Schedule for today, Thursday, Oct 31’2013:

00:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m September +3.4%

00:00 New Zealand ANZ Business Confidence October 54.1

00:05 United Kingdom Gfk Consumer Confidence October -10 -8

00:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m September -4.7% +2.9%

00:30 Australia Building Permits, y/y September +7.7% +1.2%

00:30 Australia Import Price Index, q/q Quarter III -0.3% +3.5%

00:30 Australia Export Price Index, q/q Quarter III -0.3% +3.4%

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, m/m September +0.3% +0.4%

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, y/y September +3.4% +3.4%

01:30 Japan Labor Cash Earnings, YoY September -0.6% -0.5%

01:30 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision 0.10% 0.10%

01:30 Japan Bank of Japan Monetary Base Target 270

01:30 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement

05:00 Japan Housing Starts, y/y September +8.8% +12.6%

06:00 Japan BOJ Outlook Report October

06:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index October +0.9% +0.7%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y October +5.0% +5.1%

07:00 Germany Retail sales, real adjusted September +0.5% +0.5%

07:00 Germany Retail sales, real unadjusted, y/y September +0.3% +1.1%

07:00 Germany Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey November 7.1 7.3

07:45 France Consumer spending September -0.4% +0.2%

07:45 France Consumer spending, y/y September -0.1%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (Preliminary) October +1.1% +1.1%

10:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate September 12.0% 12.0%

12:30 Canada GDP (m/m) August +0.6% +0.2%

13:00 U.S. Treasury Sec Lew Speaks

13:45 U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index October 55.7 344

13:45 U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index October 55.7 55.1

22:30 Australia AIG Manufacturing Index October 51.7