Business confidence from Germany and retail sales data from the UK are due on Friday, headlining a busy day for the European economic news.
At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK retail sales data for February. Sales are forecast to grow 0.6 percent on month, slower than the 1.9 percent increase in January.
In the meantime, household lending and producer price figures are due from Statistics Sweden.
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