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Global Mid-Day Report: Not much calm Before the Storm

To set the morning in context, PMIs at Spain and Italy dropped as PMIs at UK, France and Germany hit a new low at near 45 in all three Continental majors. Manufacturing PMI rolls like moss going up the hill,

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Brazil, China, Emerging Markets, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Global, housing, Retail Lifestyle, US

US Morning Report: US markets down for fifth day in a row, the Deal Valley and JP Morgan hopes intact

In European trading first, Germany was a tad up even as the resurgent British and French bond markets could not keep equities up. While France has joined the elite 3 in the Eurozone again as safety zones, we are riooting

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US Economy: A recovery not stalled, A Europe still suffering for longer

IMF’s reduction of estimates for US growth dropped US 2012 estimates as well as those for 2013 to 2%  and 2.25% as did all the nine regional Feds when they met in June at the FOMC. The Monthly Redbook report

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Global Moves: Spanish banks advised EUR 62 B for 9% Core Capital

The two independent Spanish stress tests conducted by Oliver Wyman and Roland Berger came out with cheerful nes for those tracking the EUR100B “credit line” for Spanish banks with fiscal conditions as per German diktat and the Eurozone fiscal compact.

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Global moves: Euro zone sputters ahead of big data tomorrow

IMF weights for BRICs are rising this year to the Top 10 contributors as Eurozone trade surpluses and economic capacities tread declines with the finality of a two decade long restructuring. Trade surplus for the Eurozone was down 60% from

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Posted in Amitonomics, Bailout Nation, Europe, Global, US

China’s stimulus for Big Banks (may be counter productive)| Insight China

After a RMB 800B new credit by the big 4 in May or $126 Bln China’s intentions behind creating space on China’s Big Four Balance sheets with a securitization program that just takes current loans off balance sheet for sale

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US Economy: The more things change..(European inflation data)

Though Italian one year BOT on auction landed a cut off yield closer to 4% than the last 2.3% yield, the inflation thru the Eurozone more or less remained unchanged with a 1.9% for Germany and 3.2% for Italy overshadowing

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Posted in Amitonomics, housing, Retail Lifestyle, Social Media, US

US Economy: Dollar Index at Top as Flight to safety dominates global investing ( Monday morning market report )

The Dollar index continues above 83 though the Euro is making a fast comeback as renewed hopes of some mutant form of QE by the Fed in June keep investors on edge. The 10Y US Treasuries yield has fallen below

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US Economy: Another global day of ruins and Greece may yet leave the Euro

IT looks likely that Euro will break down from the 1.32 levels of earlier this weak when it continues from $1.297 levels as US Economic data remains wishy washy about the recovery but the Aussie and the Euro have finally

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