Today's Key Issues (time in GMT):
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08:00 EUR EU Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee meets
13:30 USD Advance Retail Sales -0.80% vs. -2.70%
13:30 USD Retail Sales less Autos -0.40% vs. -3.10%
13:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims 610K vs. 626K
13:30 USD Continuing Claims 4800K vs. 4788K
15:00 USD Business Inventories -0.90% vs. -0.70%
18:00 EUR ECB’s Trichet speaks in Osnabrueck, Germany