Schedule for today, Thursday, Feb 27’2014:

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

00:30 Australia Private Capital Expenditure Quarter IV +3.6% -1.0%     

00:30 U.S. FOMC Member Pianalto Speaks                 

06:45 Switzerland Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) Quarter IV +0.5% +0.4%     

06:45 Switzerland Gross Domestic Product (YoY) Quarter IV +1.9% +2.0%     

07:45 France Consumer confidence February 86 86     

08:15 Switzerland Employment Level Quarter IV 4.20 4.22     

08:55 Germany Unemployment Change February -28 -10     

08:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. February 6.8% 6.8%     

09:00 Eurozone M3 money supply, adjusted y/y January +1.0%         

10:00 Eurozone Business climate indicator February 0.19 0.24     

10:00 Eurozone Economic sentiment index February 100.9 101.0     

10:00 Eurozone Industrial confidence February -3.9 -4.0     

13:00 Germany CPI, m/m (Preliminary) February -0.6% +0.6%     

13:00 Germany CPI, y/y (Preliminary) February +1.3% +1.3%     

13:30 Canada Current Account, bln Quarter IV -15.5 -16.5     

13:30 U.S. Durable Goods Orders January -4.3% -0.7%     

13:30 U.S. Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation January -1.6% -0.1%     

13:30 U.S. Durable goods orders ex defense January -3.7% -1.2%     

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims February 336 333     

15:30 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Testifies             

18:30 Eurozone ECB President Mario Draghi Speaks                 

18:30 United Kingdom MPC Member Miles Speaks                 

21:45 New Zealand Building Permits, m/m January +7.6% -15.0%     

23:15 Japan Manufacturing PMI February 56.6         

23:30 Japan Unemployment Rate January 3.7% 3.7%     

23:30 Japan Household spending Y/Y January +0.7% +0.5%     

23:30 Japan Tokyo Consumer Price Index, y/y February +0.7% +1.0%     

23:30 Japan Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food, y/y February +0.7% +0.8%     

23:30 Japan National Consumer Price Index, y/y January +1.6% +1.4%     

23:30 Japan National CPI Ex-Fresh Food, y/y January +1.3% +1.3%     

23:50 Japan Industrial Production (MoM) (Preliminary) January +0.9% +3.1%     

23:50 Japan Industrial Production (YoY) (Preliminary) January +7.1% +8.8%     

23:50 Japan Retail sales, y/y January +2.6% +3.9%