Schedule for today, Friday, Feb 1’2013:

00:30 Australia Producer price index, q / q IV quarter +0.6% +0.3%

00:30 Australia Producer price index, y/y IV quarter +1.1% +1.2%

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI January 50.6 51.1

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (finally) January 51.9 52.1

05:30 Australia RBA Commodity prices, y/y January -8.0%

08:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI January 49.5 50.5

08:50 France Manufacturing PMI (finally) January 42.9 42.9

08:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (finally) January 48.8 48.8

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (finally) January 47.5 47.5

09:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing January 51.4 51.0

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (preliminary) January +2.2% +2.2%

10:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate December 11.8% 11.9%

13:30 U.S. Unemployment Rate January 7.8% 7.8%

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls January 155 156

13:30 U.S. Average hourly earnings January +0.3% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. Average workweek January 34.5 34.5

14:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (finally) January 56.1 56.1

14:55 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (finally) January 71.3 71.4

15:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing January 50.7 50.8