EUROPE: European data for Friday starts at 0700GMT with German wholesale
prices for February, which are followed by data from France, including
the 0730GMT release of the BoF retail survey and the 0745GMT release of
the current account balance. The IEA monthly oil market report is due at
0900GMT, followed at 1000GMT by EMU industrial production, which is
expected to improve to a reading of 0.9% m/m for January. At 1015GMT,
ECB Governing Council member Axel Weber takes part in a panel
discussion, in Bonn. Finally, at 2045GMT, ECB President Jean-Claude
Trichet delivers a speech to the Economic Summit of Stanford Institute
of Economic Policy Research, in Stanford, Ca.