Though markets will likely have one eye on end-of-week events like the G20 Finance Ministers summit (Friday) and in particular the French presidential first round election (Sunday) we start the week off with several high-profile releases in the first two days. Today is spearheaded by US Retail Sales, with honourable mentions to US Empire Manufacturing and US Business Inventories. We also get Eurozone Trade Balance (09:00 GMT), TIC Flows (13:00), and the forward-looking housing market indicator NAHB Housing Market Index (14:00). Shall we? Mar. US Retail Sales (12:30) to rise sturdily: While the labour market has ... (full story)