TradeTheNews.com US Market Update:
By TradeTheNews.com - Mon 03 Sep 2012 10:31:09 CT
US Markets closed for Labor Day holiday

**Economic Data***
- (IR) Ireland July Industrial Production M/M: +1.0% v -0.3% prior; Y/Y: 4.8% v 4.9% prior
- (CZ) Czech Aug Budget Balance (CZK): -67.0B v -51.7B prior
- (RO) Romania Aug Total International Reserves: $35.4B v $36.6B prior
- (BR) Brazil Aug PMI Manufacturing: 49.3 v 48.7 prior
- (MX) Mexico July Remittances: $1.9B v $2.0Be

Fixed Income:
- (BE) Belgium Debt Agency sold €3.19B vs. €2.2-3.2B indicated range in 2019, 2022 and 2041 OLO bonds
- Sold €1.41B in 3.0% Sept 2019 OLO Bonds; Avg Yield 2.004% v 3.021% prior; Bid-to-cover: 4.48x
- Sold €1.08B in 4.25% Sept 2022 OLO; Avg Yield 2.584% v 2.624% prior; Bid-to-cover: 1.88x v 1.68x prior
- Sold €705M March 4.25% 2041 OLO; Avg Yield 3.445% (record low) v 4.158% prior; Bid-to-cover: 1.89x v 1.52x prior
- (FR) France Debt Agency (AFT) sold approx €6.8B vs. €5.5-6.8B indicated range in 3-month, 6-month and 12-month Bills
- (EU) ECB completed €0.0M (nil0 vs. €0.0M (nil) in weekly settlements in Govt Bond Purchases (SMT) ; To drain €209.0B in next 7-day Term Deposit Tender on Tuesday, Sept 4th
- (UK) BOE bought £1.0B in 2015-2019 in reverse auction; bid-to-cover: 2.00x v 2.82x prior

- Risk appetite found some legs late in the session helping European equities close near their best levels and pushing peripheral yields slightly lower. The EUR/USD continued to battle its 100-day moving average received a boost late in the session after ECB's Draghi provided some additional insights on the possible resumption of its bond buying program. Draghi was said to be comfortable with bond purchases of up to 3-years in maturities on the secondary market and not therefore deemed to neither be state aid nor contravene the EU Treaty. The EUR/USD ended the European session just above the 1.26 handle. The post Jackson Hole EUR/USD high was 1.2630 and remained intact as the most visible resistance. The level also corresponded to the former pivotal January 2012 low in the pair.

**Looking Ahead***
***All times listed for economic events are denominated in Eastern Standard Time (Add 4 hours for GMT equivalent)
- 11:45 (EU) ECB chief Draghi, EU Commissioners Rehn, Juncker, Barnier debate Bank Union in Brussels
- 12:00 (DE) Germany Fin Min Schaeuble speaks on Future of Europe's Single Market, Hanover
- 13:00 (AS) ECB's Nowotny Speaks at Panel Discussion in Vienna
- 12:00 (IC) Iceland Q2 Current Account (ISK): No est v -2.3B prior
- 12:00 (IT) Italy Aug New Car Registrations Y/Y: No est v -21.4% prior
- 13:00 (MX) Mexico Aug IMEF Manufacturing Index: No est v 53.3 prior; Non Manufacturing: No est v 51.5 prior
- 13:00 (IT) Italy Aug Budget Balance: No est v €2.3B prior; Budget Balance YTD: No est v -€27.4B prior
- 14:00 (BR) Brazil Aug Trade Balance: $3.0Be v $2.9B prior; Exports: No est v $21.0B prior; Imports: No est v $18.1B prior


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