• March 9, 2017
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The European Central Bank offered no surprises Thursday as it left interest rates unchanged. The Governing Council left the main refinancing rate at 0%, while the rate on deposits parked overnight at the bank remains at minus 0.4%. The rate on the bank’s marginal lending facility remains at 0.25%. In a statement, the bank repeated

• March 9, 2017
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European government bond yields ticked lower on Thursday after the European Central Bank left its monetary-policy strategy steady. The yield on the 10-year German bund , considered the European benchmark, was up half a basis point on the day at 0.375%, while the yield on the 10-year French bond declined two basis points to 1.008%.

• March 9, 2017
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Gold futures pushed their slide into an eighth consecutive session Thursday as prices languished at their lowest since early February. A sharp drop for oil prices, as crude dropped below $49 a barrel for the first time this year, weighed on gold trading. The yellow metal fell even as a rising dollar index paused its

• March 9, 2017
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Rates for home loans spiked along with a surge in Treasury yields as Federal Reserve officials guided market expectations toward an interest rate increase next week. It is only the third week in 2017 in which interest rates have increased.

• March 8, 2017
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ADP says February was third-best month of jobs growth of the recovery. Private-sector employment increased by 298,000, ADP reported Thursday. That gain suggests a much better than forecast reading for the payrolls report due Friday, where expectations are for 200,000 jobs added.

• March 8, 2017
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Unit Labor Costs 1.7 vs. estimates of 1.6. Nonfarm Productivity 1.3 vs. estimates of 1.5. This is revised data from the 4th QTR.

• March 7, 2017
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January Trade Balance -48.5B vs. estimates of -48.5B. This of course meets expectations and will not be a factor for today’s pricing.

• March 6, 2017
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January Factory Orders 1.2% vs. estimates of 1.2%. Not a factor for interest pricing today.

• March 3, 2017
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Investors will lock in Friday on speeches by the Federal Reserve’s top policy-makers, Yellen’s speech is scheduled for 1 PM Eastern Time. Warming up traders for the boss, four other Fed officials take the stage before her: Fed No. 2 Stanley Fischer, Fed Gov. Jerome Powell, the Chicago Fed’s Charles Evans and Richmond’s Jeffrey Lacker.

• March 3, 2017
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February ISM Non Manufacturing (Services) 57.6 vs.estimates of 56.5. This represents more than 2/3 of our economic engine, any reading above is expansionary.