Markets......
Asia Calendar for Thursday....
Australian Exports (M/M) Aug: 1.0% (prev -2.0%)
-Imports (M/M) Aug: 0.0% (prev -1.0%)
Australian Trade Balance (AUD) Aug: 989M (exp 850M; prev 460M)
Australian Retail Sales (M/M) Aug: -0.6% (exp 0.3%; prev 0.0%)
Japan PM Abe Pledges To Speed Up Abenomics – Yomiuri
South Korea's Trade Ministry: US, South Korea Recognize Need To Amend Free Trade Deal 'To Enhance Mutual Benefits Of The Korus' – RTRS
New Zealand Net Debt 22.2% Of GDP In 2016/17 Vs 22.5% Forecast
New Zealand 2017 Budget Surplus Is NZ$363 Mln Larger Than Forecast
-Budget Surplus NZ$4.07 Bln In 2017 v NZ$1.83 Bln In 2016
US......
US stocks up modestly and off highs but still record closes
Waiting for NFP Friday perhaps ?
Spain.....
Spanish military trucks on the move in Catalonia....
ABC: "Catalan banks have 2-hour plan to get out. Banks, big companies and funds activate exit plans in case Cat govt declares independence".
El Mundo: "Cynical Puigdemont invokes Constitution to attack the King" + "CaixaBank studying move to Balearic Islands on uncertainty".
El Periódico: "Puigdemont tells King: 'Not like that'" + Editorial: "For Catalonia, elections".
Bucket of cold water poured..
#BREAKING Spanish government rejects call for mediation in Catalan crisis
LATEST: Puigdemont says "Once again, the people of Catalonia showed it was united yesterday".
LATEST: Puigdemont says Catalonia "united as one people".
LATEST: Puigdemont says King disappointed many people in Catalonia with his decision to make that speech last night.
LATEST: Puigdemont says "this moment needs mediation".
El Diario reports Rajoy rejects Podemos offer of dialogue with Catalan government and separatist parties.
The Catalan president will make a statement in the parliament on Monday at 10am to explain how the referendum results will be enforced
CATALAN GOVT SEEKS BARCELONA BISHOP AS MEDIATOR: TV3
Army being sent to Catalonia for " logistical support."
INFLUENTIAL CATALAN BUSINESS LOBBY SAYS EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT POTENTIAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
THIS...Head of Catalan Gov't rules out Talks with Spain b/c of events of Sunday.
Keep your eyes on Spain between now and Monday !
Ominous....
UK...
Some UK MPs Are Said Ready To Call For PM May Resignation – Telegraph
The only question being asked that matters in British - nay European - politics tonight: does Mrs May survive?
The next 24 hours have suddenly become the most crucial in Mrs May’s political life.
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Tories "Have No Idea... Burying Their Heads in the Sand" https://order-order.com/2017/10/04/tories-have-no-idea-burying-their-heads-in-the-sand/ …
May: we seek a partnership that ensures the UK is a sovereign nation once again.. in which the British people are firmly in control #Brexit
Theresa May: the negotiations can be frustrating but if approached in a spirit of cooperation we can find a deal that works for all #Brexit
Knives out for Boris...
US Politics.....
Las Vegas....
#BREAKING: GOP lawmaker to introduce bill to ban device Vegas shooter used to turn gun into automatic weapon http://hill.cm/V8c23Hi
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend denies knowing about his plans http://hill.cm/UBEkNHn
NEW: Dems think they can get Trump to work with them on gun control http://hill.cm/kPitA90
Girlfriend Marilou Danley says she didn't suspect Stephen Paddock's plans and thought he sent her away to break up http://cnn.it/2fKoqvT
Lawyer for shooter's girlfriend says Paddock bought her tix to the Phillippines 2 weeks prior and wired her 100k to buy a home.
R Sen Ron Johnson on bump stocks: "I have no problem in banning those."
Trump heads to Las Vegas as FBI question shooter's girlfriend http://u.afp.com/4D2m
"And yeah they’re learning a lot more and that’ll be announced at the appropriate time," Trump says of Vegas shooting before leaving for NV.
Puerto Rico....
