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Recession stares on world's largest economy
Friday October 10, 2008 21:14:00 EDT
(RTTNews) - The $700 billion bailout package passed by the House and signed into an Act by the US President George W Bush last week was meant to rescue the financial sector from a collapse and induce confidence in the market in particular and the economy at large. However, it has failed to elicit the desired response.
The economic data released during the week also reaffirmed the fact that the US economy is slowly but surely marching towards the recession, which, many analysts believe, will be worse than initially thought.
The fiat currency regime or the expansionary cycle, triggered by the paper currency created by the banks out of thin air is showing clear signs of vanishing into where it came from - thin air - and the inter-bank rates have started moving in t (continued...)
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Economic News
Friday October 10, 2008
- *FDIC Oks Deposit Insurance Hike, New Rules for Mortgage accounts - CNBC Reports
14:44:00 EDT - *G-7 Meeting Begins - Bloomberg Reports
14:18:00 EDT - *NYSE, NASDAQ to Seek 3-Day Ban On Short Sells - Bloomberg Reports
12:40:00 EDT - India slashes Cash Reserve Ratio sharply to meet liquidity needs
12:39:00 EDT - Obama Speaks on Economy
11:48:00 EDT - Bush Pledges Continued Government Action To Stem Financial Crisis
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Global Market News
Friday October 10, 2008
- European markets extend losses amid recession fears - European commentary
15:52:00 EDT - Finnish peace negotiator Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
10:30:00 EDT - Europe Round Up - French Industrial Production Falls; Swiss Jobless Rate Holds Steady
10:17:00 EDT - Amended: Slovenian trade deficit widens in August
10:06:00 EDT - Cyprus Trade Deficit Narrows in August
09:59:00 EDT - Slovenia August Industrial Output Falls
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Industry News
Friday October 10, 2008
- Stocks Close Mixed Following An Extremely Volatile Trading Session - U.S. Commentary
16:37:00 EDT - Dow and S&P 500 Set New Five-Year Closing Lows, Nasdaq Posts Modest Gain
16:30:00 EDT - TSX Plunges another 530 points to finish worst week ever -- Canadian Commentary
16:22:00 EDT - European markets extend losses amid recession fears - European commentary
15:52:00 EDT - Stocks Remain Negative Moving Into Last Hour Of Trading
14:56:00 EDT - Stocks Seeing Continued Weakness In Mid-Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary
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| Desc | Last | Change (%) | |
| DOW | 8,451.19 | -128.00 (-1.49%) | |
| NASDAQ | 1,649.51 | 4.39 (0.27%) | |
| S&P 500 | 899.22 | -10.70 (-1.18%) | |
| Russell 2000 | 522.48 | 23.28 (4.66%) | |
| DOW Transports | 3,744.74 | 75.26 (2.05%) | |
| DOW Utilities | 324.57 | -19.74 (-5.73%) | |
General News
Friday October 10, 2008
- EU foreign policy chief confirms Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia
16:42:00 EDT - CIS summit sans Georgia fails to approve economic strategy
16:27:00 EDT - Producer of large cache of tainted milk powder arrested in China
15:38:00 EDT - Former world-champion Montgomery imprisoned on drug charges
14:48:00 EDT - McDonald's in Venezuela shut temporarily for alleged tax irregularities
14:14:00 EDT - NATO authorizes its forces to attack opium sources in Afghanistan
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