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Thursday, April 19

19th Apr - Morning Briefings

Here are today's morning briefings, for yesterday's US close regulars and article links see IMF: Great Expectations and for even more see US open regulars and articles in Blame Canada

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News roundup – Between The Hedges
News roundup – The Trader
Emerging London Headlines – beyondbrics / FT
The 6am Cut London – alphaville / FT
Press digests by Reuters: FT, WSJ, NYT

Negative sentiment in the US stock market as results from IBM and Intel disappoint. Most Asian stock markets follow the negative sentiment. US bond yields decline on the back of demand for safe assets ahead of the Spanish government bond auction today. The yen weakens modestly after comments from BoJ. 

Morning BriefingBNYMellon
The kiwi is on a roll, or at least it has been. Although the currency has tracked sideways against the USD since early March (in keeping with the directionless trade endured by many other currency pairs), it currently stands some 67% above its lows from early 2009 and is up 5.2% year-to-date. 

Market Preview: Eyes on Spanish bond auctionSaxo Bank
European markets are set to open mixed Thursday. Market participants are cautious ahead of the outcome of the French and Spanish bond auctions due today. Moreover data scheduled for today is expected to show that US jobless claims declined last week.

Debt crisis: live – The Telegraph
Europe Crisis Tracker – WSJ
Tracking Europe’s Debt Crisis – NYT
FX Options Analytics – Saxo Bank