Schedule for today, Friday, Apr 01’2016:

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

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI March 49.0 49.3

01:00 China Non-Manufacturing PMI March 52.7

01:45 China Markit/Caixin Manufacturing PMI March 48

02:00 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Finally) March 50.1 49.1

07:15 Switzerland Retail Sales (MoM) February -0.3%

07:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y February 0.2% 0.5%

07:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI March 51.6 51

07:50 France Manufacturing PMI (Finally) March 50.2 49.6

07:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Finally) March 50.5 50.4

08:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Finally) March 51.2 51.4

08:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing March 50.8 51.2

09:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate February 10.3% 10.3%

12:30 U.S. Average hourly earnings March -0.1% 0.2%

12:30 U.S. Average workweek March 34.4 34.5

12:30 U.S. Unemployment Rate March 4.9% 4.9%

12:30 U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls March 242 205

13:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Finally) March 51.3 51.4

14:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m February 1.5% 0.1%

14:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing March 49.5 50.7

14:00 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Finally) March 91.7 90.5

16:00 U.S. FOMC Member Mester Speaks

20:00 U.S. Total Vehicle Sales, mln March 17.54 17.5