Schedule for today, Tuesday, Mar 1’2016:

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

00:30 Australia Current Account, bln Quarter IV -18.1 -20

00:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m January 9.2% -2%

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI February 49.4 49.3

01:00 China Non-Manufacturing PMI February 53.5

01:35 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 52.3

01:45 China Markit/Caixin Manufacturing PMI February 48.4

03:30 Australia Announcement of the RBA decision on the discount rate 2% 2%

03:30 Australia RBA Rate Statement

08:15 Switzerland Retail Sales (MoM) January 1.1%

08:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y January -1.6%

08:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI February 50 49.6

08:50 France Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 50 50.3

08:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. February 6.2% 6.2%

08:55 Germany Unemployment Change February -20 -10

08:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 52.3 50.2

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 52.3 51

09:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing February 52.9 52.2

10:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate January 10.4% 10.4%

13:30 Canada GDP (m/m) December 0.3% 0.1%

13:30 Canada GDP QoQ Quarter IV 0.6%

13:30 Canada GDP (YoY) Quarter IV 2.3% 0.1%

14:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 52.4 51

15:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m January 0.1% 0.3%

15:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing February 48.2 48.6

21:00 U.S. Total Vehicle Sales, mln February 17.58 17.7

23:50 Japan Capital Spending Quarter IV