- US quarterly refunding USD 67b, to raise 9.3b of cash
- Italy Econ Minister Padoan says must pursue reforms to emerge from recession, make voice count in Europe, repeats no supplementary budget
- Portugal Banking Assoc Chief says BES rescue solution positive, expects favorable results of ECB stress tests in Portugal
- Ireland’s Burton urges general European agreement for refinancing of Ireland’sIMF lo ans
- Russia allows Brazil to significantly increase meat & dairy exports to Russia
- Russia’s Putin signs decree banning or limiting imports of agricultural products from countries which sanctioned Russia (Interfax)
- Brazil can help meet add’l Russian demand for chicken after Russia bans US poultry imports (Brazil Animal Protein Assoc)
- Russia’s veterinary service to ban all US agricultural products & all EU fruit/vegetable imports (RIA)
- Brazil’s Pres Rousseff says confident that govt will meet primary surplus goal for this yr
- US International Trade MM $ Jun -41.54b, f/c -44.7b, -44.66b-prev
- US Mortgage Market Index w/e 347, 341.7-prev
- US MBA Purchase Index w/e 166.5, 168.7-prev
- US Mortgage Refinance Index w/e 1377, 1326.4-prev
- US MBA 30-Yr Mortgage Rate w/e 4.35%, 4.33%-prev
- CA Trade Balance C$ Jun +1.86b, f/c 0.00b, +0.58b-prev
- CA Exports C$ Jun 45.20b, 44.69b-prev
- CA Imports C$ Jun 43.34b, 44.12b-prev
- BR Auto Sales MM Jul 11.8%, -10.2%-prev
- BR Auto Output MM Jul 17%, -23.3%-prev
- WHO says Ebola death toll rises to 932, with 45 deaths b/w Aug 2-4
- Reuters Poll EUR 1.34 in 1 mo, 1.30 in 6 mos, 1.28 in 1 yr (1.36, 1.32, 1.29 in Jul poll)
- Reuters Poll GBP 1.69 in 1 mo, 1.69 in 6 mos, 1.68 in 1 yr (1.70, 1.69, 1.67 in Jul poll)
- Reuters Poll MXN 13.07 in 1 mo, 12.865 in 6 mos, 12.76 in 1 yr (12.98, 12.83, 12.80 in Jul poll)
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