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IMF managing director Georgieva: IMF members are willing to keep IMF resourced adequately - Reuters

ECB’s ‘reaction function’ clarified in March minutes - ING

U.S. jobless claims increasingly an outlier - Wells Fargo Securities

International stocks to provide a hedge against rising inflation - JP Morgan

U.S. Stocks open: Dow -0.07%, Nasdaq +0.77%, S&P +0.27%

Before the bell: S&P futures +0.30%, NASDAQ futures +0.83%

GBP/USD to tick down towards the 1.3706 support - Credit Suisse

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U.S. weekly jobless claims total 744,000

U.S.: Initial Jobless Claims, April 744 (forecast 680)

U.S.: Continuing Jobless Claims, March 3734 (forecast 3650)

S&P 500 Index to challenge the top of the 12-year trend channel at 4115 - Credit Suisse

ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts: Governing Council will maintain accommodative monetary policy for as long as necessary and see no risk of overheating in euro area in present environment

European session review: USD weakens, weighed down by dovish Fed minutes

EUR/USD to head towards 1.1950 on a break above 1.1889 - Credit Suisse

A bad start for the GBP in April which is normally a strong month - MUFG

USD/JPY: Scope for a deeper setback to 109.38 - Credit Suisse

ECB's president Lagarde: PEPP envelope can be recalibrated if required to maintain favourable financing conditions

US Dollar Index to advance nicely towards the 94.50 mark – Westpac

Brexit weighs on French exports to Britain in February - customs office

Eurozone producer price index rose less than expected in February.

Eurozone: Producer Price Index (YoY), February 1.5% (forecast 1.4%)

Eurozone: Producer Price Index, MoM , February 0.5% (forecast 0.6%)

UK construction output expands at sharpest pace since September 2014

United Kingdom: PMI Construction, March 61.7

NZD/USD to extend its downward correction on a break below 0.6945 – Westpac

Eurozone construction PMI moved into expansion territory in March

Brent Oil could rise to $75 by the third quarter. – ANZ

Asian session review: the dollar declined slightly against the major currencies

Switzerland: Foreign Currency Reserves, March 930.486

EUR/GBP to extend the rally on a close above the 0.8671 mark – Commerzbank

France: Trade Balance, bln, February -5.25

President Biden says he's open to negotiating on corporate tax hike

German factory orders rose in line with forecasts in February

Options levels on thursday, April 8, 2021

Germany: Factory Orders s.a. (MoM), February 1.2%

Japan: Consumer Confidence, March 36.1

Schedule for tomorrow, Thursday, April 8, 2021

U.S.: Consumer Credit , February 27.58 (forecast 5)

DJIA -0.08% 33,403.86 -26.38 Nasdaq +0.02% 13,701.61 +3.23 S&P +0.09% 4,077.57 +3.63

European stocks closed: FTSE 100 6,885.32 +61.77 +0.91% DAX 15,176.36 -36.32 -0.24% CAC 40 6,130.66 -0.68 -0.01%