1. Fed minutes show tapering coming early next year. The press release accompanying that decision gave practically no indication that the central bank will begin scaling back the asset purchases anytime soon, but today's minutes suggest policy makers are crafting an exit plan.

2. Euro Zone trade surplus increases in September Euro Zone's foreign trade surplus increased to EUR 13.1 bn in Sep'13, up from EUR 6.9 bn surplus in Aug'13. A year earlier, the surplus amounted to 8.6 bn. The exports rose 1% MoM while imports were down 0.3%.

3. Bernanke: Fed to move toward talk as key policy tool Fed Chief Bernanke says the central bank would like to move away from using its balance sheet to help the economy and focus more on "forward guidance" about keeping short-term rates low, but the timing of this shift remains an open question.

4. U. S. homebuilder confidence holds steady in Nov NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index came in at 54 in Nov'13, unchanged from downwardly revised reading for Oct. The reading above 50 indicates that more builders

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