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*** FT BeyondBRICs: Early mover: Indonesia enters correction ***
*** FT Alphaville: FROB! ***
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*** FT Alphaville: From Fed run-offs to super-sized Treasury auctions ***
*** FT Alphaville: Silver backwardation is here ***

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Working gas in storage fell 243 Bcf from previous week. The consensus was at 233 Bcf.

Storage level 109 Bcf higher than same time year ago.

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Sales of existing homes in U.S. rose 12.3% to 5.28 million units SAAR. Consensus was at 4.87 million.

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Philadelphia FED General Business Conditions Index fell to 19.3. The consensus was at 20.8, prior revised (from 24.3) reading was at 20.8.

Industrial production will continue to slowly expand in January.

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