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| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. X - Issue #198 | July 04, 2011 |
| The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo |  | |
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Despite the face lift of last week, global equity markets turned their back to a quarter and a month to forget. Throughout 2011, headwinds for investors have been unusually strong and convergent in the same direction (down): a) the Japan’s disaster, b) the Middle East unrest, and c) Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. Is the loss of momentum only temporary? How cloudy remains the outlook? ... Read more
Academics and experts pretend that the importance of the EU Presidency has declined in recent years! Maybe ...and... fortunately so, since members not in the “core” of Europe are scheduled to preside at EU’s fortunes for an extended period. Poland assumed the EU’s Presidency on July 1, 2011, for the first time since it joined the European Union in May 2004. However, the core of Europe seems absent from the future years’ schedule. ... Read more
Tables:
- MARKETS AT A GLANCE - Close as of July 1, 2011
- U.S. FIXED-INCOME MARKET AT A GLANCE - Close as of July 1, 2011
- COMMODITIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of July 1, 2011
- PULSE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY - As a Guidance for Other Geographies
- CURRENCIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of July 1, 2011
- MONETARY POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD - The Leading Seven ...
- ... and the BRICs ...
Charts:
- U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average -- 1907 and 2009 bottom - re-based to 100
- U.S. Treasury Yields -- 10year constant maturity 2006-2011
- U.S. Treasury Yields -- 30year constant maturity 2006-2011
- Crude Oil -- West Texas Intermediate 2006-2011
- Poland -- Consumer Price Index 1996-2011
- Poland -- Real GDP 2009-2011
- Poland -- Central Bank Reference Rate 1998-2011
- Russia Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan -- map
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