Foreign exchange market. Asian session: the dollar little changed

Economic calendar (GMT0):

Time/ Region/ Event/ Period/ Previous/ Forecast/ Actual

00:30 U.S. FED Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer Speaks

01:00 Australia RBA Assist Gov Lowe Speaks

The U.S. dollar little changed this morning after climbing against most major currencies on Wednesday. Positive data on the U.S. economy and comments from Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen and New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley supported the dollar. Yellen said that the U.S. economy is likely to continue making substantial progress and that a liftoff in rates in December is "a live possibility". William Dudley agreed with her point of view. Most of all greenback rose against the euro and the yen because these two currencies are facing risks of monetary policy easing by the ECB and Bank of Japan.

At the beginning of the session the Australian dollar declined amid comments from RBA Governor Glenn Stevens, but rebounded later. He said if policy were to change, it would almost certainly be an easing.

Today market participants will be focused on Bank of England minutes and BOE Governor Mark Carney's speech.

EUR/USD: the pair fluctuated within $1.0855-75 in Asian trade

USD/JPY: the pair fell to Y121.40

GBP/USD: the pair traded within $1.5375-95

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

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

07:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) September -1.8% 1%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index October -0.9% 0.6%

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y October 8.6% 9.5%

08:15 Switzerland Consumer Price Index (MoM) October 0.1% 0%

08:15 Switzerland Consumer Price Index (YoY) October -1.4% -1.4%

09:00 Eurozone ECB Economic Bulletin

10:00 Eurozone Retail Sales (MoM) September 0.0% 0.2%

10:00 Eurozone Retail Sales (YoY) September 2.3% 3%

10:00 Eurozone European Commission Economic Growth Forecasts

10:45 Eurozone ECB President Mario Draghi Speaks

12:00 United Kingdom BoE Interest Rate Decision 0.5% 0.5%

12:00 United Kingdom Bank of England Minutes

12:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement

12:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility 375 375

12:45 United Kingdom BOE Gov Mark Carney Speaks

13:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims October 2144 2144

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims October 260 262

13:30 U.S. Unit Labor Costs, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter III -1.4% 2.3%

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter III 3.3% -0.2%

13:30 U.S. FOMC Member Dudley Speak

14:10 U.S. FED Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer Speaks

15:00 Canada Ivey Purchasing Managers Index October 53.7 54

18:30 U.S. FOMC Member Dennis Lockhart Speaks

22:30 Australia AiG Performance of Construction Index October 51.9