Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: HIA new home sales rose by 0.2 percent in February.
Upcoming:
- Spain: Flash HICP inflation for March will be reported at 7:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: KOF leading indicator for March will be updated at 7:00 GMT.
- Italy: Wage inflation report will be published at 8:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: Consumer confidence, services sentiment, Economic sentiment indicator, Business climate, and industrial confidence numbers will be updated at 9:00 GMT.
- Portugal: Business and consumer confidence will be reported at 9:30 GMT.
- Germany: Flash consumer inflation numbers will be released at 12:00 GMT.
- United States: Weekly jobless claims report will be published at 12:30 GMT, along with fourth quarter GDP. EIA will release weekly natural gas inventory report at 14:30 GMT.
- Canada: Raw material price and industrial price report set to be published at 12:30 GMT.
- New Zealand: February Building permits numbers will be published at 21:45 GMT.
- United Kingdom: GFK consumer confidence report will be published at 23:00 GMT.
- Japan: Tokyo and national CPI report at 23:30 GMT, along with unemployment report and household spending data and followed by industrial production numbers.
- Auction: Italy will auction 5-year and 10-year bond today.


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Asian Currencies Steady as Dollar Nears 18-Month High Ahead of US CPI
Trump Demands Powell Resign Over Fed Renovation Cost Overruns
Wall Street Ends Mixed as Investors Await CPI and Bank Earnings
RBI Uses $10 Billion Currency Swaps to Drain Excess Rupee Liquidity
Fed’s Hammack Says Bond Yield Surge Is Not Driven by Inflation Fears
Gold Prices Rebound as Dollar Weakens Ahead of US Inflation Data
Fed Minutes Signal Another Rate Hike by Year-End
US Dollar Near 18-Month High Ahead of Inflation Data
Oil Prices Fall as Trump Ceasefire Claim Shifts Market Focus to U.S. CPI 



