EUR/USD down slightly at 1.2790 from North American close Wednesday around 1.2810, with price action confined to conservative 1.2786-1.2813 range.

Euro zone data today:

05:30 GMT: French ILO mainland unemployment Q2 9.6%, unemployment rate 10.0%

08;00 GMT: Italian PPI for July expected +0.4% m/m, +4.3%

09:00 GMT: Euro zone Q2 GDP (prov) expectewd +1.0% q/q, +1.7% y/y

09:00 GMT: Euro zone PPI July expected +0.3% m/m, +4.0% y/y

11:45 GMT: ECB rate decision. Senn steady at 1.0%

12:30 GMT: ECB press conference