| Time | Country | Event | Period | Previous value | Forecast | Actual |
|---|
| 07:00 | United Kingdom | Retail Sales (YoY) | January | -1.7% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| 07:00 | United Kingdom | Retail Sales (MoM) | January | -4% | 1% | 1.9% |
| 07:30 | Switzerland | Industrial Production (YoY) | Quarter IV | 8.5% | | 7.3% |
| 07:45 | France | CPI, y/y | January | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| 07:45 | France | CPI, m/m | January | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| 09:00 | Eurozone | Current account, unadjusted, bln | December | 25.85 | | 35.65 |
| 10:00 | Eurozone | Construction Output, y/y | December | 0.4% | | -3.9% |
USD traded mixed and little changed against other major currencies in the European session on Friday, as investors weighted reports about talks between top Russian and U.S. officials, which renewed hopes for normalizing of Russia-Ukraine tensions.
The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), measuring the U.S. currency's value relative to a basket of foreign currencies, edged up 0.04% to 95.84.
Media reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, that Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu will hold a phone conversation with the U.S. defence secretary Lloyd Austin later this day at the request of the U.S. side. In addition, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov agreed to meet next week.
The reports about U.S.-Russia talks give hope that diplomatic channels remain open and the Russia-Ukraine crisis could be resolved peacefully.