Schedule for today, Wednesday, Aug 12’2015:

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

00:30 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence August -3.2%

01:30 Australia Wage Price Index, y/y Quarter II 2.3% 2.3%

01:30 Australia Wage Price Index, q/q Quarter II 0.5% 0.6%

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (YoY) (Finally) June -3.9% 2.0%

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (MoM) (Finally) June -2.1% 0.8%

05:30 China Industrial Production y/y July 6.8% 6.6%

05:30 China Retail Sales y/y July 10.6% 10.6%

05:30 China Fixed Asset Investment June 11.4% 11.5%

08:30 United Kingdom Average earnings ex bonuses, 3 m/y June 2.8% 2.8%

08:30 United Kingdom Average Earnings, 3m/y June 3.2% 2.8%

08:30 United Kingdom ILO Unemployment Rate June 5.6% 5.6%

08:30 United Kingdom Claimant count July 7 1.5

09:00 Eurozone Industrial production, (MoM) June -0.4% -0.2%

09:00 Eurozone Industrial Production (YoY) June 1.6% 1.5%

09:00 Switzerland Credit Suisse ZEW Survey (Expectations) August -5.4

10:00 Australia RBA Assist Gov Lowe Speaks

11:00 U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications August 4.7%

12:30 U.S. FOMC Member Dudley Speak

14:00 U.S. JOLTs Job Openings June 5.363 5.3

14:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories August -4.407

18:00 U.S. Federal budget July 51.8 -132

22:30 New Zealand Business NZ PMI July 55.2

23:50 Japan Core Machinery Orders June 0.6% -5.6%

23:50 Japan Core Machinery Orders, y/y June 19.3% 16.4%