• Case-Shiller home price index rises 1.2% in July
  • Draghi: OMT does not solve debt crisis; aimed solely at monetary policy transmission; Greatest risk to stability from inaction
  • Richmond Fed index rises to +4 in September from -9 in August
  • US consumer confidence jumps in September to 70.3 from 61.3, highest since February
  • Catalonia to hold early elections over federal tax issue
  • Spanish deficit surges year to date; 4.8% of GDP versus 3.8% a year ago; Spending rises 8.9%, tax revenues fall 4.6%
  • Dallas Fed index edges to 10.1 in September from 8.4 in August
  • WSJ: Negotiations ongoing in Brussels over unified European budget
  • S&P has it all wrong on SNB bond buying, central bank says
  • Shorter Philly Fed’s Plosser: QE3 may end in tears.
  • Asmussen: ECB rejects forgiving Greek debt; would equal government financing
  • Market spooked late by large protests in Madrid