Schedule for today, Thursday, Mar 31’2016:

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

00:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m February 3.1%

00:00 New Zealand ANZ Business Confidence February 7.1

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, m/m February 0.5% 0.5%

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, y/y February 6.5%

05:00 Japan Construction Orders, y/y February -13.8%

05:00 Japan Housing Starts, y/y February 0.2% -2.4%

06:00 Germany Retail sales, real adjusted February 0.7% 0.3%

06:00 Germany Retail sales, real unadjusted, y/y February -0.8% 2.2%

07:00 United Kingdom BOE Gov Mark Carney Speaks

07:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. March 6.2% 6.2%

07:55 Germany Unemployment Change March -11 -7

08:30 United Kingdom Consumer credit, mln February 1564 1400

08:30 United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals February 74.58 73.5

08:30 United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, bln February 5.3 5.1

08:30 United Kingdom Current account, bln Quarter IV -17.5 -21.1

08:30 United Kingdom GDP, q/q (Finally) Quarter IV 0.4% 0.5%

08:30 United Kingdom GDP, y/y (Finally) Quarter IV 2.1% 1.9%

09:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y Preliminary) March -0.2% -0.1%

09:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI ex EFAT, Y/Y (Preliminary) March 0.8% 0.9%

12:30 Canada GDP (m/m) January 0.2% 0.3%

12:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims March 2179 2210

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims March 265 265

13:45 U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index March 47.6 50

21:00 U.S. FOMC Member Dudley Speak

22:30 Australia AIG Manufacturing Index March 53.5

23:50 Japan BoJ Tankan. Non-Manufacturing Index Quarter I 25 24

23:50 Japan BoJ Tankan. Manufacturing Index Quarter I 12 8