*** Reminder -- No LIBOR settles....>

US DOLLAR LIBOR: *** Reminder -- No LIBOR settles today due to London bank

holiday.

- Expect market activity to be muted in the week ahead, late summer malaise

hanging on with the passing of the dog days of summer around mid-August. Mostly

second-tier data in the week ahead and a dearth of Fed-speakers so far on the

heels of the prior week's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole.

- Monday should be very quiet with no lead-in from London, markets closed for

national bank holiday (U.S. markets closed next Monday for Labor Day holiday),

data limited to Dallas Fed manufacturing index at 1030ET followed by Treasury

auctions of $51B 13-week and $45B 26-week bills at 1130ET and the $36B 2-year

note auction at 1300ET.

- Data picks up Tuesday with inventory and trade gap numbers, Redbook retail

sales, Case-Shiller Home Price Index and the release of August Consumer

Confidence, 126.5 est vs. 127.4 prior).