Economic Calendar for: Thursday 23rd March 2006
| Time GMT | event | expect | previous |
| 07.15 | Swiss February Trade Balance | | 1.21 bln sf |
| 09.00 | Italy February non-EU Trade balance | -1620 bln E | -3586 bln E |
| 09.00 | EU ECB January Euro-zone Current Account | | -5.3 bln E |
| 09.00 | EU ECB January Euro-zone Current Accountnon s.adj | | -0.3 bln E |
| 09.00 | EU Summit Brussels - 2 days |
| 10.00 | Italy January Retail Sales s.adj mth on mth | -0.2% | 0.2% |
| 10.00 | Italy January Retail Sales yr on yr | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| 11.00 | UK CBI March Industrial Trends Survey |
| 13.30 | US Weekly Initial jobless claims (March 18) | 300k | 309k |
| 19.30 | ECB's Trichet speaks in Brussels |
| 19.30 | ECB's Mersch speaks in Luxembourg |
| 23.50 | Japan January tertiary Industry Index mth on mth | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| 23.50 | Japan January All Industry Activity Index mth on mth | 1.0% | 0.4% |
