Public sector finance from the U.K. is the major data due on Friday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.
At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is slated to publish Germany's producer prices for July. Economists forecast prices to drop 2.1 percent year-on-year, following a 2.2 percent fall in June.
At 3.30 am ET, Sweden's industrial capacity is due for the second quarter.
At 4.30 am ET, the Office for National Statistics is set to release public sector finance data for July. The U.K. budget deficit is seen at GBP 1.9 billion versus a surplus of GBP 7.8 billion in June.
At 6.00 am ET, the Central Statistical Bureau is scheduled to issue Latvia's producer prices for July. Prices had declined 3.5 percent year-on-year in June.
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