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• Japan Govt To Sell Y149.7 Trln Of Bonds In Market in FY 2012
• Japan Govt Drafts FY2012 Budget Worth Y90.3 Trln
• US IRS: 2-Mos Tax-Cut Extension Adds Tax for High Incomes
• Fed Extends Volcker Rule Comment Period Til Feb 13
• US DATA: Dallas Fed’s trimmed mean PCE inflation was.
• Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight
• NY Fed Study: TIPS Liq’ty Works Against Potential Advantages
• US House, Senate Approve Two-Month Payroll Tax-Cut Extension
• US Tsy:Gov Pay Freeze,Budge Control Act Trim L-T Liabilities
• The times they are a changin’ in USD/JPY
• Warm up the chopper: House passes payroll tax cut extension
• US DATA: Nov New Home Sales +1.6% to 315k about with.
• US November new home sales rise 1.6%
• Clarify: ECB Calls For Bids In 7-Day Main Refi Operation
• Holiday schedule
• ECB Forecasts E748.0 Billion Net Drain At Tuesday’s 7-Day MRO
• ECB sidelined in latest data
• ECB Bond Buys Likely To Slow To E19 Mln in Week Ending Dec 23
• US DATA: 2011 Financial Report of the U.S. Govt (yr..
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Japan Govt To Sell Y149.7 Trln Of Bonds In Market in FY 2012 Posted: TOKYO (MNI) – Japan’s Ministry of Finance said Saturday that it plans to sell Y149.7 trillion worth of government bonds in the market in the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2012, higher than the Y144.9 trillion initially slated for the current fiscal year. The so-called calendar base debt sales, or the amount of government bonds [...]

Japan Govt Drafts FY2012 Budget Worth Y90.3 Trln Posted: TOKYO (MNI) – Japan’s government on Saturday said it has drafted a budget for fiscal 2012 totalling Y90.334 trillion, slightly smaller than Y92.412 trillion for the initial fiscal 2011 budget. According to the plan, general-account spending, excluding debt-servicing costs, will total Y68.390 trillion, down slightly from Y70.863 trillion for this fiscal year. New government bond [...]

US IRS: 2-Mos Tax-Cut Extension Adds Tax for High Incomes Posted: WASHINGTON (MNI) – The IRS Friday told high-income taxpayers they will owe 2% more on wages in excess of $18,350 — an annual rate of $80,100 –earned during the two months the payroll tax cut has been extended: Payroll Tax Cut Temporarily Extended into 2012 IR-2011-124, Dec. 23, 2011 Nearly 160 million workers will benefit [...]

Fed Extends Volcker Rule Comment Period Til Feb 13 Posted: WASHINGTON (MNI) – The following was issed by the Federal Reserve Friday afternoon: Agencies Extend Comment Period on Volcker Rule Proposal Four federal agencies on Friday extended until February 13, 2012, the comment period on a proposal to implement the so-called Volcker Rule of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Dodd-Frank [...]

US DATA: Dallas Fed’s trimmed mean PCE inflation was. Posted: US DATA: Dallas Fed’s trimmed mean PCE inflation was +1.2% annualized in Nov. See http://www.dallasfed.org/data/pce/index.html

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight Posted: That’s about all the pre-Christmas excitement I can stand! Wishing all a very Merry Christmas. See you back here on Tuesday.

NY Fed Study: TIPS Liq’ty Works Against Potential Advantages Posted: –Data Requirements for Repos, Securities Lending, Need Expansion NEW YORK (MNI) – The following two executive summaries pertain to reports posted Friday on the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Web page www.newyorkfed.org: The Microstructure of the TIPS Market Authors: Michael J. Fleming and Neel Krishnan The potential advantages from the introduction of Treasury inflation-protected securities [...]

