Schedule for today, Wednesday, Aug 15’2012:

00:30 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence August +3.7% -2.5%

01:30 Australia Wage Price Index, q/q Quarter II +0.9% +0.9% +1.0%

01:30 Australia Wage Price Index, y/y Quarter II +3.6% +3.5% +3.7%

08:30 United Kingdom Bank of England Minutes -

08:30 United Kingdom Claimant count July 6.4 6.3

08:30 United Kingdom Claimant Count Rate July 4.9% 4.9%

08:30 United Kingdom ILO Unemployment Rate June 8.1% 8.1%

08:30 United Kingdom Average Earnings, 3m/y June +1.5% +1.9%

08:30 United Kingdom Average earnings ex bonuses, 3 m/y June +1.8% +1.9%

12:30 U.S. CPI, m/m July 0.0% +0.2%

12:30 U.S. CPI, Y/Y July +1.7% +1.5%

12:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, m/m July +0.2% +0.2%

12:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y July +2.2% +2.2%

12:30 U.S. NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index August 7.39 6.7

13:00 U.S. Total Net TIC Flows June 101.7

13:00 U.S. Net Long-term TIC Flows June 55.0 63.5

13:15 U.S. Industrial Production (MoM) July +0.4% +0.5%

13:15 U.S. Capacity Utilization July 78.9% 79.3%

14:00 U.S. NAHB Housing Market Index August 35 34

14:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories - -3.7

22:00 New Zealand ANZ Job Advertisements (MoM) July -1.4%