Schedule for today, Thursday, Feb 6’2014:

00:00 China Bank holiday

00:30 Australia Retail sales (MoM) December +0.7% +0.5% +0.5%

00:30 Australia Retail Sales Y/Y December +4.6% +5.7%

00:30 Australia NAB Quarterly Business Confidence Quarter IV 5 Revised From 3 8

00:30 Australia Trade Balance December 0.08 Revised From -0.12 -0.27 0.47

06:45 Switzerland SECO Consumer Climate Quarter IV -5 0

07:00 Switzerland Trade Balance December 2.11 2.41

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index January -0.6% +0.4%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y January +7.5% +7.3%

11:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) December +2.1% +0.3%

11:00 Germany Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) December +6.8%

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%

13:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference

13:30 Canada Trade balance, billions December -0.94 1.00

13:30 U.S. International Trade, bln December -34.3 -35.8

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims January 348 334

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter IV +3.0% +2.6%

13:30 U.S. Unit Labor Costs, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter IV -1.4% -0.5%

15:00 Canada Ivey Purchasing Managers Index January 46.3 51.3

22:30 Australia AiG Performance of Construction Index January 50.8