Stocks fall sharply on consumer spending worries
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:43:00 GMT
2.92 percent Friday. The yield on the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments and an indicator of investor sentiment, slipped to 0.02 percent from 0.05 percent Friday. The lower the yield, the more anxious investors tend to be
Silver lining in dark clouds
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:45:00 GMT
were so serious they posed a test of the Communist Party's ability to govern. Yesterday a key indicator signed that the previously unstoppable Chinese manufacturing sector is entering a sharp recession as foreign buyers cancel orders and domestic
MC Newsletter
Tue, 27 May 2008 15:44:43 GMT
Tuesday Mornign Coffee with TradingMarkets Asian stocks up ... European stocks down ... The dollar is moving higher against the yen ... And the futures are mixed to flat in the hour before the bell.
Economy, not Q4, is key question for banks
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:45:00 GMT
the 12.1 percent unemployment rate of late 1992.) Banks and analysts consider the jobless rate a key indicator of consumer and business appetite for loans -- and of the ability to repay existing loans. 'As we have watched this crisis unfold, we have come
Unhappy First Birthday, Recession of 2008
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:43:00 GMT
peaks between November 2007 and June 2008. The group also pointed out that unemployment is generally a lagging indicator, particularly after the trough in economic activity determined by the NBER. For example, the unemployment rate peaked 15 months after
Gold Forex
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:43:00 GMT
2.92 percent Friday. The yield on the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments and an indicator of investor sentiment, slipped to 0.02 percent from 0.05 percent Friday. The lower the yield, the more anxious investors tend to be
Silver lining in dark clouds
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:45:00 GMT
were so serious they posed a test of the Communist Party's ability to govern. Yesterday a key indicator signed that the previously unstoppable Chinese manufacturing sector is entering a sharp recession as foreign buyers cancel orders and domestic
MC Newsletter
Tue, 27 May 2008 15:44:43 GMT
Tuesday Mornign Coffee with TradingMarkets Asian stocks up ... European stocks down ... The dollar is moving higher against the yen ... And the futures are mixed to flat in the hour before the bell.
Economy, not Q4, is key question for banks
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:45:00 GMT
the 12.1 percent unemployment rate of late 1992.) Banks and analysts consider the jobless rate a key indicator of consumer and business appetite for loans -- and of the ability to repay existing loans. 'As we have watched this crisis unfold, we have come
Unhappy First Birthday, Recession of 2008
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:43:00 GMT
peaks between November 2007 and June 2008. The group also pointed out that unemployment is generally a lagging indicator, particularly after the trough in economic activity determined by the NBER. For example, the unemployment rate peaked 15 months after
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