- Prior revised from C$5.6B to C$4.5B

Americas Macro sector headlines

• Today 11:15pm
  (JP) Japan extra bond sale bid to cover 2.87X v 3.23 prior- A total of ¥149.8B in 20-yr and 30-yr bonds were sold. - This was auction number 35.
  
• Today 11:13pm
  (US) Secy. of State Rice calls for "robust" action from Pakistan govt against those responsible for Mumbai attack
  
• Today 10:52pm
  Spot gold moving below $770 into negative territory for the session
  
• Today 08:33pm
  (CA) Finance Min Flaherty pledges added stimulus in Jan 27 budget, could try to help credit availability for auto leasing
  
• Today 08:29pm
  (US) Carlyle Group LLC is cutting 10% of its staff - WSJ- This is the first large US private-equity firm to announce firmwide layoffs.