• Hurricane Sandy bears down on East Coast
  • US stocks and bonds closed, to stay closed Tuesday
  • US personal spending +0.8% vs +0.6% exp
  • PCE core +1.7% y/y vs +1.7% exp
  • German HICP +2.1% vs + 2.0% exp
  • Dallas Fed manufacturing +1.8 vs flat reading exp
  • Canada budget officer forecasts 1.5% growth in 2013
  • OECD head: ECB must buy debt on secondary market immediately
  • Spain outlines bad bank loss provisions
  • US Treasury lowers Oct-Dec borrowing estimate
  • Rajoy: Spain and Italy have an unbreakable commitment to euro
  • Juncker: Grexit talks has to stop
  • Consumer confidence data postponed
  • USD leads, GBP lags

Some good US dollar demand at the London fixing was the only move on the day. That boosted USD/JPY above 79.75.

Cable hit stops below 1.6050 and AUD/USD was similar below 1.0340.

USD/CAD rose above parity (albeit barely) for the first time since August. Here is an amazing article on the move with some brilliant insight.