What are the main events for today?

Today is the
Flash PMIs Day for Eurozone, UK and US. The market’s pricing might not change much but they will still be market moving releases. Here are the expectations:

• Eurozone Manufacturing PMI: 45.3 expected vs. 45.2
  prior.
• Eurozone Services PMI: 49.5 expected vs. 49.5
  prior.
• UK Manufacturing PMI: 48.2 expected vs. 48.0
  prior.
• UK Services PMI: 51.0 expected vs. 50.8 prior.
• US Manufacturing PMI: 49.8 expected vs. 49.7
  prior.
• US Services PMI: 55.7 expected vs. 56.1 prior.

Central bank speakers:

• 08:00 GMT – ECB’s Lagarde (neutral – voter)
• 08:45 GMT – ECB’s de Guindos (dove – voter)
• 16:30 GMT/11:30 ET – ECB’s Schnabel (neutral – voter)
• 20:45 GMT/15:45 ET – BoC’s Macklem (neutral – voter)

This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.