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| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. VIII - Issue #158 | August 17, 2009 |
| The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo |  | |
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Over the last two weeks, global financial markets were almost uniformly treading water with an upward bias, except for China and India where stock market bubbles began to burst and caused a sea of red ink. Economic reports were encouraging and, at times, surprisingly strong (France & Germany), enough to reassure investors that the “great recession” could be ending soon. ... Read more
Moscow has a full plate of vital issues to deal with, which would normally turn a country inward, but not Russia. Russia’s resurgence on the global scene is not impaired by the current economic woes. To the contrary, its efforts to keep under the Russian sphere of influence countries along its periphery seem to have increased. ... Read more
Tables:
- MARKETS AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 14, 2009
- U.S. FIXED-INCOME MARKET AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 14, 2009
- COMMODITIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 14, 2009
- PULSE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY - As a Guidance for Other Geographies
- CURRENCIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 14, 2009
- MONETARY POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD - The Leading Seven ...
- ... and the BRICs ...
Charts:
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