Societe Generale in its early Thursday economic news summary pointed out:

-- US dollar bid versus G10 and emerging markets, President Trump warns of additional tariffs if the European Union follows through with the plan to enact counter tariffs on some United States goods next month. 10-year U.S. Treasury slips to 4.28% on risk of partial U.S. government shutdown on Friday. Solid 10-year UST auction stopped through 0.4bp, non-dealer bidding of 86.9%.

-- Day ahead: U.S. producer price index, SocGen foecasts headline 0.4% month over month, core +0.3%, weekly jobless claims. German Lower House debates debt brake reform. European Central Bank speakers Guindos, Villeroy, Holzmann, Makhlouf and Rehn.

-- Japanese investors bought net 1.26 trillion yen in international stocks for the week ending last Thursday, the second-largest net purchase on record. They sold a net 355.9 billion yen of international bonds.

-- Nikkei -0.1%%, EUR 10-year IRS -1.5bps at 2.71%, Brent crude -0.25% at $70.8/barrel, Gold +0.1% at $2,937/oz.