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US Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates

Date 03/02/2014

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of net marketable borrowing for the January – March 2014 and April – June 2014 quarters:

During the January – March 2014 quarter, Treasury expects to issue $284 billion in net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-March cash balance of $130 billion.  This borrowing estimate is $19 billion higher than announced in October 2013.  The increase in borrowing relates primarily to changes in cash balance assumptions [[1]] offset by higher receipts.

Statement Of Deputy Assistant Secretary For Economic Policy Seth B. Carpenter For The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of The Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association

Date 03/02/2014

U.S. economic growth accelerated in 2013, with activity picking up significantly during the latter half of the year. Over the four quarters of 2013, real GDP advanced 2.7 percent, notably faster than the 2.0 percent pace in 2012.

OCC Announces Record January For Options, Futures And Stock Loan Activity

Date 03/02/2014

OCC cleared contract volume reached 395,595,620 in January, an 8 percent increase from the January 2013 volume of 365,027,878 contracts. January 2014 marks the highest January volume for OCC to date, reaching record highs in options, futures and stock loan activity.

The Options Industry Council Announces January Options Volume Up 8 Percent Setting New January Monthly Record

Date 03/02/2014

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 389,821,135 total options contracts traded in January, up 7.96 percent compared to last January when 361,071,621 contracts were traded.

MGEX: January Sets Multiple Volume, Open Interest Records

Date 03/02/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports a record-setting start to 2014. January 2014 reported 180,550 Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) and Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) futures and options contracts traded, the 13th best month in Exchange history and an 87 percent increase over January 2013.

Trading On WSE: January 2014

Date 03/02/2014

• The value of session trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 19.7 billion in January 2014, a decrease of 5.9% YoY.
• The total value of trading on NewConnect was PLN 125.3 million in January 2014, an increase of 45.0% YoY
• The volume of trading in derivatives was 961.8 thousand contracts in January 2014, an increase of 3.4% YoY.
• The value of session trading in bonds on Catalyst increased by 163.6% YoY from PLN 158.9 million in January 2013 to PLN 419.0 million in January 2014.
• The total volume of transactions in electricity was 7.6 TWh year to date, a decrease by 19.5% YoY.

CFTC Revokes The Registrations Of Chicago Trading Managers LLC

Date 03/02/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revoked the registrations of Chicago Trading Managers LLC (CT Managers). CT Managers had been registered with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor.

CBOE VIX Options, C2 Options Exchange Establish New Single-Day Volume Records - VIX Futures Daily Volume Is Second-Best Ever

Date 03/02/2014

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported two new single-day volume records:

• Options on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) established an all-time, single-day volume record of an estimated 2,367,764 contracts traded. Today's record volume surpassed the previous record of 1,797,052 contracts traded on October 8, 2013.
• C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) set an estimated daily record of 662,195 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 623,314 contracts traded on April 19, 2013.

DME Sets New Trading Records

Date 03/02/2014

DME (Dubai Mercantile Exchange) today announced record average daily trading volumes ("ADV") of 8,162 lots in January 2014, equivalent to almost 8.162 million barrels of crude oil per day.

Impact Of Market Volatility On EBRD Emerging Markets - Most EBRD Countries Relatively Unaffected Despite Renewed Pressure On Emerging Markets

Date 03/02/2014

As of 31 January 2014

• Global emerging markets (EMs) have come under renewed pressure since late January, but many countries in the EBRD region have been comparatively unaffected by market concerns over tapering. Stock markets and exchange rates have seen a trend strengthening since May 2013, and notwithstanding some declines in equities in the past weeks – in line with global trends – most transition countries have remained relatively resilient.
• The main reasons are improved fundamentals; relatively little reliance on volatile portfolio flows and, more recently, positive developments in the eurozone to which many of the EBRD EMs are closely linked. 
• Notable exceptions include Turkey and Ukraine, where vulnerability to external financial conditions have been joined by domestic turmoil in recent months. Russia has also experienced a depreciation of 5% since the start of the year.
• Markets are likely to remain volatile as the Fed gradually reduces the scale of its asset purchases and as the “commodity super-cycle” is ending with the slowdown of emerging market demand.  Cross-border bank deleveraging will likely continue, putting additional, though generally not major, pressure on EM funding in the EBRD region.
• In this environment the strength of domestic fundamentals is likely to prove a critical determinant of EMs' resilience and the extent to which they suffer capital outflows.