European Economic News Preview: Eurozone Current Account Data Due

The current account data from the euro area is due on Tuesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.At 1.00 am ET, Statistics Finland publishes unemployment data for January.At 2...

RTT Staff Writer•Tuesday, February 20, 2024•1 min read

The current account data from the euro area is due on Tuesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.

At 1.00 am ET, Statistics Finland publishes unemployment data for January.

At 2.00 am ET, foreign trade data is due from Switzerland. Also, quarterly national accounts from Denmark and capacity utilization from Sweden are due.

At 4.00 am ET, the European Central Bank publishes the euro area current account figures for December. The current account surplus totaled EUR 31.7 billion in November.

In the meantime, industrial production, producer prices, corporate sector wages are due from Poland.

At 5.00 am ET, Eurostat publishes euro area construction output figures for December.

At 5.15 am ET, Bank of England policymakers Andrew Bailey, Ben Broadbent, Megan Greene, Swati Dhingra are set to attend the Treasury Select Hearing on the February monetary policy report.