Schedule for today, Thursday, Mar 7’2013:

00:30 Australia Trade Balance January -0.43 -0.51

03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision 0.10% 0.10%

03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement

06:45 Switzerland Unemployment Rate February 3.1% 3.1%

07:00 Japan BOJ Press Conference

08:00 Switzerland Foreign Currency Reserves February 427.0

09:00 Switzerland SNB Chairman Jordan Speaks February

11:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) January +0.8% +0.6%

11:00 Germany Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) January -1.8% +1.6%

12:00 United Kingdom BoE Interest Rate Decision 0.50% 0.50%

12:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility

12:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement

12:45 Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision 0.75% 0.75%

13:30 Canada Building Permits (MoM) January -11.2% +5.4%

13:30 Canada Trade balance, billions January -0.9 -0.6

13:30 U.S. International trade, bln January -38.5 -42.8

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (Revised) Quarter IV -2.0% -1.5%

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims 344 356

13:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference

18:15 U.S. FOMC Member Jerome Powell Speaks

20:00 U.S. Consumer Credit January 14.6 14.4

21:30 U.S. Bank Stress Test Results

23:50 Japan Current Account (adjusted), bln January 98.1 112.2

23:50 Japan GDP, q/q (Finally) Quarter IV -0.1% -0.1%