The Great Recession is now in our rear-view mirrors and with GDP growth of 5.7 in the fourth quarter, the recovery looks well underway. However, the surge in growth is unlike anything we have seen in a while. The recessions of the early 2000’s and 1990’s saw inconsistent growth after the recession ended. After [...]

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Here is a chart of U.S. GDP in the first quarter. It was much worse than the market expected. I wrote an instant insight on FX360.com U.S. GDP Growth Contracts 6.1 Percent

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Concerns about the US economy are growing as the Dow Jones Industrial Average erases all of its year to date gains, taking the US dollar down with it. The rally that we have seen in the first few days of trading will be difficult to sustain with all of the weak economic data that [...]

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The case for a bounce in equities this week was strong following the Lehman CDS Auction and the possibility of new measures from the G7 and G20 nations in Washington this weekend. New guarantees and a host of other announcements have helped to stabilize the financial markets and ease the credit crisis, but is this [...]

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Here is the “In the Financial Papers Radio Broadcast” (Length: 5:43minutes). The player should load automatically. Please let me know if you like it. Contact Kathy
In the Financial Papers:

 
Podcast Covers:
New Zealand Dollar, One of the Weakest Pairs in the FX Market
Eurozone GDP Numbers
Factories Won’t Save the Day
Manufacturing in NY Unexpectedly Contracts
Industrial Production Weakens
US Consumer Prices
High [...]

Posted in Bank of England, Crude Oil Prices, ECB, FX Radio, Fed Rate Cut Expectations, Food prices, Forex Podcast, GDP, Inflation, New Zealand dollar, US Dollar, US Economy, Wall Street Journal, euro, weak dollar earnings No Comments »