Schedule for today, Thursday, Nov 1’2012:

00:30 Australia Import Price Index, q/q Quarter III +2.4% -1.0% -2.4%

00:30 Australia Export Price Index, q/q Quarter III +1.0% -6.4% -6.4%

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI October 49.8 50.3 50.2

02:30 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (finally) October 49.1 49.1 49.5

05:30 Australia RBA Commodity prices, y/y October -14.9%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index October -0.4% +0.2%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y October -1.4% -1.2%

08:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y September +5.9% +6.4%

08:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI October 43.6 44.6

09:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing October 48.4 48.1

12:15 U.S. ADP Employment Report October 162 139

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims - 369 371

12:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (preliminary) Quarter III +2.2% +1.3%

13:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (finally) October 51.3 51.5

14:00 U.S. Consumer confidence October 70.3 72.4

14:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing October 51.5 51.2

14:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m September -0.6% +0.7%

15:00 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories - +5.9

16:30 U.S. FOMC Member Dennis Lockhart Speaks -

23:50 Japan Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes -