Flash quarterly national accounts from the euro area and major European economies are due on Friday, headlining a busy day for the European economic news.
At 1.30 am ET, France's statistical office Insee is scheduled to issue flash GDP data for the first quarter. The economy is forecast to grow 0.2 percent sequentially after rising 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter.
At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is set to publish Germany's import prices for March. Economists expect import prices to fall 3.6 percent annually after rising 2.8 percent in February.
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