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The Market At 2010-03-10 11:55:29 ET

10-Year: 3.739 -10/32   GNMAs:    EUR/USD: 1.3667   USD/JPY: 90.6675

(10:27) Falling further with an uptick in size

(9:21) Adding to slide in barely there size

(8:30) Slipping further on open

Wholesale inventories: Actual -0.2%, consensus 0.2%, prior -1.0% (revised from -0.8%)

Treasury Budget: Briefing -$223.0B, consensus -$221.0B, prior -$42.6B

Auction $25B 56-day cash management bills draw 0.145% with 4.54 cover

Auction $21B 10-yrs


Offered: The dollar has been pushed lower and has taken out some stops through the 80.40 level on the index, with 80.22 the next stop. The buck...

The Interest Rate Outlook

Last Updated: 2010-03-09, 16:00:16 ET

Too Legit to Commit?
The Federal Open Market Committee met this week, as all around global drama unfolded, Treasury official's (and former Fedsters) were grilled by lawmakers, and the market continued to mind its own business and trade wherever it felt like trading. All the while pundits and assorted talking heads felt it necessary to shout from the roof-tops and pound the "Politicized Fed"...