US Treasury Notes are improved, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are flat with a very slight positive open and stocks are down slightly on Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended 9/18/10 which came in at 465,000 vs expectations of a 450,000 figure.  Continuing Jobless Claims for the week ended 9/11/10 fell from a revised 4.537 million the prior week to 4.489 million but were still higher than the expected 4.450 million figure.