Schedule for today, Friday, Mar 9'2012:

00:30 Australia Trade Balance January 1.33 1.53 -0.67

01:30 China CPI y/y February +4.5% +3.6% +3.2%

01:30 China PPI y/y February +0.7% 0.0% 0.0%

01:30 China Industrial Production y/y February +12.8% +12.4%

01:30 China Retail Sales y/y February +18.1% +17.4%

07:00 Germany CPI, m/m (finally) February -0.4% +0.7%

07:00 Germany CPI, y/y (finally) February +2.1% +2.3%

07:00 Germany Trade Balance January 13.9 14.3

07:45 France Industrial Production, m/m January -1.4% +0.6%

07:45 France Industrial Production, y/y January -1.3% -1.2%

09:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (MoM) January +0.5% +0.4%

09:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (YoY) January -3.3% -3.1%

09:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (MoM) January +1.0% +0.4%

09:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (YoY) January +0.8% +0.2%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Input (MoM) February +0.5% +0.7%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Input (YoY) February +7.0% +7.1%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Output (MoM) February +0.5% +0.4%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Output (YoY) February +4.1% +3.9%

09:30 United Kingdom Consumer Inflation Expectations Quarter I +4.1%

12:00 Canada Employment February 2.3 13.9

12:00 Canada Unemployment rate February 7.6% 7.6%

13:30 Canada Trade balance, billions January 2.7 2.0

13:30 U.S. International trade, bln January -48.8 -48.5

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls February 243 208

13:30 U.S. Unemployment Rate February 8.3% 8.3%

13:30 U.S. Average hourly earnings February +0.2% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. Average workweek February 34.5 34.5

15:00 U.S. Wholesale Inventories January +1.0% +0.7%

15:00 United Kingdom NIESR GDP Estimate February -0.2%