Quarterly national accounts from the U.K. and unemployment from Spain are due on Thursday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.
At 3.00 am ET, Spain's unemployment data for the first quarter is due. The jobless rate is forecast to rise marginally to 26.5 percent from 26.02 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Half an hour later, Statistics Sweden is scheduled to issue producer prices for March. Producer prices were down 3.7 percent year-on-year in February.
The U.K. economy is expected to skirt a triple-dip recession. Economists forecast gross domestic product to grow 0.1 percent sequentially in the first quarter, following a 0.3 percent fall in the previous quarter. Data from the Office for National Statistics is due at 4.30 am ET.
The index of services for February is also due from ONS. The indicator is expected to grow 0.2 percent month-on-month in February after rising 0.3 percent in January.
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