FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 3rd March 2017

Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.

Data released so far:

• New Zealand: ANZ commodity price index rose 2 percent in February.
   
• Japan: Markit services PMI marginally declined to 51.3 in February.
   
• China: Caixin services PMI for February marginally declines to 52.6

Upcoming:

• Japan: Consumer confidence index will be updated at 5:00 GMT.
   
• Germany: Retail sales details for January will be reported at 7:00 GMT, followed by the release of Markit services PMI report at 8:55 GMT.
   
• Spain: Markit services PMI report will be updated at 8:00 GMT, followed by the updating of house price index at 9:00 GMT.
   
• Italy: Markit services PMI report will be released at 8:45 GMT, followed by fourth quarter GDP at 9:00 GMT.
   
• France: Markit services PMI report will be published at 8:50 GMT
   
• Eurozone: Markit services PMI will be released at 9:00 GMT and retail sales report at 10:00 GMT.
   
• United Kingdom: Markit services PMI for February will be reported at 9:30 GMT.
   
• United States: Markit services PMI report will be released at 14:45 GMT, followed by ISM-non-manufacturing PMI at 15:00 GMT. Many FOMC speakers are scheduled today; Evans and Lacker at 15:15 GMT, Powell at 17:15 GMT, Fischer and Yellen at 18:00 GMT.