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Not many economic dockets and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: RBA released minutes of the meeting. House prices rose by 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter, up 7.7 percent from a year ago.
Upcoming:
- Switzerland: SECO economic forecasts report will be published at 6:45 GMT, followed by February trade balance report at 7:00 GMT.
- Spain: Trade balance report will be released at 9:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: RPI, CPI, PPI, and HPI inflation report will be released at 9:30 GMT, along with net borrowing in public sector for February.
- Eurozone: Finance ministers will be meeting in Brussels.
- United States: Fed’s William Dudley is scheduled to speak at 11:00 GMT. Current account balance for the fourth quarter will be reported at 12:30 GMT. Redbook index will be released at 12:55 GMT. Fed’s George is scheduled to speak at 16:00 GMT and Mester is scheduled to speak at 22:00 GMT.
- New Zealand: Global dairy auction is scheduled today.
- Canada: Retail sales report for January will be released at 12:30 GMT.
- Japan: February trade balance report will be released at 23:50 GMT, along with BoJ minutes of the meeting.
- Auction: U.S. will auction 1-month bills at 16:30 GMT.
