Schedule for today, Thursday, Apr 4’2013:

00:00 China Bank holiday April

00:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m February -2.0% +2.4% 3.1%

00:30 Australia Building Permits, y/y February +12.8% +14.3% +10%

00:30 Australia Retail sales (MoM) February +1.2% +0.3% +1.3%

00:30 Australia Retail Sales Y/Y February +3.0%

03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision April 0.10% 0.10%

03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement April

07:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index March +0.5% +0.2%

07:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y March +1.9% +1.1%

07:00 Japan BOJ Press Conference April

07:50 France Services PMI (Finally) March 41.9 41.9

07:55 Germany Services PMI (Finally) March 51.6 51.6

08:00 Eurozone Services PMI (Finally) March 46.5 46.5

08:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Services March 51.8 51.4

09:00 Eurozone Producer Price Index, MoM February +0.6% +0.2%

09:00 Eurozone Producer Price Index (YoY) February +1.9% +1.4%

11:00 United Kingdom BoE Interest Rate Decision April 0.50% 0.50%

11:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility April 375 375

11:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement April

11:45 Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision April 0.75% 0.75%

12:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference April

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims March 357 354

12:45 U.S. FOMC Member Charles Evans Speaks April

14:30 U.S. Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks April

16:30 U.S. FOMC Member Esther George Speaks April