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1200 Brazilian unemployment (exp unch at 6%)

EU’s Almunia speaks

1230 Canadian Core retail sales (exp +0.2% m/m from +0.1%)

Canadian Leading indicators (last +0.3%m/m)

1230 US Initial jobless claims (exp 380k from 386k), continuing jobless claims (exp 3275k from 3278k)

1350 US Bloomberg consumer confidence (last -36.4)

1400 Eurozone consumer confidence (exp -20 from -19.3 last)

US Exisiting Home sales (exp 4.57 mln from 4.62 mln)

US CB leading Index (exp +0.1%m/m from -0.1%)

US Philly Fed Mfg Index (exp +1.3 from -5.8)

US House price index (exp +0.5%m/m from 1.8%)

US SEC Scaphiro testifies before US senate banking committee

1430 EIA weekly Natural gas storage (exp +64 bcf from 67bcf)

1545 BOC’s Carney speaks

1400 ECB’s Draghi speaks

1730 MPC’s Weale speaks