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* Bernanke Sees Case for `Further Action' With Too-Low Inflation (Bloomberg)
* Special report: Globally, the flash crash is no flash in the pan (Reuters)
* GE Falls After Sales Miss Estimates on Equipment Shipments (Bloomberg)
* Pento: Gold Vs US Bonds - Which Do You Believe? (RCM)
* U.S. to Judge China's Yuan Policy as Elections Near (Reuters)
* Stock Selloff Adds to Pressure on Banks to Fix Foreclosure Mess (Bloomberg)
* More jawboning: "Muted" effect if Fed buys more bonds: Kocherlakota (Reuters)
* Japan, Korea Tussle Over Won (WSJ)
* China September Property Prices Rise, Defying Curbs (Bloomberg)
* AIG $2 Billion Treasury Backstop Shows Rating Firms' Influence (Bloomberg)
* Analysis: Retaliation in reserve as China faces yuan tensions (Reuters)
* India to join FX wars imminently: India's Gokarn Signals Currency Market Intervention as Inflows Fuel Rally (Bloomberg)
* ECB Hawks Call for Bolder Steps (WSJ)
* Lomax Wary on BOE Stimulus Expansion as Risk of Bubbles Makes Her `Queasy' (Bloomberg)
* Former Portuguese Monopolies Prove Safer Than Sovereign Debt: Euro Credit (Bloomberg)

Economic Highlights:

* Euro-Zone EU 25 New Car Registrations for September -9.6%.Previous -12.9%.
* Euro-Zone CPI - Core for September 1.0% y/y - in line with expectations. Consensus 1.0% y/y. Previous 1.0% y/y.
* Euro-Zone CPI for September 0.2% m/m 1.8% y/y - in line with expectations.Consensus 0.2% m/m 1.8% y/y. Previous 0.2% m/m 1.8% y/y.
* Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa for August -1.4B - lower than expected.Consensus -0.8B. Previous -0.2B.
* Euro-Zone Trade Balance for August -4.3B - lower than expected.Consensus 0.0B. Previous 6.7B.
* Italy Trade Balance (Total) (Euros) for August -3262M.Previous 1750M.
* Italy Trade Balance Eu (Euros) for August -1125M.Previous 1900M.
* Italy Bank of Italy Releases the Quarterly Economic Bulletin
* Italy CPI (NIC incl. tobacco) for September -0.2% m/m 1.6% y/y - in line with expectations.Consensus -0.2% m/m 1.6% y/y. Previous -0.2% m/m 1.6% y/y.
* Italy CPI - EU Harmonized for September 0.6% m/m 1.6% y/y – higher than expected.Consensus 0.5% m/m 1.6% y/y. Previous 0.5% m/m 1.6% y/y.
* Norway Trade Balance 23.4B.Previous 20.7B.
* Sweden Average House Prices (SEK) for September 1.876M.Previous 2.036M.