Schedule for today, Thursday, Feb 21’2013:

07:00 Switzerland Trade Balance January 1.00 1.74

08:00 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 42.9 43.9

08:00 France Services PMI (Preliminary) February 43.6 44.5

08:30 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 49.8 50.4

08:30 Germany Services PMI (Preliminary) February 55.7 55.5

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 47.9 48.4

09:00 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) February 48.6 49.2

09:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln January 13.2 -11.3

11:00 United Kingdom CBI industrial order books balance February -20 -16

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims February 341 361

13:30 U.S. CPI, m/m January 0.0% +0.1%

13:30 U.S. CPI, Y/Y January +1.7% +1.7%

13:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, m/m January +0.1% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. CPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y January +1.9% +1.8%

14:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) February 55.8 55.6

15:00 U.S. Leading Indicators January +0.5% +0.2%

15:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales January 4.94 4.91

15:00 U.S. Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey February -5.8 0.7

15:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories February +0.6

15:30 Canada Bank of Canada Review Quarter I

17:30 U.S. FOMC Member James Bullard Speaks February