Schedule for today, Thursday, Jan 23’2013:

00:00 Australia Consumer Inflation Expectation January +2.1%

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 51.0 50.6

02:00 China Leading Index December +1.4%

05:00 Japan BoJ monthly economic report January

07:58 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 47.0 47.6

07:58 France Services PMI (Preliminary) January 47.8 48.2

08:28 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 54.3 54.7

08:28 Germany Services PMI (Revised) January 53.5 54.1

08:58 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 52.7 53.2

08:58 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) January 51.0 51.5

09:00 Eurozone Current account, adjusted, bln November 21.8 19.2

09:00 United Kingdom MPC Member Fisher Speaks

09:00 Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meetings

11:00 United Kingdom CBI retail sales volume balance January 34 28

13:30 Canada Retail Sales, m/m November -0.1% +0.3%

13:30 Canada Retail Sales ex Autos, m/m November +0.4% +0.3%

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims January 326 331

13:30 U.S. Chicago Federal National Activity Index December 0.60

13:58 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 55.0 55.2

14:00 U.S. Housing Price Index, m/m November +0.5% +0.4%

14:00 U.S. Housing Price Index, y/y November +8.2%

15:00 U.S. Leading Indicators December +0.8% +0.1%

15:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales December 4.90 4.99

16:00 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories January -7.7