European Economics Preview: UK Industrial Output Data Due
April 10 2018 - 10:09PM
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Industrial production and visible trade from the UK are due on
Wednesday, headlining a light day for the European economic
news.
At 2.30 am ET, the Bank of France is scheduled to release
business sentiment survey results. The confidence index is seen
unchanged at 105 in March.
At 4.00 am ET, Italy's Istat is slated to release retail sales
for February. Sales are forecast to grow 0.3 percent on month, in
contrast to a 0.5 percent decrease in January.
At 4.30 am ET, the Office for National Statistics is set to
issue UK industrial output data for February. Economists forecast
output to grow 0.4 percent month-on-month, slower than the 1.3
percent increase in January.
The UK visible trade deficit is seen narrowing to GBP 11.9
billion in February from GBP 12.3 billion in January.
At 7.00 am ET, the National Institute of Economic and Social
Research is set to release UK GDP estimates for the first
quarter.
At 8.00 am ET, Poland's central bank publishes the outcome of
its monetary policy meeting. The bank is forecast to keep key rate
unchanged at 1.50 percent.
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