8:30 Numbers

Consensus was high enough, let’s see how tomorrow turns out. Also retail sales up a lot more than just energy prices, and claims down. Still

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AMT tax cut

Seems the AMT tax cut has a chance of getting through with being ‘paid for’ if the Democrats capitulate. This would add about 100 billion

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Credit Recap

(an interoffice email) > > Office Depot (ODP): Announced today that it sees erosion of sales and > earnings in the 4th quarter of 2007

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2007-12-12 US Economic Releases

MBA Mortgage Applications (Dec 7) Survey n/a Actual 2.5% Prior 22.5% Revised n/a Mortgage Bankers Association Purchasing Index SA Looking very firm. Possible evidence housing

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Fed regs with comments

Note they’ve also added the international arrangements as per my discussion earlier today. The same recommendations suggested in August. 7 Lending by the Federal Reserve

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