Schedule for today, Friday, Apr 5’2013:

00:00 China Bank holiday April

05:00 Japan Leading Economic Index February 95.0 97.2

05:00 Japan Coincident Index February 91.6 91.9

05:00 Japan BoJ monthly economic report 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 Switzerland Foreign Currency Reserves March 427.7 427.0

08:00 United Kingdom BOE Chief Economist Spencer Dale Speaks April

09:00 Eurozone Retail Sales (MoM) February +1.2% -0.3%

09:00 Eurozone Retail Sales (YoY) February -1.3% -1.3%

09:00 Eurozone GDP (QoQ) (Finally) Quarter IV -0.6% -0.6%

09:00 Eurozone GDP (YoY) (Finally) Quarter IV -0.9%

10:00 Eurozone ECB Announces 3-Year LTRO Repayment

10:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) February -1.9% +1.2%

10:00 Germany Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) February -2.5% -1.5%

12:30 Canada Trade balance, billions February -0.2 0.2

12:30 Canada Unemployment rate March 7.0% 7.0%

12:30 Canada Employment March 50.7 7.6

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

12:30 U.S. International trade, bln February -44.5 -44.6

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

12:30 U.S. Unemployment Rate March 7.7% 7.7%

12:30 U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls March 236 185

14:00 Canada Ivey Purchasing Managers Index March 51.1 52.3