Economic Calendar for today: Friday 3rd March 2006
| Time | event | expect | previous |
| 08:45 GMT | Italian February PMI Services Survey | 56.0 | |
| 08:50 GMT | French February PMI Services Survey | 57.5 | |
| 08:55 GMT | German February PMI Services Survey | 58.3 | 58.1 |
| 09:00 GMT | Euro-zone February PMI Services Survey | 57.3 | 57.0 |
| 09:30 GMT | UK February Official Reserves | | 725mln$ |
| 09:30 GMT | UK CIPS February PMI Services | 57.1 | |
| 10:00 GMT | Euro-zone 4th Qtr GDP s.a. qtr on qtr | 0.3pct | 0.3pct |
| 10:00 | Euro-zone 4th Qtr GDP s.a. yr on yr | 1.7pct | 1.7pct |
| 14:45 GMT | US February University of Michigan Confidence survey | 87.5 | 87.4 |
| 15:00 GMT | ISM February Non-manufacturing survey | 58.0 | 56.8 |
| 16:00 GMT | US Treasury Secretary Snow speaks |
| 17:30 GMT | US Federal Reserve's Furguson speaks |
