Flash quarterly national accounts and inflation figures are due from Germany, France and Spain on Friday, headlining a hectic day for the European economic news.
At 1.30 am ET, France's Insee publishes preliminary gross domestic product data for the third quarter and household spending for September. The economy is forecast to grow at a slower pace of 0.2 percent sequentially after rising 0.5 percent a quarter ago.
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