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U.S. Treasuries edge lower ahead of Fed meeting
    By Ana Nicolaci da Costa 
    LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries edged lower on 
Tuesday as the market awaited the Federal Reserve's policy 
meeting later this session, where the bank is widely expected to 
raise rates by a quarter-percentage-point. 
    Although the rate rise has been fully priced in by the 
market, analysts will scrutinise the statement that follows for 
any change in Fed language and any mention of its inflation 
outlook. 
    "(The market) is totally dead. There might be some 
excitement if the wording of the statement is different in terms 
of what it means for the market's pricing of February rate hike 
expectations," said a trader in London. 
    "We've got Consumer Price Index data (CPI) on Friday, which 
will be a important number but generally people are winding 
down. We are in the last full trading week of the year." 
    The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announces its 
interest-rate decision at 1915 GMT. 
    At 1040 GMT, the 10-year note <US10YT=RR> was 5/32 lower in 
price, with a yield of 4.17 percent, compared with 4.15 percent 
at the New York close on Monday. 
    The two-year notes price was 2/32 lower, with a yield of 
2.99 percent <US2YT=RR>, against 2.97 in late New York trade. 
    "Nothing is happening. The past couple of instances where we 
had an FOMC meeting, trading in Treasuries was virtually halted, 
so we do not expect yield movements in either direction by more 
than 1 or 2 basis points ahead of the FOMC meeting," said 
Kornelius Purps, fixed income strategist at Hypovereinbank in 
Munich. 
    Five-year yields <US5YT=RR> were at 3.56 percent and the 
ultra-long 30-year debt yield <US30YT=RR> was at 4.82 percent. 
    The March T-note future <TYH5> fell 4/32 to 112-10/32. 
    Investors will eye the October trade report at 1330 GMT, 
given recent focus on the sustainability of the current account 
deficit which has hurt the dollar and sparked talk of dwindling 
interest for U.S. assets such as Treasuries. 
    The international trade report is out at 1330 GMT, followed 
by U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization data for 
November at 1415 GMT. 
    Also on the calendar are the weekly data -- the ICSC/UBS 
chain store sales numbers are out at 1245 GMT, Redbook's retail 
sales index of department and chain store sales is released at 
1355 GMT and ABC/Money's consumer confidence index is due at 
2330 GMT. 
    The Fed Bank of Richmond's manufacturing indexes for 
November are out at 1500 GMT. 
    Treasuries underperformed Bunds, with the 10-year yield 
spread 1 basis point wider at 60 basis points. The 10-year 
dollar swap spread was steady at 39.50 basis points.