SHANGHAI, Mar. 8 (SMM) – Major reports are absent on Tuesday with eyes on January industry output in Germany, revised Q4 GDP fin euro zone and China’s February trade data. Attention should also be paid to US annual meeting of the regulators. 

Germany’s January industrial output should be improve and the country’s manufacturing PMI was 52.3 in the same period, still in expansion territory. The Q4 GDP in euro zone is expected to be flat with its flash data, boosting the case for looser monetary policies by the ECB.