Schedule for today, Friday, Dec 14’2012:

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) December 50.5 50.9

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (MoM) (finally) October +1.8% +1.8%

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (YoY) (finally) October -4.3%

08:00 France Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) December 44.5 44.9

08:00 France Services PMI (preliminary) December 45.8 45.8

08:30 Germany Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) December 46.8 47.3

08:30 Germany Services PMI (preliminary) December 49.7 50.0

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) December 46.2 46.6

09:00 Eurozone Services PMI (preliminary) December 46.7 47.0

09:00 Eurozone Employment Change Quarter III 0.0% 0.0%

09:00 Eurozone EU Economic Summit -

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI November +0.2% -0.2%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (finally) November +2.2% +2.2%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI ex EFAT, Y/Y November +1.5% +1.5%

13:30 Canada Manufacturing Shipments (MoM) October +0.4% 0.0%

13:30 U.S. CPI, m/m November +0.1% -0.1%

13:30 U.S. CPI, Y/Y November +2.2% +1.9%

13:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, m/m November +0.2% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y November +2.0% +2.0%

14:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) December 52.8 52.6

14:15 U.S. Industrial Production (MoM) December -0.4% +0.3%