Economic Calendar for today: Thursday 2nd March 2006
| Time | event | expect | previous |
| 06:45 GMT | Swiss 4th QTR Gross Domestic Product (GDP) qtr on qtr | 0.6pct | 1.0pct |
| 06:45 GMT | Swiss 4th QTR Gross Domestic Product (GDP) yr on yr | 2.8pct | 2.3pct |
| 07:00 GMT | German January Retail Sales mth on mth | 1.0pct | -1.4pct |
| 07:00 GMT | German January Retail Sales yr on yr | -0.6pct | -1.6pct |
| 09:30 GMT | UK February CIPS PMI Construction Survey | 51.3 | |
| 10:00 GMT | Euro-zone January PPI mth on mth | 0.8pct | 0.2pct |
| 10:00 GMT | Euro-zone January PPI yr on yr | 4.8pct | 4.6pct |
| 12:45GMT | ECB Interest Rate decision | +.25pct | |
| 13:30 GMT | US Initial Jobless Claims for w/e 25 Feb | 282k | 278k |
| 23:30 GMT | Japan January Jobless rate | 4.4pct | 4.4pct |
