1330 GMT US Q4 GDP expected 2.8%, Q4 US consumer spending exp 1.9% and GDP price index expected +0.4%

1445 GMT US Feb Chicago PMI, expected 61.8

Speakers this afternoon are:

1430 GMT Fed’s Fisher (in Mexico)

1500 GMT Fed Chairman Bernanke (semi annual Monpol report)

1700 GMT Germany’s Merkel

1800 GMT Fed’s Plosser

1900 GMT release of the Fed’s Beige Book report