Things that can move the US today:
- Asia mostly up: Japan flat, China +.75%, HK +.35%, SoKo +.38%
- Australia jobs -8.8k vs +11.7 prior, but unemployment to 5.1% from 5.3%
- Moody's lowers short-term ratings of Sharp
- Europe strong: Eurostoxx +1.1%, Dax +1.2%, FTSE +.53%, Spain +1.3%
- Spanish, French auctions strong; Spain sells EUR 3.5 bio, top of target amt
- Sweden cuts short rates by 25bp to 1.25%
- France unemployment 10.2% as expected, up from 10.0%
- UK house prices -0.4% vs +0.2% expected, -0.7% previous
- Germany factory orders -4.5% YoY as expected, -7.8% prior