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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: TD securities inflation is down 0.3 percent in February, up 2.1 percent from a year ago. Retail sales are up 0.4 percent in January.
Upcoming:
- Spain: Updation of house price index at 9:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: Sentix investor confidence report for March will be released at 9:30 GMT.
- Italy: Wage inflation report likely to get released today at 10:00 GMT.
- Greece: Fourth quarter GDP report will be released at 10:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: MPC member Hogg is scheduled to speak at 11:30 GMT.
- United States: Factory orders for January will be reported at 15:00 GMT. FOMC member Kashkari is scheduled to speak at 20:00 GMT.
- New Zealand: RBNZ governor Wheeler is scheduled to speak at 18:00 GMT.
- Australia: AiG performance of construction index for February will be reported at 22:30 GMT.
- Auctions: The US will auction 3-month and 6-month bills at 16:30 GMT.
