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US TSYS: ### No love for the press as U.S. Pres Trump ignores shouted questions
from reportes as he leaves lunch with Senators. Trump alludes to focus on tax
reform rather than touching on upcoming Fed chair appointment. That said, it
appears current Fed board governor Jerome Powell chances of filling the post has
risen to 60%, according to New Zealand based prediction market PredictIt.
Current standings of others on the short list:
* Former Fed board governor Kevin Warsh (18%) 
* Stanford economist John Taylor (16%) 
* Janet Yellen, still under consideration (11%)
* White House economic advisor Gary Cohn (2%) 
* Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari (2%) 
Note, FI markets are pricing in high lvl of certainty for hike at Dec 13 FOMC
(84.5%), Mar'18 probability up to 42.4%, June at 23.0% (MNI PINCH). Eurodollar
options have seen massive put trades today, rolling down strikes to take
advantage 2018 futures underestimating rate hike chances next year.

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