Schedule for today, Thursday, May 23’2013:

01:00 Australia Consumer Inflation Expectation May +2.2%

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 50.4 50.5

05:00 Japan BoJ monthly economic report May

07:00 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 44.4 44.8

07:00 France Services PMI (Preliminary) May 44.3 44.7

07:30 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 48.1 48.9

07:30 Germany Services PMI (Preliminary) May 49.6 50.2

08:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 46.7 47.1

08:00 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) May 47.0 47.4

08:30 United Kingdom Business Investment, q/q Quarter I -0.8% +1.7%

08:30 United Kingdom Business Investment, y/y Quarter I +0.8%

08:30 United Kingdom GDP, q/q (Revised) Quarter I +0.3% +0.3%

08:30 United Kingdom GDP, y/y (Revised) Quarter I +0.6% +0.6%

10:05 U.S. FOMC Member James Bullard Speaks

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims May 360 347

13:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 52.1 52.3

13:00 U.S. Housing Price Index, m/m March +0.7% +0.9%

13:00 U.S. Housing Price Index, y/y March +7.1%

14:00 Eurozone Consumer Confidence May -22.3 -21.8

14:00 U.S. New Home Sales April 417 429

17:30 Eurozone ECB's Jens Weidmann Speaks

19:30 Eurozone ECB Presiden3t Mario Draghi Speaks

22:45 New Zealand Trade Balance, mln April 718 480