Schedule for today, Thursday, Jule 31’2014:

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

01:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m June +9.9% +0.2%

01:30 Australia Building Permits, y/y June +14.3%

01:30 Australia Import Price Index, q/q Quarter II +3.2% -1.4%

01:30 Australia Export Price Index, q/q Quarter II +3.6%

01:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, m/m June +0.4% +0.4%

01:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, y/y June +4.7%

01:30 Japan Labor Cash Earnings, YoY June +0.6% Revised From +0.8% +0.7%

05:00 Japan Housing Starts, y/y June -15.0% -11.2%

06:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index July +1.0% +0.6%

06:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y July +11.8%

06:00 Germany Retail sales, real adjusted June -0.6% +1.1%

06:00 Germany Retail sales, real unadjusted, y/y June +1.9%

06:45 France Consumer spending June +1.0% +0.3%

06:45 France Consumer spending, y/y June -0.6%

07:55 Germany Unemployment Change July +9 -5

07:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. July 6.7%

09:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (Preliminary) July +0.5% +0.5%

09:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate June 11.6% 11.6%

12:30 Canada GDP (m/m) May +0.1% +0.3%

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims July 284 306

12:30 U.S. Employment Cost Index Quarter II +0.3% +0.5%

13:45 U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index July 62.6 63.2

23:30 Australia AIG Manufacturing Index July 48.9