In the US session GDP figures were released. Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. No change from prelim reading of 1.0% increase was expected. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.0%. The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter reflected positive contributions from PCE, residential fixed investment, and federal government spending that were partly offset by negative contributions from nonresidential fixed investment, exports, private inventory investment, and state and local government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.
There will be no data releases from Eurozone on Monday with banks being closed in observance of Easter Monday. In the US session Final Pending Home Sales figures will be published. Analysts forecast 1.2% increase.
Figures to watch:
Pending Home Sales (Monday 15:00)