Here's what you need to know for 29 FEB 2012.
•Japan starts the day off early with industrial production at 6:50 p.m. EST on Tuesday evening. Preliminary January results are seen advancing 1.5 percent month-on-month, which would be 1.6 percent below year ago levels.
•At 7:01 p.m. EST, the GfK Group will announce consumer confidence in the United Kingdom. The index is seen moving 2 points higher, to -27 for February. A reading below 0 indicates year-on-year contraction.
•Australian construction and private sector credit follow at 7:30 p.m. EST. Economists predict fourth quarter construction work done will contract by 0.8 percent, while January private sector credit grows by 0.3 percent sequentially.
•India's economy likely decelerated slightly from the prior three months to an annualized pace of 6.3 percent, economists forecast. The announcement comes at 12:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday morning.
•French consumer spending is scheduled for release at 2:45 a.m. EST. Economists polled by Bloomberg expect the key indicator to advance 0.2 percent month-on-month in February, which would put it 2.0 percent below year ago levels.
•Danish GDP follows at 3:00 a.m. EST, with expectations for it to expand by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter, reversing a 0.5 percent decline during the prior three months.
•At the same time, consumer prices in Spain will be announced. Consensus is for prices to be 1.9 percent higher than they were one year ago.
•Swedish GDP will be announced at 3:30 a.m. EST. Economists expect the economy to fall to contraction, with a 0.7 percent decline in the fourth quarter.
•German unemployment is expected to remain flat at 6.7 percent when it is released at 3:55 a.m. EST.
•At 4:30 a.m. EST, net consumer credit will be released in the United Kingdom. Economists are looking for an expansion of £ 200 million, following a £400 million drop in December.
•Eurozone consumer prices will be announced at 5:00 a.m. EST, with expectations for a 0.8 percent decline in January.
•Chilean industrial production kicks things off for the Americas at 7:00 a.m. EST. Economists polled by Bloomberg forecast production rising 2.1 percent above the January 2011 rate.
• Attention shifts to the U.S. at 8:30 a.m. EST, when a second reading of fourth quarter GDP will be released. Economists do not forecast any change to the first reading that indicated the economy expanded by an annualized rate of 2.8 percent during the fourth quarter.
•Chicago Purchasing Manager Index comes out at 9:45 a.m. EST. The index is expected to advance 80 basis points to 61.0 in February. The NAPM-Milwaukee purchasing managers survey follows at 10:00 a.m. EST. Expectations are for the index to move slightly higher to 58.8, from 58.4. A reading above 50 indicates economic expansion.
•Closing out the day at 2:00 p.m. EST is the release of Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
Below, a roundup of tomorrow's big announcers.
SemGroup ( SEMG ): $0.20
Costco Wholesale ( COST ): $0.87
Staples ( SPLS ): $0.40
Joy Global ( JOY ): $1.35
Liz Claiborne ( LIZ ): $0.14
GMX Resources ( GMXR ): -$0.07
PetSmart ( PETM ): $0.90
MBIA ( MBI ): N/A
BroadSoft ( BSFT ): $0.29
Finisar ( FNSR ): $0.22
Medivation ( MDVN ): -$0.30
GenOn Energy ( GEN ): -$0.13
McDermott International ( MDR ): $0.20
CenterPoint Energy ( CNP ): $0.19
Endeavour International ( END ): -$0.27
SureWest Communications ( SURW ): $0.08
Consensus estimates provided by Bloomberg.
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