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| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. X - Issue #205 | December 05, 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:
The concerted central bank operation made global financial markets run wild. I call it “arcane” on purpose, because the intervention was widely and erroneously considered a “problem solving cure”, instead of what it truly was, that is merely a “liquidity” operation. Yet, global financial markets soared on the evidence that policy makers were showing greater determination to address the crisis. Equities’ response was euphoria across the globe. ... Read more
In the middle of markets’ euphoric reaction to the concerted effort announced by leading central banks to counter the credit crunch freezing economic development across the Continent, EU Vice-President and European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn, issued the dire warning to European leaders ...save the Euro or disintegrate! ... Read more
Tables:
- MARKETS AT A GLANCE - Close as of December 2, 2011
- U.S. FIXED-INCOME MARKET AT A GLANCE - Close as of December 2, 2011
- COMMODITIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of December 2, 2011
- PULSE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY - As a Guidance for Other Geographies
- CURRENCIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of December 2, 2011
- MONETARY POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD - The Leading Seven ...
- ... and the BRICs ...
Charts:
- Standard and Poor's 500 Inflation-Adjusted Total Return Index -- Annualized 5 Year Rate of Return -- 1930-2011
- Standard and Poor's 500 Inflation-Adjusted Total Return Index -- Annualized 10 Year Rate of Return -- 1935-2011
- U.S. Treasury Yields -- 10year Constant Maturity -- 2006-2011
- U.S. Treasury Yields -- 30year Constant Maturity -- 2006-2011
- Crude Oil -- West Texas Intermediate -- MACD -- 2006-2011
- Eurozone Members -- Compliance to Maastricht Principles -- 2008-2010
- CHINA -- PMI index -- 2008-2011
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