Trade the News: Market Internals update

***Looking Ahead***

– 11:00 (US) Fed to purchase $5.5-7.5B in Notes/Bonds
– 13:00 (US) Treasury to sell $29B in 7-Year Notes
– 13:00 (US) Fed’s Bullard speaks at UBS Dinner in London
– 14:00 (US) Fed’s Lacker testifies on Dodd-Frank at Hearing
– 14:30 (US) Fed’s Hoenig speaks to London School of Economics
– 15:00 (AR) Argentina Feb Supermarket Sales Y/Y: No est v 15.2% prior
– 16:30 (MX) Mexico Feb YTD Budget Balance (MXN): No est v -701M prior

***Economic Data***

– (SA) South Africa Feb Private Sector Credit Y/Y: 5.4% v 5.2%e; M3 Money Supply Y/Y: 7.6% v 8.6%e
– (HU) Hungary Feb Producer Prices M/M: 0.2% v 0.0% prior; Y/Y: 6.3% v 6.4%e
– (SP) Spain Mar Preliminary CPI EU Harmonized Y/Y: 3.3% v 2.4%e
– (SP) Spain Feb Adjusted Real Retail Sales Y/Y: -4.5% v -4.7% prior; Real Retail Sales Y/Y: -4.8% v -4.7% prior
– (IT) Italy Feb Hourly Wages M/M: 0.0 v 0.1% prior; Y/Y: 2.1 v 1.7% prior
– (UK) Jan Index of Services M/M: +1.3 v -1.1% prior; 3M/3M: -0.5% v -0.9%e
– (EU) Euro Zone Mar Business Climate: 1.41 v 1.42e; Consumer Confidence: -10.6 v -10.6e; Economic Confidence: 107.3 v 107.5e; Industrial Confidence: 6.6 v 6.0e; Services Confidence: 10.8 v 11.5e
– (PO) Portugal Mar Consumer Confidence: -48.4 v -49.1 prior; Economic Climate: -1.4 v -1.3 prior
– (BE) Belgium Mar CPI M/M: 0.5% v 0.6% prior; Y/Y: 3.5% v 3.4% prior (Highest YoY reading since Oct 2008)
– (SZ) Swiss Mar KOF Swiss Leading Indicator: 2.24v 2.18e
– (UK) Mar CBI Industrial Trends Reported Sales: +15 v -2e
– (IR) Ireland Mar Live Register Monthly Change: +1.1K v -1.7K prior; Unemployment Rate: 14.57 v 13.5% prior
– (PO) Portugal Feb Retail Sales M/M:+1.2% v -3.9% prior; Y/Y: -4.6% v 5.3% prior
– (PO) Portugal Feb Industrial Production M/M: 1.5% v -3.7% prior; Y/Y: 0.9% v -0.7% prior

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