Australian jobs, Chinese economic data for last month, a Kiwi rate decision and US retail sales, not to mention oil and the worsening unrest in Libya.

The situation could worsen on Friday night with a day of rage called for Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil supplier. That will worry markets.

Friday night's jobs report for the US last month was OK, not brilliant, so what will Australia's February report on Thursday reveal?

More growth, or a slowing, as we perhaps saw in January with a fall in new full time jobs and a rise in part time employment?

Before the Thursday