FX.co ★ European Economic News Preview: France Industrial Production Data Due

Friday will be a significant day for economic news with industrial production data from France and unemployment figures from Spain due for release.

At 2:45 AM ET, France's statistical agency, INSEE, is slated to publish industrial production numbers for December. The anticipation is for the output to have grown by 0.2% month-on-month, which follows a 0.5% increase seen in November.

Moreover, at 3:00 AM ET, Spain is set to release its unemployment data for January.

Meanwhile, quarterly consumer confidence survey figures are expected from Switzerland.

Then, at 4:00 AM ET, Norway is due to release its unemployment figures, with predictions indicating a rise in the jobless rate to 2.1% in January, up from 1.9% in December.