Schedule for today, Friday, Feb 28’2014:

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

00:00 New Zealand ANZ Business Confidence February 64.1         

00:05 United Kingdom Gfk Consumer Confidence February -7 -6     

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, m/m January +0.5% +0.5%     

00:30 Australia Private Sector Credit, y/y January +3.9%         

05:00 Japan Housing Starts, y/y January +18.0% +15.3%     

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index February +0.7% +0.6%     

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y February +8.8% +9.0%     

07:00 Germany Retail sales, real adjusted January -2.5% +1.2%     

07:00 Germany Retail sales, real unadjusted, y/y January -2.4% +0.1%     

07:45 France Consumer spending January -0.1% -0.8%     

07:45 France Consumer spending, y/y January +1.4% +1.4%     

09:00 Switzerland KOF Leading Indicator February 1.98 2.03     

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (Preliminary) February             

10:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate January 12.0% 12.0%     

10:00 U.S. FOMC Member Richard Fisher Speaks                 

13:30 United Kingdom BOE Gov Mark Carney Speaks                 

13:30 Canada GDP (m/m) December +0.2% -0.2%     

13:30 U.S. PCE price index, q/q Quarter IV +3.3% +2.9%     

13:30 U.S. PCE price index ex food, energy, q/q Quarter IV +1.1%         

13:30 U.S. GDP, q/q (Revised) Quarter IV +3.2% +2.6%     

14:45 U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index February 59.6 57.9     

14:55 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Finally) February 81.2 81.4     

15:00 U.S. Pending Home Sales (MoM) January -8.7% +2.9%     

15:15 U.S. FOMC Member Narayana Kocherlakota                 

15:15 U.S. FOMC Member Jeremy Stein Speaks                 

15:15 U.S. FOMC Member Charles Plosser Speaks