Schedule for today, Wednesday, May 2'2012:

01:30 Japan Labor Cash Earnings, YoY March +0.7% +0.4%

02:30 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (finally) April 48.3 49.1

07:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index April +2.2% +1.2%

07:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y April -0.6% _0.8%

07:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y March +0.8% +1.2%

07:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI April 51.1 53.6

07:50 France Manufacturing PMI (finally) April 46.7 47.3

07:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (finally) March 48.4 46.3

07:55 Germany Unemployment Change April -18 -9

07:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. April 6.7% 6.7%

08:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (finally) April 47.7 46.0

08:30 United Kingdom PMI Construction April 56.7 54.2

08:30 United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, bln March 1.6 1.7

08:30 United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals March 49.0 48.0

09:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate March 10.8% 10.9%

09:00 Eurozone ECOFIN Meetings -

12:00 U.S. FOMC Member Tarullo Speaks -

12:15 U.S. ADP Employment Report April 209 179

14:00 U.S. Factory Orders March +1.3% -1.4%

14:30 U.S. EIA Crude Oil Stocks change - +4.0

22:45 New Zealand Employment Change, q/q Quarter I +0.1% +0.5%

22:45 New Zealand Unemployment Rate Quarter I 6.3% 6.2%

23:30 Australia AIG Services Index April 47.0