美国公司采取期权策略，在美元复苏的情况下保护欧元收入。一些美国公司正在利用欧元期权更具吸引力的定价来保护他们预期从欧洲获得的收入免受损失，担心共同货币可能走强得太远。

US companies adopt options strategies to shield euro revenues in case dollar recovers.Some U.S. companies are taking advantage of more attractive pricing in euro options to protect the revenues they expect from Europe against losses, fearing the common currency may have strengthened a bit too far.

美国：6月零售销售反弹。在4月和5月下跌后，零售和食品服务销售在6月反弹，环比增长0.6%，远高于预期的0.1%的增长。

US: Retail Sales Rebound in June     .After moving lower in April and May, retail and food services sales rebounded in June rising by 0.6% month-on-month (m/m) – well ahead of expectations for 0.1% gain.

美国首次申请失业救济人数降至22.1万，而预期为23.4万。截至7月12日的一周，美国首次申请失业救济人数下降了7000人，至22.1万人，低于预期的23.4万人。首次申请失业救济的四周移动平均数下降了6000至23万。

US initial jobless claims fall to 221k vs exp 234k.US initial jobless claims fell -7k to 221k in the week ending July 12, below expectation of 234k. Four-week moving average of initial claims fell -6k to 230k.

美国6月零售额环比增长0.6%，除汽车外销售额环比增长0.5%。美国6月份零售额环比增长0.6%，至7201亿美元，远高于环比0.2%的预期。前汽车销售额环比增长0.5%，至5833亿美元，高于0.3%的预期。

US retail sales rise 0.6% mom in June, ex-auto sales up 0.5% mom.US retail sales rose 0.6% mom to USD 7201.B in June, well above expectation of 0.2% mom. Ex-auto sales rose 0.5% mom to USD 583.3B, above expectation of 0.3% mom.