Schedule for today, Thursday, Jan 9’2013:

00:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m November -1.8% -0.9%

00:30 Australia Building Permits, y/y November +23.1% +20.1%

00:30 Australia Retail sales (MoM) November +0.5% +0.5%

00:30 Australia Retail Sales Y/Y November +3.6%

01:30 China PPI y/y December -1.4% -1.2%

01:30 China CPI y/y December +3.0% +2.7%

07:45 France Trade Balance, bln November -4.7 -4.6

09:30 United Kingdom Trade in goods November -9.7 -9.5

10:00 Eurozone Business climate indicator December 0.18 0.2

10:00 Eurozone Economic sentiment index December 98.5 99.0

10:00 Eurozone Industrial confidence December -3.9 -3.3

11:00 Germany Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) November -1.2% +1.6%

11:00 Germany Industrial Production (YoY) November +1.0% +3.4%

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

12:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility 375 375

12:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement

12:45 Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision 0.25% 0.25%

13:15 Canada Housing Starts December 192 196

13:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference

13:30 Canada Building Permits (MoM) November +7.4% -2.3%

13:30 Canada New Housing Price Index November +0.1% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims January 339 337