Australian Rate Decision Preview
June 1, 2009
The 3.0% cash rate will be left unchanged when monetary officials reveal their decision at 04:30 GMT tomorrow. After perusing the Reserve Bank’s quarterly Monetary Statement in early May, many analysts concluded that the rate will remain at 3.0% through the end of next year. That Statement and minutes from last interest rate policy meeting, […] More
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European Manufacturing Narrows Gap With United States
June 1, 2009
Euroland’s manufacturing PMI index improved more sharply than America’s in May, although both indices remained in the low 40’s, signaling a continuing fairly pronounced contraction. The difference between the U.S. and Euroland indices was at its narrowest point since January, but renewed appreciation of the euro threatens to widen the spread anew later in 2009. […] More
Canadian Growth Very Negative Last Quarter
June 1, 2009
Real GDP plunged 5.4% at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (saar). In combination with a 3.7% drop in 4Q08, it was the greatest two-quarter decline in nearly a half century, and yet analysts had actually braced for a bigger-than-6% drop. GDP fell 2.1% from 1Q08, twice as much as the four-quarter drop to 4Q08. Both […] More
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New Overnight Developments Abroad: Equities Rally Sharply
June 1, 2009
Stocks in the Pacific Rim advanced by 4.3% in Indonesia, 4.0% in Hong Kong, 3.6% in Vietnam and China, 3.5% in Thailand, 2.9% in The Philippines, 2.0% in Australia and 1.6% in Japan and New Zealand. In Europe, the German Dax, Paris Cac and British Ftse have traded 3.2%, 2.5%, and 1.8% higher. The dollar […] More
