Schedule for today, Friday, Jan 4’2012:

01:45China HSBC Services PMIDecember 52.150.6

07:00Germany Retail sales, real adjustedNovember -2.8%+0.9%

07:00Germany Retail sales, real unadjusted, y/yNovember -0.8%-1.6%

08:00United Kingdom Halifax house price indexDecember 0.0%+0.1%

08:00United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/YDecember -1.2%

08:50France Services PMI(finally)December 46.046.0

08:55Germany Services PMI(finally)December 52.152.1

09:00Eurozone Services PMI(finally)December 47.847.8

09:30United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index ServicesDecember 50.250.4

09:30United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, blnNovember -0.30.4

09:30United Kingdom Mortgage ApprovalsNovember 53.054.2

10:00Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/YNovember +2.2%+2.1%

13:30Canada Unemployment rateDecember 7.2%7.3%

13:30Canada EmploymentDecember 59.30.0

13:30Canada Raw Material Price IndexNovember 0.0%-0.9%

13:30Canada Industrial product prices, m/mNovember -0.1%-0.1%

13:30U.S. Unemployment RateDecember 7.7%7.7%

13:30U.S. Nonfarm PayrollsDecember 146145

13:30U.S. Average hourly earningsDecember +0.2%+0.2%

13:30U.S. Average workweekDecember 34.434.4

15:00U.S. ISM Non-ManufacturingDecember 54.754.3

15:00U.S. Factory OrdersNovember +0.8%+0.4%

16:00U.S. Crude Oil Inventories- -0.6

18:15U.S. FOMC Member Charles Plosser Speaks-