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Treasury Market Preview by Trade the News Staff - On the U.S. calendar today at 8:30 a.m. are the releases of Personal Income and Spending, the PCE Deflator and Core, all for December, as well Initial Jobless Claims and Continuing Claims. At 10;00 we have Pending Home Sales for Dec and the...

- The European indices are currently trading sharply higher in the session after some positive earnings reports were released ahead of the open. The German DAX reached its highest level since November of 2000, hitting the 6844.77 level. - European government bonds are currently trading higher...

- Foreign exchange: The USD came under pressure after the FOMC statement hinted that inflation pressures are likely to moderate. USD gains against the yen is expected to be limited ahead of the G7 meeting due to the event risk currently being priced in by traders. A major newswire, citing an...

W.D. provides temperature forecasts for the country, regions and cities (relative to average temps) as well as quantitative estimates of the impact of temps on cooling and heating demand.

Another forecaster, Weather Derivatives, is looking for temps in the Northeast to be 13 degrees below normal over the next 6-10 days and 15 degrees below normal in the Northcentral.

US Mid-Morning Recap by TradeTheNews Staff - US bond yields were moving higher early in the session following a headline Q4 GDP reading that was well ahead of estimates. Early equity weakness accompanied lower bond prices. The Treasuries quarterly refunding announcement of $38B was a...

Energy Market Preview by Trade the News Staff - The EIA releases its weekly inventory data today at 10: 30 a.m. According to a widely followed wire survey, crude inventories are expected to have risen 1.5M barrels, gasoline inventories to have increased 1.8M barrels and distillate inventories...

Treasury Market Preview by Trade the News Staff - On the U.S. calendar today are the releases of the ADP Employment report at 8:15 a.m., GDP, the GDP Price Index, Core PCE and the Employment Cost Index, all for Q4, at 8:30 a.m. Later at 9:45 a.m. we have the Chicago Purchasing Manager for Jan...

- The European indices are trading lower in today’s session weighed down by earnings results that failed to impress investors, along with a serious of downgrades on some major index components. - European government bonds opened higher today and have remained in a relatively tight range since...

- European government bonds closed slightly lower in yesterday's session ahead of Euro-Zone inflation, German retail sales and unemployment data, and the FOMC's interest rate decision, all of which are due out today. - In an interview with Boersen-Zeitung the ECB's Stark said overnight that...

Asian Market Update: Asian equities fall ahead of key US data that may highlight labor market inflationary pressures - The Nikkei 225 traded down by more than 1.0% as traders took profit ahead of the afternoon earnings releases and key US data. Due to the uncertain outlook for the yen...

US Mid-Morning Recap by TradeTheNews Staff - Several of the Dow and S&P mainstays reported before the open and generally their share prices are weighing on the Indices. WYE –2% MRK –1.25% PG –1% K –0.25% CL –0.2% MMM –2.5% UPS –3.7% Other names trading heavy post earnings...

Energy Market Preview by Trade the News Staff 01/30 08:16 : Energy Market Preview - The EIA releases its weekly energy inventory data tomorrow. According to a major wire survey, crude inventories are expected to have risen 1.5M barrels, gasoline inventories to have increased 1.8M barrels...

Treasury Market Preview by Trade the News - On the U.S. calendar today are two releases, the S&P Home Price Index for Nov. at 9:00 a.m. and Consumer Confidence for Jan at 10:00 a.m. Consumer Confidence is seen rising to 110.0 from 109.0. No Fed speak is scheduled for today. In pre-market...

- The European indices are currently trading in negative territory in the session weighed down by the mining and energy stocks on speculation that some of the largest of the mining and energy companies will report less than favorable results after recent commodity price declines. - European...

- European government bonds closed lower yesterday after a seres of comments from ECB officials over the weekend along with comments from the ECB's Liebscher during yesterday's session reinforced the view that the ECB will need to raise interest rates during the coming months as expected. -...

Asian Market Update: USD looks vulnerable to profit taking ahead of FOMC meeting - Japan's December jobless rate and overall household spending came in worse than expected, as the Bank of Japan and Japanese government continue to wait for signs that wages are boosting consumption. Underlying...

US Mid-Morning Recap by TradeTheNews Staff - Though Q4 earnings continued to trickle in ahead of the open, a plethora of mergers and LBO announcements set the tone for early equity trading. A European newspaper article has shares of BMY up 6% after reporting the Co. has signed preliminary...

Energy Market Preview by Trade the News Staff - OPEC's second cut of 500,000 b/d is set to take effect this week on Feb. 1. - A Nigerian oil union has threatened a strike beginning Feb. 5. - On the weather front, Accuweather wrote today that arctic air has returned to the East Coast in...

Treasury Market Preview by Trade the News Staff - No releases are scheduled in the U.S. today and there are no Fed speakers. Tomorrow Consumer Confidence for Jan. is due out. On Wednesday GDP, the GDP Price Index and the Employment Cost Index for Q4 will be released. Also on Wednesday, we...