Schedule for today, Friday, Mar 1’2013:

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI February 50.4 50.5

01:00 U.S. FOMC Member Charles Evans Speaks

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 52.3 52.3

05:30 Australia RBA Commodity prices, y/y February -6.4%

07:00 Germany Retail sales, real adjusted January -1.7% +1.1%

07:00 Germany Retail sales, real unadjusted, y/y January -4.7% -1.7%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index February +0.5% +0.2%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y February 0.0% -0.2%

08:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI February 52.5 52.2

08:50 France Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 43.6 43.6

08:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 50.1 50.1

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 47.8 47.8

09:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing February 50.8 51.0

09:30 United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, bln January 1.7 1.1

09:30 United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals January 55.8 56.5

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (Preliminary) February +2.0% +2.0%

10:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate January 11.7% 11.8%

13:30 U.S. PCE price index ex food, energy, m/m January 0.0% +0.1%

13:30 U.S. PCE price index ex food, energy, Y/Y January +1.4% +1.3%

13:30 U.S. Personal Income, m/m January +2.6% -1.9%

13:30 U.S. Personal spending January +0.2% +0.2%

13:30 Canada GDP (m/m) December +0.3% -0.1%

14:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 55.2 55.2

14:55 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Finally) February 76.3 76.3

15:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m January +0.9% +0.5%

15:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing February 53.1 52.5