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  • US risks tepid recovery turning into recession, IMF warns

    From telegraph.co.uk

    The fund added its voice to a rising chorus of concern that sharp political divides in Washington mean that the world's biggest economy will fall off what has dubbed a "fiscal cliff" in less than six months time. As it stands, the expiration of George W Bush's tax cuts on December 31, and the start of more than $1 trillion in spending cuts in January, mean the US is facing a severe fiscal headwind just as growth is slowing. Fears are increasing in the US and beyond that Republicans and Democrats will fail to reach agreement over how to temper the pace of the deficit reduction in 2013, alongside delivering a long-term ... (full story)

OK. Very important news about econ. condition (manufacturing PMI) in 3 countries yesterday less then 50 which means recession, Friday's summit is still no deal as all 17 countries need to agree and 2 countries already said no to eurobonds. how the f.. all market is going unstoppably up?? Can someone explain what the hell am i missing?
Another houses bubble ? They didn't understood the lesson ? That's why copper increased in the last week.
Manekineko: Can you show that the copper price was entirely due to housing?

Does this bit of news mean more quantitative easing and therefore lesser dollar value? Or does it mean that the increased money supply will allow people to export to us more cheaply, boosting trade sales, which will necessitate more jobs to accommodate the increased supply of goods, which will be good for the economy and thus good for the dollar value?

It's all very confusing.
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Quoting Horuss
OK. Very important news about econ. condition (manufacturing PMI) in 3 countries yesterday less then 50 which means recession, Friday's summit is still no deal as all 17 countries need to agree and 2 countries already said no to eurobonds. how the f.. all market is going unstoppably up?? Can someone explain what the hell am i missing?
QE3
Quoting tiredofbs
Manekineko: Can you show that the copper price was entirely due to housing?

Does this bit of news mean more quantitative easing and therefore lesser dollar value? Or does it mean that the increased money supply will allow people to export to us more cheaply, boosting trade sales, which will necessitate more jobs to accommodate the increased supply of goods, which will be good for the economy and thus good for the dollar value?

It's all very confusing.
nice idea maybe they need to listen to u..
its confusing because there more than one way to string a cat
nAVIN2007: "More than one way to SKIN a cat" is how the expression goes.

The only answer to this conundrum is QE3 by helicopter Ben. Very hard to believe considering all of the political circumstances.
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Does anyone know how large the deficit is if let all of the Bush and Obama tax cuts expire and complete the 1.2 trillion of debt ceiling mandated spending cuts?
next hunt will be for USD ....
huge problem in USA, not less then eurozone
Quoting g_03e34eb0
Does anyone know how large the deficit is if let all of the Bush and Obama tax cuts expire and complete the 1.2 trillion of debt ceiling mandated spending cuts?
Are the States going to help out Europe? Any ideas?
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  • Posted: Jul 3, 2012 11:42am
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