Schedule for today, Thursday, March 01’2018 (GMT0)

00:30 Australia Private Capital Expenditure Quarter IV 1.0% 0.9%

00:30 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 54.8 54

01:45 China Markit/Caixin Manufacturing PMI February 51.5 51.3

05:00 Japan Consumer Confidence February 44.7 44.9

06:45 Switzerland Gross Domestic Product (YoY) Quarter IV 1.2% 1.8%

06:45 Switzerland Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) Quarter IV 0.6% 0.6%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y February 3.2% 2.6%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index February 0.6% 0.2%

08:15 Switzerland Retail Sales (MoM) January -0.7%

08:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y January 0.6% 1.1%

08:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI February 65.3 64.0

08:50 France Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 58.4 56.1

08:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 61.1 60.3

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 59.6 58.5

09:30 United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, bln January 5.2 5.4

09:30 United Kingdom Consumer credit, mln January 1.52 1.4

09:30 United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals January 61.04 62

09:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing February 55.3 55.0

10:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate January 8.7% 8.6%

13:30 Canada Current Account, bln Quarter IV -19.4 -17.9

13:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims February 1875 1930

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims February 222 226

13:30 U.S. PCE price index ex food, energy, Y/Y January 1.5% 1.5%

13:30 U.S. PCE price index ex food, energy, m/m January 0.2% 0.3%

13:30 U.S. Personal Income, m/m January 0.4% 0.3%

13:30 U.S. Personal spending January 0.4% 0.2%

14:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Finally) February 55.5 55.9

15:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m January 0.7% 0.2%

15:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing February 59.1 58.6

15:00 U.S. Fed Chair Powell Testifies

16:00 U.S. FOMC Member Dudley Speak

20:00 U.S. Total Vehicle Sales, mln February 17.16 17.25

21:45 New Zealand Building Permits, m/m January -9.6%

23:30 Japan Tokyo Consumer Price Index, y/y February 1.3% 1.5%

23:30 Japan Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food, y/y February 0.7% 0.8%

23:30 Japan Household spending Y/Y January -0.1%

23:30 Japan Unemployment Rate January 2.8% 2.7%