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EMU Economic Indicators Preview (Week of 7 to 13 December 2009)
German industrial new orders (October): up Output in the German producing sector (October): more or less unchanged German industrial new orders will probably have picked up again in October, as most of the correlated indicators improved. Howeve...
Weekly Market Wrap
Global markets began the week with a Dubai debt hangover, and the accompanying risk aversion had its usual effect on equities, debt and FX. On Tuesday markets rebounded in Asia, Europe and the US, with gains aided by better than expected US October p...
Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary
U.S. Review Recovery Still Moving Ahead Improvement in headline economic reports on manufacturing and employment suggest continued economic growth. For manufacturing, the gains in the ISM report reflected improvement in orders, production and empl...
This Week\'s Market Outlook
Highlights The US Dollar turns a corner; gold melts JPY to reprise as the FX punching bag Four central bank meetings next week NFP beats, but buyer beware Key data and events to watch next week The US Dollar turns a corner; gold melts The ...
The Weekly Bottom Line
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Much fewer U.S. jobs (11K) than expected were shed in November. Revisions to September and October data also reduced the job loss tally by a cumulative 160K during those months. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate edged down to 1...
Weekly Focus: Goodbye Dubai - Hello X-mas
Market movers ahead US retail sales will be the mover of the week. We expect a negative surprise. German factory orders and industrial production should confirm that the recovery in Germany is continuing at a strong pace. Chinese production data w...

