Schedule for today, Thursday, Feb 20’2014:

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI February 49.5 49.4     

07:00 Germany Producer Price Index (MoM) January +0.1% +0.3%     

07:00 Germany Producer Price Index (YoY) January -0.5% -0.8%     

07:00 Switzerland Trade Balance January 0.50 1.47     

07:45 France CPI, m/m January +0.3% -0.3%     

07:45 France CPI, y/y January     +0.7% +1.1%     

07:58 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 49.3 49.6     

07:58 France Services PMI (Preliminary) February     48.9 49.5     

08:28 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 56.5 56.4     

08:28 Germany Services PMI (Preliminary) February 53.1 53.4     

08:58 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 54.0 54.2     

08:58 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) February 51.6 51.9     

11:00 United Kingdom CBI industrial order books balance February -2 6     

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims February 339 335     

13:30 U.S. CPI, m/m January +0.3% +0.1%     

13:30 U.S. CPI, Y/Y  January +1.5% +1.6%     

13:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, m/m January +0.1% +0.1%     

13:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y January +1.7% +1.6%     

14:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 53.7 53.6     

15:00 Eurozone Consumer Confidence February -11.7 -11.0     

15:00 U.S. Leading Indicators     December +0.1% +0.5%     

15:00 U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Quarter IV 6.41%         

15:00 U.S. Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey     February     9.4 9.2     

16:00 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories February +3.3         

23:50 Japan Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes