Foreign exchange market. Asian session: the euro little changed

Economic calendar (GMT0):

Time/ Region/ Event/ Period/ Previous/ Forecast/ Actual

02:15 Australia RBA Assist Gov Kent Speaks

05:30 France GDP, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter II 0.7% Revised From 0.6% 0.2% 0.0%

05:30 France GDP, Y/Y (Preliminary) Quarter II 0.8% 1.0%

06:00 Germany GDP (YoY) (Preliminary) Quarter II 1.1% 1.5% 1.6%

06:00 Germany GDP (QoQ) (Preliminary) Quarter II 0.3% 0.5% 0.4%

The euro was quite stable this morning. Market participants are waiting for the euro zone GDP statistics. Data are likely to show that modest growth persisted. A median forecast suggests a 0.4% growth rate in the second quarter just like in the first quarter. Analysts also say that France and Italy are likely to report slower growth. This would underline uneven recovery in the single currency area, where Germany leads compared to other key economies.

The yen fluctuated mildly after the central Bank of China strengthened the yuan by 0.06%. Friday fix is slightly above Thursday's median level, which suggests a reversal of dynamics of the past three days.

The New Zealand dollar fell amid retail sales data. The corresponding index rose by 0.1% in the second quarter of the current year missing expectations for a 0.5% increase. First quarter reading was revised to 2.3% from 2.7%. Nevertheless on an annualized basis retail sales rose by 5.9% vs 5.2% expected.

EUR/USD: the pair fluctuated within $1.1135-60 in Asian trade

USD/JPY: the pair traded within Y124.35-50

GBP/USD: the pair traded within $1.5600-15

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

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

09:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI ex EFAT, Y/Y (Finally) July 0.8% 1%

09:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI July 0.0% -0.6%

09:00 Eurozone GDP (YoY) (Preliminary) Quarter II 1.0% 1.3%

09:00 Eurozone GDP (QoQ) (Preliminary) Quarter II 0.4% 0.4%

12:30 Canada Manufacturing Shipments (MoM) June 0.1% 2.1%

12:30 U.S. PPI excluding food and energy, m/m July 0.3% 0.1%

12:30 U.S. PPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y July 0.8% 0.5%

12:30 U.S. PPI, m/m July 0.4% 0.1%

12:30 U.S. PPI, y/y July -0.7% -0.9%

13:15 U.S. Capacity Utilization July 77.8% 78%

13:15 U.S. Industrial Production (MoM) July 0.2% 0.3%

13:15 U.S. Industrial Production YoY July 1.3%

14:00 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Preliminary) August 93.1 93.5