JUST IN: White House asks Congress for $29 billion for disaster relief http://hill.cm/zV3CF7c
WATCH: San Juan mayor wears "nasty" shirt to TV interview in response to Trump http://hill.cm/juTXVVh
"After [US House] round table Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González confirms under discussion to review Promesa" #muniland
Puerto Rico debt restructuring is currently being litigated. Will likely tk years to be resolved given appeals. Need negotiations #muniland
As for hurricane-related costs, @MickMulvaneyOMB said #s are being finalized for emergency supplemental request which goes to the Hill today
Food and water supply, telecommunications and effective diesel distribution logistics are the priorities for the Gov't @CaribBusiness
Sec of Education and Housing are identifying places in municipalities to prepare food for the people in need @CaribBusiness
76% of gas stations are now operational, almost double the amount that were open last week. @CaribBusiness
126 humanitarian aid missions were active yesterday, more than double than the day before, informed @ricardorossello @CaribBusiness
Expectation is that telecommunications will be at 45% in a week. More Sat COWs satellites are being installed every day @CaribBusiness
"Food and water is moving very quickly" said FEMA director. Rep from 47 municipalities went to the supply center yesterday @CaribBusiness
US Army Corps of Engineers installed 30 generators. The also have 143 generators on stand by and 300 more on the way @CaribBusiness
FEMA director said relief application have surpassed the 140,000. He also announced "an aggressive" recruitment campaign @CaribBusiness
"We are not going to deal right now with those fundamental difficulties that Puerto Rico had before the storm," Trump's budget director says
Congress passed a law to restructure Puerto Rico's debts. Trump is getting involved but he cant "wipe out" the debt #muniland
Swampland....
100,000 pages of documents , 11 open hearings held, more than 100 people have been interviewed - and absolutely not even chipmunk squat.
Where are these "weaponized" Facebook , Google or Twitter ads ? Why aren't examples posted so we can actually see what the fuss is about ?
As though somehow Mueller can do something the FBI allegedly can't do - make "Dodgy Dossier Peddler Steele " cooperate ?
JUST IN: Mueller including controversial Trump-Russia dossier in Russia probe: report http://hill.cm/124Z0rv
Judge blocks Texas from turning over voter information to Trump voter fraud commission http://hill.cm/1x0RyOG
#BREAKING: Trump Justice Dept investigating affirmative action policies at Harvard http://hill.cm/GtN7Kv5
WATCH: Bipartisan support grows to rein in controversial government surveillance law http://hill.cm/DqcKTxw
NEW: Five takeaways from the Senate Intel update on its Trump-Russia probe http://hill.cm/aO67HUB
TRUMP SAYS "I'M VERY HONORED BY HIS [TILLERSON] COMMENTS .. TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN REX": LAS VEGAS BRIEF
Facebook takes out full-page ads vowing to "fight any attempt to interfere with elections" http://hill.cm/BPLV8H8
Former spy Steele not cooperating-no shocker he won't testify under oath/penalty of perjury about his doggy dossier.
SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BURR SAYS INTEL PANEL HAS NOT DETERMINED THAT RUSSIA SOUGHT TO BOOST TRUMP IN 2016 ELECTION: RTRS
If these were ads in the public domain previously , why not release them ?
burr: oct. 25 open hearing with cohen. on steele dossier, committee has hit a wall. offers unaccepted.
"Yes," Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on AF1 when press asked if Trump has confidence in Tillerson.
Is he didn't, wouldn't be here, she said.
Gen. Kelly was originally going to be on AF1 to Vegas with Trump today but was pulled off flight, I'm told.
WH not answering Qs about it.
Source confirms to CNN Tillerson did call the President a "moron," & that President Trump was aware Tillerson spoke of him in such a way
SEN. CORKER SAYS `DISHEARTENED' ON TAX REFORM EFFORTS
GOP SEN. CORKER SAYS HE WON'T BE PART OF ADDING TO DEFICIT
Tillerson praised cabinet, implied nasty backbiting rumors from current and former admin officials meant to divide the admin.
NBC reported Tillerson called Trump "moron" & had to be talked out of resigning.
"I'm not going to deal with petty stuff like," he says now.
Guess we shall see what , if anything , happens on Monday. I think I October 10th a more likely day-but who knows ?
Odds & Ends.....
KSA-Russia....
Bitcoin...
Russian Official Compares Bitcoin Price with Infamous Ponzi ‘MMM’
Nate......
Tropical Storm Nate is now something to keep an eye on in the Gulf of Mexico.
A low over the SW Caribbean should become a tropical depression later today while it moves NW toward Nicaragua http://hurricanes.gov #90L
Libya...
Hafter assesses Benghazi needs with acting mayor - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/10/05/hafter-assesses-benghazi-needs-with-acting-mayor/ …
Fayez Serraj meets with a delegation of #Sabratha elders. #Libya
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/154963/ …
Residents of destroyed #Sirte neighborhoods call on Pres. Council for compensation. #Libya
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/154960/ …
UNSMIL slams Misrata attack as city goes on high alert - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/10/04/unsmil-slams-misrata-attack-as-city-goes-on-high-alert/ …
Libya method of participating in production cut plan of OPEC.
Syria.....
Syrian Democratic Forces captured Harmushiyah from Islamic State after 3 days of clashes
Map: http://SyrianCivilWarMap.com
Approximate situation after major SAA advances in eastern Homs / Hama pocket
Map: http://SyrianCivilWarMap.com
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