The market is just seeing it for what it is.

The market is kind of in sleep mode.

I don't put a lot of faith in the month-to-month swings in the trade data, but we had expected a modest widening in the gap. This narrowing will feed into a little bit more positive reading to second-quarter GDP.

After the strong October car sales that were reported last week, it wouldn't be out of the question that the Fed would think things are improving.

The yield curve remains steady ... indicating that the upside inflation risk appears to be canceled out by Fed vigilance for now.

The yield initially knee-jerked lower on the weak durable goods data and the Saudi news.

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The auction came off pretty much as advertised -- it was good and strong.

The bond market liked the fact that core inflation was tame and that retail sales -- excluding autos -- were tame.

It's a done deal. We're looking for a fairly long, drawn out Senate trial.