Posts Tagged ‘US economy’
Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:30 GMT |
Weak US economic data, renewed crisis fears in the eurozone and ample supply conditions have taken a heavy toll on the price of oil over the week June 13-17, with front-month Brent crude posting a 4.8% drop (at the time of writing) from the US$118.46/bbl level at which it started the week. While a short-term… [Read more]
Tags: Brent Crude, Dow Jones, oil prices, US economy
Posted in: Commodities, Equities, Financials, General, oil and gas, US
Fri Jun 10, 2011 13:09 GMT |
Mark Schaltuper, Head of Europe analysis at Business Monitor International, is joined by Justin Patrie, Head of Country Risk and Financial Markets, and Jean-Paul Pigat, Head of Middle East and North Africa analysis, to identify some of the key sources of risk to the global economy.

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Tags: Arab Spring, China, Double Dip, Economic Recovery, Eurozone, Germany, Greece, hard landing, housing market, inflation, labour market, Middle East, monetary policy, north africa, overheating, sovereign debt crisis, sovereign default, Spain, Turkey, US economy
Posted in: China, Emerging Europe, Eurozone, General, Geopolitics, Housing, Inflation/Deflation, Middle East, Podcast, Political Risk, US
Mon Nov 2, 2009 18:03 GMT |
Last week my colleagues at Business Monitor and I took off our bullish key market view of the Brazilian Bovespa index, following gains of around 13.8%. The monthly chart, which was run in the Latin America section of Business Monitor Online, highlights the strong potential of a major reversal. The accompanying chart below is the… [Read more]
Tags: Bovespa, Brazil, Brazilian economy, Dow Jones, emerging markets, Equities, technical analysis, US, US banking system, US economy
Posted in: Equities, Financials, General, Latin America, US
Thu Oct 29, 2009 16:29 GMT |
With Halloween around the corner, we ask BMI’s Global Economic Strategist, Tim Cooper, if the latest Q3 GDP reading in the US is a ‘Trick’ or a ‘Treat’. For now, markets appear to be thinking the latter.

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Tags: bounce, consumer spending, financial markets, Fiscal Stimulus, GDP, Halloween, inventory, jobless claims, monetary policy, Q3, quantitative easing, rally, Real Estate, technical support, unemployment, US, US economy
Posted in: Equities, Financials, General, Inflation/Deflation, Podcast, US
Fri Aug 7, 2009 14:44 GMT |
BMI Global Economist, Tim Cooper, shares his views on what the latest slowdown in job losses means for the US economy and financial markets.

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Tags: Equities, financial markets, job losses, non-farm payroll, recession, recovery, Risk Appetite, unemployment, US economy
Posted in: Equities, Financials, General, Podcast, US