Schedule for today, Thursday, Feb 5’2015:

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

00:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m December +2.2%

00:30 Australia Retail Sales, M/M December +0.1% +0.3%

00:30 Australia NAB Quarterly Business Confidence Quarter IV 6

00:30 Australia Retail Sales Y/Y December +4.5%

06:45 Switzerland SECO Consumer Climate Quarter IV -11 -13

07:00 Germany Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) December -0.4%

07:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) December -2.4% +1.4%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index January +0.9% +0.2%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y January +7.8% +7.8%

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 Trade balance, billions December -0.64 -1.00

13:30 U.S. International Trade, bln December -39.0 -38.0

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims January 265 277

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter IV -2.3% +0.9%

13:30 U.S. Unit Labor Costs, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter IV -1.0% +1.1%

22:30 Australia AiG Performance of Construction Index January 44.4