Market Internals update

***Looking Ahead***

– 11:30 (EU) EU President Van Rompuy, Leterme, Poland PM Tusk speak at GMF Conference
– 11:00 (US) Fed to purchase $4-6B in Notes/Bonds
– 12:00 (US) Annual Revisions: Industrial Production
– 12:15 (US) Fed’s Plosser speaks on monetary policy in New York
– 13:00 (EU) Fed’s Fisher, EU’s Rehn, Poland Fin Min Rostowski speak in Brussels
– 14:00 (GE) German Chancellor Merkel at Baden-Wuerttemberg Election Rally
– 14:30 (EU) EU’s Barroso speaks at GMF Conference
– 16:15 (EU) ECB’s Gonzalez-Paramo speaking in Washington

10:32 AM Market Internals update at 10:30ET

– NYSE volume 160M shares, about 25% below its three-month average; advancers lead decliners by 2.1:1.
– NASDAQ volume 420M shares, about 7% below its three-month average; advancers lead decliners by 1.7:1.
– VIX index -1.3% at just over 17.00

6:43 AM TradeTheNews.com European Market Update: German IFO shakes off any impact from recent Japan disaters

***Economic Data***

– (RU) Russia Central bank (CBR) maintaiedn the Refinancing Rate unchanged at 8.00%; as expected; Raises Reserve Requirements
– (RU) Russia Narrow Money Supply (RUB): 5.77T v 5.71T prior
– (FR) France Q4 Final Gross Domestic Product Q/Q: % v 0.3%e; Y/Y: % v 1.5%e
– (GE) Germany Feb Import Price Index M/M: 1.1% v 0.9%e; Y/Y: 11.9% v 11.6%e
– (FI) Finland Feb Preliminary Retail Sales Volume Y/Y: 2.3% v 2.9% prior
– (FR) France Mar Consumer Confidence: 83 v 85 prior
– (SP) Spain Feb Producer Prices M/M: 0.9% v 0.9%e; Y/Y: 7.6% v 7.5%e
– (AS) Austria Jan Industrial Production M/M: +0.5% v -2.8% prior; Y/Y: 8.4% v 2.8% prior
– (TT) Taiwan Feb M3 Money Supply Y/Y: 6.1% v 5.6% prior
– (NV) Netherlands Jan Consumer Spending Y/Y: 0.7% v 1.0%e
– (NV) Netherlands Feb Producer Confidence: 5.8v 1.8e
– (SW) Sweden Feb Household Lending Y/Y: 7.5% v 7.7% prior
– (GE) Germany Mar IFO Business Climate: 111.1 v 110.5e; Current Assessment: 115.8 v 114.6e; Expectations Survey: 106.5v 106.8e
– (EU) Euro Zone Feb M3 Money Supply Y/Y: 2.0% v 1.7%e; M3 Three-Month Avg: 1.7% v 1.6%e
– (IT) Italy Jan Retail Sales M/M: -0.3% v -0.1%e; Y/Y: -1.2% v +0.7%e
– (MA) Malaysia Feb CPI Y/Y: % v 2.7%e

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