[Jumper]

Greece is the quarterly and annually pondered question - Euro Markets go viral when the politicians and bankers meet over Greece, and the markets do the obligatory drop and subsequent rise, as predictable as the waves on the beach.

If world markets, or for that matter, any markets could be affected by Greece that notion has long since been printed out of being anything more than an issue of currency - Quantitative Easing and the residual printing of an extra percent Euro Zone Wide makes up the difference. Money has ceased to be anything more than Oil, but better because Socialists can get more for their government initiatives than any other commodity.

[expat_panama]

A very good morning to all!  Yesterday's drop was miniscule with infinitesimal volume and right now futures see stock indexes up +0.18% and metals +0.48%.  The econ announcement floodgate opens this morning with--

CPI
Core CPI
FHFA Housing Price Index
New Home Sales

--and for some reason (unlike yesterday) a lot of headlines seem interesting:

German Output Picks Up as Economy Enters 'Fast Lane'  Bloomberg - 45 minutes ago (Bloomberg) -- Germany's economy gathered speed in March, signaling that Europe's economic powerhouse outperformed the rest of the region once again in the first quarter.
MarketsEuropean markets open lower after poor China data   Financial Times

Oil drops as Saudi output nears record, China demand worries drag Reuters - 8 hours ago ... * China PMI falls below 50 points. * Saudi output near record highs. * Crude oversupply of 2 mln barrels per day seen in Q2 -FGE.
Asian shares wobble as China PMI weighs "For today the focus is likely to be on the preliminary flash manufacturing and services PMI data from Germany and France for March, particularly in light of the weak Chinese HSBC manufacturing PMI number," Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, said in a note. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up about 0.2 percent in choppy trade, pulling
Attacking Wall Street, Wounding Main - Iain Murray, Washington Examiner
Political Myths About Banking Make For Bad Policy - Douglas Elliott, RCM
Next Credit Crunch Could Make 2008 Seem Small - Ben Wright, Telegraph
A 'Patient' Uber Relieves the Yellen Fed Of Its Clothes - John Tamny, RCM
The Fed Must Be Free of Congress - Paul Johnson & Robert Rebelein, CNBC
4 Signs U.S. Shares May Be Losing Steam - Martin Pelletier, National Post