US House, Senate Approve Two-Month Payroll Tax-Cut Extension Posted: –House, Senate Pass Bill By Unanimous Consent Motions –President Obama Expected To Sign Payroll Tax Cut Extension Bill Soon –House, Senate Talks On Year-Long Plan Set To Begin In January By John Shaw WASHINGTON (MNI) – Weeks of partisan acrimony ended Friday, when the House and Senate passed by unanimous consent a bill that would [...]

US Tsy:Gov Pay Freeze,Budge Control Act Trim L-T Liabilities Posted: By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MNI) – The government’s equivalent of an annual 10-K report, its 2011 Financial Report of the United States Government, Friday showed dramatic year-to-year improvement for a net debtor nation struggling to finance itself over the long-term. Impossible entitlement commitments, the lowest revenues as a percent of GDP since the 1950s and [...]

The times they are a changin’ in USD/JPY Posted: Analyzing USD/JPY is like watch paint dry, but without the excitement. But occasionally you spot something unusual. I’ve recently noticed that the 100-day moving average is starting to tick high for the first time since mid-2010. It’s a subtle thing, but coming off all-time lows earlier this year, perhaps Mr. Market is sending us a [...]

Warm up the chopper: House passes payroll tax cut extension Posted: Obama is slipping on the presidential flip-flops, getting ready to sign the payroll tax bill and then chopper out to Andrews Air Force Base so he can jump on Air Force One and fly off to Hawaii for vacation.

US DATA: Nov New Home Sales +1.6% to 315k about with. Posted: US DATA: Nov New Home Sales +1.6% to 315k about in-line with the MNI median estimate of 313k. Oct new home sales were revised up to 310k (prev 307k) and Sep was also revised up to 306k (prev 303k). The months supply of new homes fell 1.3% to 158k or a six months supply, the [...]

US November new home sales rise 1.6% Posted: 315,000 unit annual rate

Clarify: ECB Calls For Bids In 7-Day Main Refi Operation Posted: FRANKFURT (MNI) – The ECB Friday said that based on its liquidity forecast Friday, the benchmark allotment amounted to -E748.0 billion. At the ECB’s first three-year LTRO earlier this week, the central bank allotted a record E489.191 billion to over 500 banks, in addition to an allotment of E169.024 billion in its weekly 7-day MRO. [...]

Holiday schedule Posted: We’re gonna wrap things up in about 2 yours for the weekend. We’ll resume regular updates on Tuesday, though London is closed for Boxing Day. We’ll try and have a few updates over the weekend as well.

ECB Forecasts E748.0 Billion Net Drain At Tuesday’s 7-Day MRO Posted: FRANKFURT (MNI) – The ECB Friday forecast a net drain of E748.0 billion at Tuesday’s weekly 7-day main refinancing operation. It said that based on its liquidity forecast Friday, the benchmark allotment amounted to -E748.0 billion. At the ECB’s first three-year LTRO earlier this week, the central bank allotted a record E489.191 billion to over [...]

ECB sidelined in latest data Posted: The ECB bought only EUR 19 mln in government bonds this week after buying over EUR 3 bln last week. Italian bonds are on the slide today with the yield on 10s moving back above 7%, now at 7.06%, helpiong weigh on EUR/USD. Critical comments from S&P haven’t helped. EUR/USD support is seen in the [...]

ECB Bond Buys Likely To Slow To E19 Mln in Week Ending Dec 23 Posted: FRANKFURT (MNI) – The European Central Bank announced on Friday that it expected to have settled E19 million in bond buys in the week ending December 23, its lowest level since early August. The central bank had settled E3.361 billion in the week ending December 16 and E635 million in the week before that. The [...]

US DATA: 2011 Financial Report of the U.S. Govt (yr.. Posted: US DATA: 2011 Financial Report of the U.S. Govt (yr ended Sept 30, 2011) has no surprises since it summarizes daily/monthly Tsy statements in consolidated balance sheet form. Shows interest costs and entitlement spending are rising, but Treasury says the YOY budget picture is dramatically better. Tsy reports total cash at $76.9b on Sept 30, [...]

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