Monthly Archives: July 2012

Draghi calls for bold action

Posted on July 9, 2012 by macromon

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China Inflation at 29-month Low

Posted on July 8, 2012 by macromon

Bloomberg reports, China’s consumer-price inflation eased to a 29-month low in June, giving Premier Wen Jiabao more room to relax economic policies after the second interest-rate cut in a month. The consumer price index rose 2.2 percent from a year … Continue reading →

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Week in Review

Posted on July 8, 2012 by macromon

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Global Trend Indicators

Posted on July 8, 2012 by macromon

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Global Slowdown Hits Japan Machinery Orders

Posted on July 8, 2012 by macromon

Huge drop and much worse than expected in Japan’s machinery orders.  The Japan Cabinet Office reports, 1)  The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan decreased by 14.5% in May from the previous month on … Continue reading →

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Japan and the IMF

Posted on July 8, 2012 by macromon

Ahead of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank, due to take place in Tokyo later this year, this video takes a brief look at 60 years of partnership between Japan and the IMF – International Monetary Fund … Continue reading →

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The Next Hot “Emerging Market”

Posted on July 7, 2012 by macromon

NASA just released new pictures of what we think will be the next hot emerging market.  The picture wreaks of resources that can feed China and the developed world’s  insatiable demand for commodities.   It may take a few years but … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future

Posted on July 7, 2012 by macromon

This is from our “must post file” and comes to us from the Economix blog via David Jones! Thanks DHJ! I took that photo at the Museum of the City of New York, at its exhibit on the history of … Continue reading →

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Posted on July 6, 2012 by macromon

Key Data Points German 10-year bund 26 bps lower; Italy 46 wider; Spain 88 wider; Portugal 31 wider; Italian and Spanish banks hit hard; Euro falls 3 percent. Commentary Short shelf life of last week’s policy placebo.  Nor countries making … Continue reading →

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U.S. Employment Situation – June 2012

Posted on July 6, 2012 by macromon

The jobs report disappointed recent upward revisions with nonfarm employment increasing 80K from May to June, with the private sector creating 84K new jobs.   Construction jobs, which we wrote about in our last post,  disappointed coming in with just a … Continue reading →

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