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Rather light on macro-related headlines over the weekend/Asian Monday session -- Asia markets were higher overnight, with
China and Australia on holiday. Nikkei ended at 9879.85 up 1.8pct, Hang Seng at 20051, up 0.90pct. Notable news that may have
some geopolitical undertones from Afghanistan where there was a miraculous finding of 1tr. of metals. Another hot spot of
activity this morning is out of Iran where a relief ship is on its way to the Gaza strip all these headlines could make for an
interesting mix of geopolitical risk over the coming week.
Europe
Greece on track with EU/IMF fiscal programme-finmin (Reuters)
Germany Q1 Large Business Start-Ups Down 1.8% On Year
ECB governor says rates to stay on hold (MarketWatch)
U.K. Economy To Grow 1.3% This Year
Bank Of France chairman calls for caution regarding tax on banks that could hurt the economy (Reuters)
EU's Van Rompuy says strong euro masked problems- FT
Eurozone April Industrial Output Up 0.8% On Month, Consensus 0.6%
Portugal May CPI rises 0.2 pct vs previous month (Reuters)
Portugal CPI Up 1.1% On Year
Spain April House Sales Falls 8.6% On Month, Rises 17.6% On Year
Sweden May Jobless Rate At 4.5%, Consensus 4.7%
US Pre Open
Economic News
Bullard Comments: US benefiting from EU crisis as flight to quality pushes down long term tsy yields, May have inflation
risk in mid-term due to deficits/ultra low rates (Reuters)
Without jobs, housing rebound may take years (MarketWatch)
The good news is the U.K. is going broke slower (MarketWatch)
Equities
Symbol Last Chg Symbol Last Chg Symbol Last Symbol Last
DOW 10195 57 EURUSD 1.2223 0.0109 2s5s 131.00 US2Y .76
SP500 1092 7 GBPUSD 1.4719 0.0166 2s10s 252.00 US5Y 2.07
NSDQ 1853.5 11 EURJPY 112.15 1.22 2s30s 343.00 US7Y 2.73
ZB 123'13 -0'26 USDCAD 1.0283 -0.0044 5s10s 121.00 US10Y 3.28
ZN 120'045 -0'165 USDJPY 91.77 0.15 5s30s 212.00 US30Y 4.19
ZF 116'275 -0'092 NZDUSD 0.695 0.0041 10s30s 91.00 UK5Y 2.23
ZT 109'022 -0'020 UK10Y 3.5
CLN0 75.1 1.32 UK30Y 4.25
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