Schedule for today, Wednesday, Feb 29'2012:

00:00 New Zealand NBNZ Business Confidence January 16.9

00:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m January -4.9%

00:01 United Kingdom Gfk Consumer Confidence February -29 -27

00:15 U.S. FOMC Member Pianalto Speaks 0

00:30 Australia Retail sales (MoM) January -0.1% +0.3%

00:30 Australia Retail Sales Y/Y January +3.0%

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, m/m January +0.3% +0.3%

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, y/y January +3.5% +3.6%

05:00 Japan Housing Starts, y/y January -7.3% -3.3%

07:45 France Consumer spending January -0.7% +0.3%

07:45 France Consumer spending, y/y January -3.1% -2.1%

08:00 Switzerland KOF Leading Indicator February -0.17 -0.11

08:55 Germany Unemployment Change February -34 -5

08:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. February 6.7% 6.7%

09:30 United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, bln January 0.4 0.8

09:30 United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals January 52.9 54.0

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI January +0.3% -0.8%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (finally) January +2.7% +2.7%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI ex EFAT, Y/Y January +1.6% +1.8%

13:30 U.S. GDP, y/y (revised) IV quarter +1.8% +2.8%

13:30 U.S. PCE price index, q/q IV quarter +0.7%

13:30 U.S. PCE price index ex food, energy, q/q IV quarter +1.1%

14:30 U.S. FOMC Member Richard Fisher Speaks 0

14:45 U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index February 60.2 61.6

15:00 U.S. Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks 0

15:30 U.S. EIA Crude Oil Stocks change 24.02.2012 +1.6

18:00 U.S. FOMC Member Charles Plosser Speaks 0

19:00 U.S. Fed's Beige Book February

23:50 Japan Capital Spending IV quarter -9.8% -6.4%