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  U.S. Market Commentary
Stocks Close Sharply Lower On Weak Employment Data - U.S. Commentary
After plummeting early on in reaction to disappointing employment data, stocks lingered near their worst levels of the day ....
Stocks Lingering In Negative Territory In Mid-Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary
Steep losses are continuing in the broader equity markets in mid-afternoon trading on Thursday, with stocks extending their ....
Stocks Seeing Continued Weakness In Early Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary
Stocks are continuing to post steep losses in early afternoon trading on Thursday, as an uninspiring employment report ....
  European Market Commentary
European Markets Fall On Weak Eurozone Retail Sales Data, Miners - European Commentary
The European markets fell for the second day on Friday, as a report showed Eurozone retail sales dropped more than expected ....
European Markets Poised For Flat Opening
The major markets across Europe are poised for a flat to slightly higher opening on Friday, after they retreated yesterday ....
European Markets Fall On U.S., Eurozone Unemployment - European Commentary
The European markets fell on Thursday, as disappointing data on unemployment in the Eurozone as well as in the United States ....
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Eurozone Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected In May
Eurozone retail sales dropped more than expected in May as fears of rising unemployment dampened households' spending intentions. Retail sales fell 0.4% month-on-moth in May following a revised increase of 0.1% in April, data released by the Eurostat showed Friday. Meanwhile, economists had expected a drop of just 0.1%. Compared to the ....
Indonesia Cuts Key Rate For Eighth Month In July
Friday, Indonesia's central bank lowered its key interest rate for the eighth consecutive month to a new low. The Bank Indonesia cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 6.75%. The central bank's rate cut decision was in line with economists' expectations. In June, the central bank had slashed the rate by a quarter ....
Australian Service Sector Activity Expands In June
Australia's service sector activity expanded for the first time in 15 months in June, on the back of rising consumer confidence, low interest rates and the government's stimulus package, the latest survey from the Australia Industry Group and the Commonwealth Bank said Friday. The seasonally adjusted Performance of Services Index rose 10.3 ....
  European Economic News

Turkey June Consumer Price Inflation Up, Producer Prices Drop
Friday, Turkey's statistical office TurkStat announced that the consumer price index or CPI rose 5.73% year-over-year in ....

Eurozone Composite PMI Rises To 44.6 In June
Friday, reports said citing data released by the Markit Economics that the composite purchasing managers' index or PMI, a ....

Eurozone Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected In May
Eurozone retail sales dropped more than expected in May as fears of rising unemployment dampened households' spending ....

  U.S. Treasury Market Updates
Treasuries See Strength As Job Losses Raise Concerns About Economic Prospects
Treasury Department Announces Details Of Upcoming Round Of Note Auctions
Treasuries Rise After Key Employment Data Disappoints
 
Majors Plunge Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
07/02/09 05:21
Republicans Say Jobless Report Shows Stimulus Not Working
07/02/09 03:34
Stocks Sink As Recovery Hopes Fade
07/02/09 01:59
 

  Market Sensitive Global News

Russia To Sign Deal Allowing Transit Of U.S. Military Supplies For Afghanistan

U.S. Forces Pushing Further Into Taliban Bastion Despite Marine Casualty

U.S. Releases Saddam Interrogation Documents

Medvedev Hopes For New Beginning In Russia-U.S. Relations During The Summit

  Currency Alerts

Greenback Slips From 2-week High Versus Chilean Peso

Mexican Peso Advances From 8-day Low Against Dollar

Turkish Lira Gains Versus US Dollar

Japanese Yen Declines Against Majors

NZ Dollar Pares Recent Gains Against Majors

  Political News

Gov. Sanford Pays $3,000 For Argentinian Trip; Probe Reveals No Misuse Of State Funds
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has reimbursed the state $3,300 for his three-day trip to Buenos Aires last month, to ....

E.U. Ambassadors Leave Honduras
All European Union nations have withdrawn their ambassadors in Honduras following Sunday's military coup that ousted Honduran ....

Obama Calls On Senate For Environmental Action
President Barack Obama Thursday called on the Senate to swiftly enact a climate change and energy bill that passed the House ....

