EUR Current Account 16.9B 21.2B 19.6B

EUR CPI y/y 1.6% 1.6% 1.6%

EUR Core CPI y/y 1.1% 1.1% 1.2%

EUR Trade Balance 14.9B 15.3B 14.6B

It looks like Greystone is off today, so in his absence :-

FTSE soft in midday trade, RSM Tenon shares dive

CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m -0.5% 0.5% 0.6%

CAD Foreign Securities Purchases -15.41B 7.77B 6.78B

USD Building Permits 0.94M 0.95M 0.92M

USD Housing Starts 0.90M 0.91M 0.85M

USD Prelim Nonfarm Productivity q/q 0.9% 0.5% 0.5%

USD Prelim Unit Labor Costs q/q 1.4% 1.4% -4.3%

USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment 80.0 85.6 85.1

FTSE up as miners, housebuilders gain, Tenon falls