Foreign trade figures from Germany and the U.K. are due on Friday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.
The Federal Statistical Office is slated to release Germany's foreign trade data for March. Exports are forecast to rise 0.5 percent month-on-month in March, reversing a 1.5 percent fall in February.
At 3.00 am ET, the Czech Statistical Office is set to release consumer prices for April. Annual inflation is seen unchanged at 1.7 percent. In the meantime, Hungary's preliminary foreign trade data is due. The trade surplus is expected to fall to EUR 550 million in March from EUR 639.4 million in February.
At 4.00 am ET, industrial production figures are due from Italy. Economists forecast output to fall 0.3 percent on a monthly basis in March, after easing 0.8 percent in February.
Norway's consumer and producer prices are also due at 4.00. Annual inflation is expected to rise marginally to 1.5 percent in April from 1.4 percent in March.
The Office for National Statistics is set to publish U.K. foreign trade data at 4.30 am ET. The visible trade deficit is seen at GBP 9 billion in March compared to GBP 9.4 billion in February.
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