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European Economics Preview: Eurozone Foreign Trade Data Due

European Economics Preview: Eurozone Foreign Trade Data Due
8/17/2012 1:48 AM ET

Foreign trade data from Eurozone and producer prices from Germany are due on Friday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.

At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is slated to publish Germany producer prices for July. Economists forecast producer price inflation to slow to 1.2 percent in July from 1.6 percent in June.

At 3.30 am ET, Sweden's industrial capacity data for the second quarter is due.

At 4.00 am ET, the European Central Bank is slated to publish current account figures for June. The Eurozone current account deficit in May was EUR 2.5 billion.

At 5.00 am ET, Eurozone trade figures are due. The euro area trade surplus is expected to increase to EUR 9.5 billion from EUR 6.9 billion in May.

At 8.00 am ET, Poland's average gross wage figures are due. Economists forecast wages to fall 0.1 percent month-on-month in July, after rising 3.8 percent in June. Annually, growth is seen at 4 percent.

by RTT Staff Writer

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