Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today but all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Upcoming:
- Germany: GFK consumer confidence survey for April will be published at 7:00 GMT.
- France: Business climate report for March will be published at 7:45 GMT.
- Greece: January Current account balance will be reported at 9:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: ECB will release economic bulletin at 9:00 GMT. March consumer confidence number will be announced at 15:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Retail sales report for February will be released at 9:30 GMT.
- United States: Weekly jobless claims report will be published at 12:30 GMT. New home sales report will be published at 14:00 GMT, along with Kansas Fed manufacturing activity. EIA will release weekly natural gas inventory report at 14:00 GMT. Fed’s Yellen is scheduled to speak at 12:45 GMT, Kashkari at 16:30 GMT, and Kaplan at 23:00 GMT.
- New Zealand: February trade balance data will be published at 21:45 GMT.


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