Schedule for today, Wednesday, Feb 18’2015:

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

00:00 China Bank holiday

03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision 0.10% 0.10%

03:00 Japan Bank of Japan Monetary Base Target 275

03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement

06:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference

09:30 United Kingdom Average Earnings, 3m/y December +1.7% +1.7%

09:30 United Kingdom Average earnings ex bonuses, 3 m/y December +1.8%

09:30 United Kingdom Bank of England Minutes

09:30 United Kingdom Claimant count January -29.7 -25.2

09:30 United Kingdom Claimant Count Rate January 2.6%

09:30 United Kingdom ILO Unemployment Rate December 5.8% 5.8%

10:00 Switzerland Credit Suisse ZEW Survey (Expectations) February -10.8

13:30 Canada Wholesale Sales, m/m December -0.3% +0.4%

13:30 U.S. Building Permits, mln January 1060 Revised From 1032 1060

13:30 U.S. Housing Starts, mln January 1089 1070

13:30 U.S. PPI, m/m January -0.3% -0.4%

13:30 U.S. PPI, y/y January +1.1%

13:30 U.S. PPI excluding food and energy, m/m January +0.3% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. PPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y January +2.1%

14:15 U.S. Industrial Production (MoM) January -0.1% +0.5%

14:15 U.S. Capacity Utilization January 79.7% 79.9%

19:00 U.S. FOMC meeting minutes

21:30 U.S. API Crude Oil Inventories February +1.6

21:45 New Zealand PPI Input (QoQ) Quarter IV -1.5% -0.2%

21:45 New Zealand PPI Output (QoQ) Quarter IV -1.1% -0.3%

22:00 U.S. FOMC Member Jerome Powell Speaks

23:50 Japan Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance, bln January -712.1 -600.0