Top economic news to look out for on Friday includes factory orders and construction Purchasing Managers' survey results from Germany as well as house prices from the UK.
Scheduled at 2:00 AM ET, the Germany's Destatis is expected to release factory orders data for March and import prices for February. The projection is a growth of 0.3% on monthly orders, following a 0.4% increase in February. Import prices are projected to drop by 4.6% annually, following a slight ease of 5.9% in January.
France's statistical office INSEE, at 2:45 AM ET, will release industrial production data for February. The industrial production is expected to register growth of 0.5% monthly, compared to a 1.1% drop the previous month.
At 3:00 AM ET, the industrial production data from Spain is due. There is a predicted fall of 0.5% yearly in February, following a 0.6% easement in January.
Germany's construction PMI data for March will be released at 3:30 AM ET.
S&P Global will publish UK construction PMI data for March at 4:30 AM ET. The construction index is projected to slightly increase to 49.8 from 49.7 of the preceding month.
At 5:00 AM ET, the Eurostat will release the euro area retail sales data for February. Economists anticipate a drop of 0.3% monthly, reversing a 0.1% growth in January.
