European Economics Preview: Italy Industrial Output Data Due

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European Economics Preview: Italy Industrial Output Data Due

(RTTNews) - Industrial production from Italy and foreign trade data from France are due on Friday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.

At 2.00 am ET, Statistics Norway releases foreign trade figures for June. In the meantime, national accounts from Romania and consumer prices from Lithuania are due.

At 2.45 am ET, France's customs office is scheduled to issue foreign trade figures for May. Also, the central bank publishes France current account data.

At 3.00 am ET, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office releases consumer prices for June. Inflation is seen at 11.5 percent versus 10.7 percent in May.

In the meantime, industrial production and external trade data from Austria and current account figures from Turkey are due.

At 4.00 am ET, Italy's Istat publishes industrial production for May. Economists forecast output to fall 1.1 percent on month, reversing April's 1.6 percent increase.

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