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| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. VII - Issue #136 | June 30, 2008 |
| The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo |  | |
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Risk adversity surfaced strongly again and drove most equity markets down. Renewed worries over the health of Western banks and automobile manufacturers dominated the stock market scene, with a strong possibility of credit losses seen carrying into 2009 accompanied by more write-downs, all originating in housing, consumer credit and business difficulties. ... Read more
Further question marks emerge on the defense issue. France intends to preserve its independent nuclear deterrent outside of any alliance structure, be it NATO or the European Union, and made clear to the world that it would not allow its military troops to serve permanently under any foreign officer, even in peacetime. It will be rather challenging for France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to push on defense reform for the European Union as a whole when a separate and unmovable agenda would be in place ... Read more
Tables:
- MARKETS AT A GLANCE - Close as of June 27, 2008
- U.S. FIXED-INCOME MARKET AT A GLANCE - Close as of June 27, 2008
- COMMODITIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of June 27, 2008
- PULSE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY - As a Guidance for Other Geographies
- CURRENCIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of June 27, 2008
- MONETARY POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD - The Leading Seven ...
- ... and the BRICs ...
Charts:
- U.S. 10-year Treasury-Note Yield Index -- daily 2008
- U.S. 10-year Treasury-Note Yield Index -- weekly 2005-2008
- U.S. Treasury Yield Curve
- Real U.S. Treasury Yield Curve
- Reuters/CRB Index 2000-2008
- Crude Oil -- West Texas Intermediate 2003-2008
- Gold US$ 2003-2008
- Standard and Poor's 500 Financials Sector 2002-2008
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