Global economy is in worse shape: OECD economist
Economy ‘highly mediocre,’ top forecaster says
U.S.
Debt forecast: U.S. will look like Greece by 2021
Democrats avoid mention of deficits, soaring national debt
U.S. MANUFACTURING
ISM factory index contracts for third month
ISM factory index weakens to 49.6% in August
July construction spending down 0.9%
Caterpillar Inc. down 3.28%; stocks falling in U.S
BMW Group U.S. August sales fall 5.7%
Southwest’s August traffic flat from a year ago
Brady profit falls 61% on weak Asia sales
Smith & Wesson rises 22% after raising outlook
U.S. JOBS
Job growth slows sharply in August
U.S. TECH
Intel cuts third-quarter revenue outlook
U.S. videogame-industry sales fall by one-fifth
Videogame sales fall in August as consoles slump
Nvidia, AMD shares slip on downgrades
AMD falls as UBS cuts rating to neutral
EUROPE
Soros: Germany going into depression in 6 months
Euro-zone economy contracted in 3 months to June
Bank of France: 3rd-quarter GDP likely to shrink
EU banks face ringfence on trading assets
IMF backs ECB’s plan to buy bonds
IMF’s Lagarde backs ECB-bond buying plan
IMF keen to help in ECB bond-buying plan: Lagarde
Germany’s Merkel backs ECB bond program: WSJ
Draghi unveils ECB bond-buying plan
Bundesbank confirms Weidmann opposed bond buys
Germans rally around Weidmann’s hard line
ECB to launch ‘outright monetary transaction’ plan
EU Commission: Not ruling out ESM banking license
Moody’s warns on European Union debt rating
Spain’s Andalusia region seeks help from Madrid
Bank of Spain taps emergency bank liquidity
Swedish central bank makes surprise rate cut
Danske Bank sees further Ireland losses: report
UK construction PMI contracts In August
JAPAN
Japan cuts GDP, but current-account surplus widens
Nomura CEO plans to trim Europe operations: report
Japan financial services minister found dead
McDonald’s Japan Aug. same-store sales down 2.5%
CHINA
China CPI rises, industrial output slows
China services PMI slumps to one-year low
China trade surplus widens as imports contract
Goldman cuts China GDP forecast, cites weaker data
Goldman Sachs cautious on China commodity markets
The rise of inflation nations: Andy Xie
China bank loans strain steel sector
China bank risks on the rise, analysts warn
China may hike fuel prices as early as weekend
China adds highways to stimulus plan
China rolls out massive city-rail initiative
China bank earnings may have peaked, say UOB Kay Hian analysts
SOUTH KOREA
South Korea revises Q2 GDP lower
South Korea unveils $5.23 billion stimulus plan
BRAZIL
Santander cuts view on 2012 Brazil growth to 1.7%
Brazil to reduce exports forecast for this year
SILVER & GOLD
Silver steals the spotlight from gold
Gold ends above $1,700 on ECB bond-buy plan
Gold gets some powerful friends
Pimco’s Bill Gross: The cult of bonds also is dying
Credit Suisse ups 3-month gold view to $1,775/oz.
UBS lifts 1-month gold forecast 8.8% to $1,850-oz.
SEPPUKU
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-10/japan-financial-services-minister-matsushita-dies-at-73.html
Wolferl sees gold below 1500 $/oz by year end.
what planet is wolfer1 on????????????????????
there will come a time when an ounce of gold will be worth an ounce of gold
Always wary of the TBTF banks predicting gold prices higher. It usually precipitates a large take down.
Agreed Markar
It looks like ‘they’ are allowing Gold to run up before Sept 13th.
“Everybody jump on”
Beware the one sided trade expecting QE3 and gold to the moon scenario.
Maybe it will happen, maybe there will be a smack down.
It all seems a bit too simple.
Captain bernanke/draghi,it seems that we have hit an debt iceberg and the sea of debt is getting bigger.What shall we do? They say: INCREASE DEBT,we can never go under as we have the printingpress to save us all .S.O.S.
Scrap Merchants are showing record profits again this year, as manufacturing plant is scrapped, and the demand for ‘metal’ assets as a safe haven contiues to be strong.
Oh, great work Youri.
Muchas gracias
@HRH Gearoid
Japan’s top finance regulator found hanged: report
Yep, I am just wondering if it’s still called Seppuku in Japan since it’s not done with the traditional short sword mixing up the stomic?
@Mini US
TnX!