Business events scheduled for Thursday (AP)

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:

WASHINGTON ? Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? Commerce Department releases retail sales data for December, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? Commerce Department releases business inventories for November, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON ? Treasury releases federal budget for December, 2 p.m.

FRANKFURT, Germany ? European Central Bank's governing council meets to set interest rates for the eurozone.

LONDON ? Bank of England's monetary policy committee meets to set UK interest rates.

BEIJING ? China releases December inflation data.

TOKYO ? U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner holds news conference with his Japanese counterpart.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120111/ap_on_bi_ge/us_the_day_ahead

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