  North American Economic News

Factory Orders Rose More Than Expected In May
Orders for manufactured goods increased by more than expected in the month of May, according to a report released by the ....

Employers Cut 467,000 Jobs In June, Unemployment Rate At 9.5%
Reflecting continued weakness in the labor market, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing that employment ....

Weekly Jobless Claims Fall To 614,000
Thursday morning, the Labor Department released its report on initial jobless claims in the week ended June 27th, showing ....

  Asian Economic News

Auckland Housing Market Continues To Perform Well In June
Friday, a report from Barfoot and Thompson said the housing market in Auckland continued to perform well in June. "The ....

PBoC's Zhou Urges To Pay Adequate Attention To The Micro Causes Of The Current Crisis
Friday, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said there is a need to pay adequate attention to the micro causes of ....

Malaysia Trade Surplus Expands In May
Friday, a report by Malaysia's Department of Statistics said the trade surplus stood at MYR 10.02 billion in May, up from MYR ....

   Asian Market Commentary

Asian Markets End In Negative Territory On Concerns About Global Economy
Asian markets ended in negative territory on Friday following losses in Wall Street, where the major indices ....

Nikkei Ends Lower On Concerns About Global Recovery
The stock market in Japan ended in the negative territory on Friday mirroring Wall Street losses after weak ....

Australian Market Ends In Negative Territory On Wall Street Losses
The Australian stock market ended in the negative territory on Friday mirroring Wall Street losses after weak ....

Economic Calendar

DateTime Economic Indicator PeriodActualForecastPreviousCountry 
7/5/0920:30 TD Securities Inflation (M-o-M)JUN - -0.3 %Australia   audioimage
7/5/0920:30 TD Securities Inflation (Y-o-Y)JUN - 1.5 %Australia   audioimage
7/5/0921:30 ANZ Job Advertisements (M-o-M)JUN - -0.2 %Australia   audioimage
7/6/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 44.87 BCanada   audioimage
7/6/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 15.22 MSpain   audioimage
7/6/0900:00 Consumer Confidence IndexJUN - 78.3 Mexico   audioimage
7/6/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 10.78 BAustria   audioimage
7/6/0901:00 Leading IndexMAY P - 76.2 Japan   audioimage
7/6/0901:00 Coincidence IndexMAY P - 86 Japan   audioimage
7/6/0903:30 Industrial Production (M-o-M)MAY - 1.3 %Denmark   audioimage
7/6/0904:30 Sentix Investor ConfidenceJUL - -27 Eurozone   audioimage
7/6/0905:00 CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)JUN - 0.5 %Cyprus   audioimage
7/6/0905:00 CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)JUN - 4.6 %Cyprus   audioimage
7/6/0910:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing SurveyJUN  46.0 44.0 United States   audioimage
7/6/0919:30 AiG Performance of Construction IndexJUN - 46.9 Australia   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 171.75 BSingapore   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -ISK 426.1 BIceland   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 113.7 BItaly   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Unemployment RateMAY - 7.5 %Belgium   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 5.84 BFinland   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 34.50 BSouth Africa   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 195.26 BBrazil   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 41.3 BAustralia   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 533.2 MSlovenia   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 9.26 BPortugal   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 67.90 BPoland   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 22.0 BNetherland   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 314.5 MLuxembourg   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -$ 37.38 BHungary   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 2.77 BGreece   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 107.37 BGermany   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 94.84 BFrance   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 GDP (Q-o-Q)Q1 - -4.5 %Luxembourg   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 GDP (Y-o-Y)Q1 - -5.4 %Luxembourg   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -¥ 1.02 TJapan   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUN -€ 779.62 MIreland   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUL 3 -$ 74.38 BMexico   audioimage
7/7/0900:00 Official Foreign ReservesJUL 3 -$ 82.19 BUnited States   audioimage
7/7/0900:30 Interest Rate Decision- - 3.00 %Australia   audioimage
7/7/0902:45 Trade BalanceMAY -€ -3.8 BFrance   audioimage
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