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U.S. President Trump: Doing very well with China talks

BoE's Haskel said he would wait to see firm evidence of rising inflation before voting to increase interest rates

U.S. new home sales decrease more than forecast in January

Canada’s new housing prices drop in January

U.S.: New Home Sales, January 0.607 (forecast 0.620)

U.S. Stocks open: Dow +0.01%, Nasdaq -0.03% S&P -0.04%

Before the bell: S&P futures +0.01%, NASDAQ futures +0.05%

Wall Street. Stocks before the bell

U.S. import-price index increases more than expected in February

Initiations before the market open

U.S. jobless claims rose more than expected last week

Canada: New Housing Price Index, YoY, January -0.1% (forecast 0%)

U.S.: Continuing Jobless Claims, 1776 (forecast 1775)

U.S.: Initial Jobless Claims, 229 (forecast 225)

U.S.: Import Price Index, February 0.6% (forecast 0.3%)

Canada: New Housing Price Index, MoM, January -0.1% (forecast 0%)

UK PM May will ask for a delay at the EU Summit next week, - Bloomberg reports, citing UK Official

UK PM spokesman: If there is no deal by 20 March, UK faces a long Brexit extension

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump: "My Administration looks forward to negotiating a large scale Trade Deal with the United Kingdom. The potential is unlimited!"

European Commission: Will not comment on likelihood, length of Brexit extension

Ireland's foreign minister: Long extension would allow UK to rethink its approach to Brexit

U.S. President Trump: no rush to complete China trade deal

China's property tax will be implemented according to the city - lawmaker

China, US said to delay Trump-Xi meeting to at least April - Bloomberg

UK PM May to hold political Cabinet meeting at 13.30 GMT today

UK government: any extension to Article 50 would have to have a specific end date

ING: China fiscal stimulus on infrastructure investment is working

Ifo institute cuts German 2019 GDP growth forecast

China's central bank continued to sell its holdings of foreign exchange in February

German Economy Ministry: GDP likely increased moderately in Q1

NAB: NZD/JPY neutral bias in the near-term

UK finance minister Hammond: 'Certain' that parliament will vote to delay Brexit later today

Commerzbank: EUR/GBP on the defensive

France consumer prices index was stable in February

France: CPI, y/y, February 1.3% (forecast 1.3%)

France: CPI, m/m, February 0.0% (forecast 0%)

Switzerland producer and import price index rose in February by 0.2%

Switzerland: Producer & Import Prices, y/y, February -0.7% (forecast -1%)

Germany's consumer prices rose less than expected in February

Germany: CPI, m/m, February 0.4% (forecast 0.5%)

Germany: CPI, y/y , February 1.5% (forecast 1.6%)

SECO Economic Forecasts

Options levels on thursday, March 14, 2019

Commodities. Daily history for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

China: Retail Sales y/y, 8.2% (forecast 8.1%)

China: Fixed Asset Investment, 6.1% (forecast 6%)

China: Industrial Production y/y, 5.3% (forecast 5.5%)

Stocks. Daily history for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Currencies. Daily history for Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Australia: Consumer Inflation Expectation, March 4.1%

Schedule for today, Thursday, March 14, 2019

Schedule for tomorrow, Thursday, March 14, 2019

Major US stock indexes finished trading in positive territory

DJIA +0.29% 25,629.91 +75.25 Nasdaq +0.85% 7,655.90 +64.87 S&P +0.77% 2,813.10 +21.58

European stocks closed: FTSE 100 +8.04 7159.19 +0.11% DAX +48.24 11572.41 +0.42% CAC 40 +36.13 5306.38 +0.69%