better German ZEW (volumes better than yesterday but still < 90% of 3-month average). S&P futures +8 handles = 1375 last. ***Retail Sales @ 8:30am, Business Inv @ 10am, FOMC rate decision @ 2:15pm *** ***Barclays Healthcare (FL) & JPM Transports/Defense (NYC) Conferences*** ***TOD IM reports 12pm GMT, Alaba