U.S. economic strength

A gauge of U.S. economic strength pointed to slowing growth in January, providing additional evidence the nation's production, consumption and housing sectors are skidding into 2014.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's National Activity Index, released Monday, fell to -0.39 in January from -0.03 in the prior month. The three-month moving average, designed to smooth out month-to-month volatility, also declined, falling to +0.10 last month from December's +0.26. The index is a weighted average of 85 indicators of economic activity nationwide. A reading above zero indicates growth above the nation's history trend.
Forty-four of the 85 individual indicators made a negative contribution to the monthly indicator, while 41 pushed it higher. The declines were focused in two areas. Production category fell to -0.36 in January, down from +0.06 in December. The consumption-and-housing category fell to -0.18 from -0.14 in the prior month. The employment and sales sectors saw their slight gains overwhelmed.

Treasury auctions

Treasury auctions. Today's 22 big banks which act as intermediaries between bidders and the US is down from 46 in 1988 even though the country's debt load is up seven-fold the past quarter-century. While the decline has been driven by consolidation in the financial industry, the introduction of web-based auction bidding is also increasing final investors' ability to circumvent primary dealers, the committee noted. Electronic bidding has also cut the average time it takes the government to announce auction results to about 2 minutes from 30, reducing bidders' exposure to market risks.

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GBP/JPY

21 Feb  GBP/JPY  Daily
15::15 GMT - GBP's Running ahead this pm., after a contained am,       session centred on 170.60. The latter is a draw lower if/as the pm.   rally fades (around 171.85/ Tues/ this week's high.) [NR]
R5: 175.55   21-Oct-08 high
R4: 174.85 ** 2-Jan/ YTD high
R3: 173.60 * 23-Jan high
R2: 172.30  24-Jan high
R1: 171.85 * 18-Feb high
S1: 170.60   Fri am high volm
S2: 169.20 * Thurs low
S3: 167.55   Jan low
S4: 167.15   10-Feb low
S5: 165.00   6-Feb low