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Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Consumer inflation expectation marginally declines to 4 percent in March from 4.1 percent in February. Unemployment rate touched 5.9 percent as February saw 6,400 jobs loss.
- Japan: BoJ kept interest rates steady at -0.1 percent.
- Netherlands: Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party is set to win most seats. So far they have won 33 seats, much higher than 20 for Mr. Geert Wilders’ PVV.
Upcoming:
- Japan: BoJ press conference at 5:30 GMT.
- Switzerland: SNB will announce interest rate decision at 8:30 GMT.
- Eurozone: Consumer price inflation numbers for February will be reported at 10:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: BoE will announce interest rate decision at 12:00 GMT.
- United States: Housing starts data for February will be reported at 12:30 GMT, along with building permits numbers and weekly jobless claims report and followed by JOLTS jobs report. EIA will release weekly inventory report at 14:30 GMT.
