From Eurozone, on Monday, Industrial Production figures were released. In January 2016 compared with December 2015, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 2.1% in the euro area (EA19), beating forecasts on 1.7% incline, and by 1.7% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December 2015 industrial production fell by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.6 in the EU28. In January 2016 compared with January 2015, industrial production increased by 2.8% in the euro area and by 2.5% in the EU28.
It was a quite Monday's session with no major data releases. However, this is just beginning of the week which will have
central banks in focus, in particular
FOMC Meeting. Monday was looking rather quiet but gave markets another opportunity to properly absorb last week’s ECB announcement before other central banks steal the spotlight.
There will be no major data releases from Eurozone tomorrow, so we can expect a bit steadier morning part of the session. In the US session Retail Sales, PPI and Empire State Manufacturing Index figures are scheduled for a release. Analysts predict 0.2% decrease in PPI and 0.1% fall in Retail Sales, while Empire State Manufacturing Index should increase to -10.3.
Figures to watch:
Retail Sales (Tuesday 13:30)
PPI (Tuesday 13:30)
Empire State Manufacturing Index (Tuesday 13:30)