Japan: March, Retail Sales: -9.7% y/y vs -1.7% y/y

Japan: March, Retail Sales: -1.9% m/m vs 0.7% m/m

Australia: February, CB Leading Index: 0.5% m/m vs 0.4% m/m

Japan: April, Japan small business confidence: 47.4 vs 49.8 (49.0 expected)

UK: BBA Mortgage Approvals 38 500 vs 37 500

USA, S&P/CS: Composite-20 HPI +5,0%y/y

USA: CB Consumer Confidence 95,2 vs 101.4

Gold might move higher towards $1240

Canada's Finance Minister Joe Oliver: Government does not target a currency exchange rate

Canada's Finance Minister Joe Oliver: Growth would resume and reach 2 percent for 2015