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Rubio Discusses Iran Crisis and Strait of Hormuz Disruptions With UK and Australia 
Oil Prices Slip as Strait of Hormuz Disruptions and U.S. Inventory Data Keep Markets on Edge 
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Japan: Nikkei manufacturing PMI marginally declines to 52.4 in March.
- Australia: TD securities inflation is up 2.2 percent y/y in March. Building permits down 4.9 percent y/y in February. Retail sales declined 0.1 percent in February.
Upcoming:
- Japan: Vehicle sales will be reported at 5:00 GMT.
- Spain: Markit manufacturing PMI and unemployment change for March will be reported at 7:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: February real retail sales report will be released at 7:15 GMT, followed by SVME PMI at 7:30 GMT.
- Italy: Markit manufacturing PMI report for March will be released at 7:45 GMT, followed by unemployment report at 8:00 GMT and wage inflation report at 9:00 GMT.
- France: Markit manufacturing PMI report for March will be released at 7:50 GMT.
- Germany: Markit manufacturing PMI report for March will be released at 7:55 GMT.
- Greece: Markit manufacturing PMI report for March will be released at 8:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: Markit manufacturing PMI report for March will be released at 8:00 GMT, followed by unemployment report for February and producer price inflation at 10:00 GMT.
- Canada: RBC manufacturing PMI report will be released at 13:30 GMT.
- United States: Markit manufacturing PMI report will be released at 13:45 GMT, followed by ISM manufacturing PMI and construction spending at 14:00 GMT. Fed’s Dudley is scheduled to speak at 14:30 GMT, Harker at 19:00 GMT and Lacker at 21:00 GMT.
- New Zealand: NZIER will business confidence for the first quarter at 21:00 GMT.
- Auction: U.S. will auction 3-month and 6-month bills at 15:30 GMT.
