MNI Global Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - At 0700BST Germany publishes its latest construction orders

data, before Spain publishes closely watched PPI data at 0800GMT. The highlight

in the US is the release of data on initial jobless claims at 1330BST.

     January's construction orders declined by 7.9% m/m, but grew by 11.6% y/y.

Looking at the three-month average orders rose 11.5% in Nov 2018 to Jan 2019

compared to Aug 2018 to Oct 2018.

     Spain's PPI in February increased by 0.2% m/m and 1.9% y/y. Producer Prices

rose in February for the first time since September 2018.

     Initial jobless claims in the US are expected to increase to 201,000 from

192,000 in the previous week, where a decline was registered of 5,000.

     In terms of speeches and policy events, the highlights are the

announcements of the interest rate decisions by the BOJ and the Riksbank.

--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com