Schedule for today, Thursday, Jan 8’2015:

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

00:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m November +11.4% -2.7%

00:30 Australia Building Permits, y/y November +2.5%

07:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) November +2.5% -0.6%

07:00 Germany Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) November +2.4%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index December +0.4% +0.3%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y December +8.2%

10:00 Eurozone Producer Price Index, MoM November -0.4% -0.2%

10:00 Eurozone Producer Price Index (YoY) November -1.3%

10:00 Eurozone Business climate indicator December 0.18

10:00 Eurozone Industrial confidence December -5.1

10:00 Eurozone Economic sentiment index December 100.7

10:00 Eurozone Retail Sales (MoM) November +0.4% +0.3%

10:00 Eurozone Retail Sales (YoY) November +1.4% +1.1%

12:00 United Kingdom BoE Interest Rate Decision 0.50% 0.50%

12:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility 375 375

12:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement

13:30 Canada New Housing Price Index November +0.1% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims December 298 291

20:00 U.S. Consumer Credit November 13.2 15.1

21:45 New Zealand Building Permits, m/m November +8.8%

23:30 Australia AiG Performance of Construction Index December 45.4