DATA: Mar new passenger car registrations wda. Posted: GERMAN DATA: Mar new passenger car registrations +13% wda y/y: VDIK -- Germany 1Q new passenger car registrations +14% y/y: VDIK

UK DATA: BOE UK Q4 housing equity withdrawal -2.7%… Posted: UK DATA: BOE UK Q4 housing equity withdrawal -2.7% post tax income.

UK DATA: UK Q4 housing equity withdrawal BOE……… Posted: UK DATA: UK Q4 housing equity withdrawal -stg7.02bln: BOE

UK DATA: UK Mar Construction PMI 56.4 vs 56.5 in….. Posted: UK DATA: UK Mar Construction PMI 56.4 vs 56.5 in Feb.

Euro zone April sentix investor confidence 14.2 Posted: Down from 17.1 in March and weaker than median forecast of 16.0.

UK construction PMI for March 56.4 Posted: Better than median forecast (Reuters) of 54.9.

Cable steady early; data awaited Posted: Cable sits at 1.6135, exactly where it sat 4 hours ago. Couple of bits of data coming up at 08:30 GMT: UK construction PMI for March expected 54.8 from previous 56.5 Bank of England equity withdrawal Q4 expected -5.7 bln

Paris attempts to prise HSBC from London Posted: Boo hiss

Spain’s March jobless rises 0.8% m/m, to reach 4.3 mln people – Labour Ministry Posted:

German February plant, equipment orders +38% y/y Posted: VDMA engineering association raises 2011 production forecast to growth of 14% from previous 10%.

Industry pleads with Bank of England not to raise rates this week Posted: The Independent

Beyond the EU policy maker’s Dream Posted: Irwin Stelzer in the WSJ.

A blow to Merkel’s coalition – WSJ Posted: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has announced his resignation as leader of the Free Democartic Party.

Repeat; BOJ Tankan: Electronics Firms See FY11 Dlr Avg Y83.94 Posted: TOKYO (MNI) - The average assumed dollar-yen exchange rate expected by major Japanese electronics makers for fiscal 2011 that began on April 1 is Y83.94, according to the full report of the Bank of Japan's March Tankan survey released on Monday. ...

Repeat: BOJ: Quake Impact on Mar Tankan Limited; June To Drop Posted: TOKYO (MNI) - Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers was only slightly damped by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11 while sentiment among large non-manufacturers as well as small manufacturers and non-manufacturers was actually better than the results for the pre-disaster survey period, more detailed accounts ...

South Korean authorities seen buying dollars to stem won strength – Traders Posted: Some of which they'll no doubt diversify into euros.

EUR/USD shows little net change during Asian trade Posted: EUR/USD sits at 1.4225, effectively unchanged from where it closed out last week in North America. The pairing did manage to rally to 1.4268 during Asian trade, but couldn't sustain the gains. Euro zone data for today: 08:00 GMT: Italian deficit to GDP Q4 expected 4.6% from previous 5.1% 08:30 GMT: Euro zone ...

ForexLive Asian market wrap: Quiet consolidation in Asia Posted: IMF pushing for Greek debt restructure- weekend press Floods, cyclones to cost AUD$9 billion- Australian Treasurer BOJ- June Tankan to be impacted by earthquake UK finance sector continues to grow Australian inflation rose 0.6% in March: TD-MI private survey Australian job ads rise 1.3% in March Ex-MoF Sakakibara (Mr Yen) sees USD/JPY rising towards 90 as ...

BOJ’s follow-up analysis to last week’s Tankan Posted: The BOJ has issued a bit more information today on how they expect the earthquake to affect sentiment in the next quarter.