Friday, August 28, 2009

Quick Overview

  • U.S. personal incomes were unchanged in July

  • The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell from 66.0 to 65.7 in August

  • Japan's unemployment rate rose from 5.4% to 5.7% in July.

  • Japan’s consumer prices fell 2.2% in July

  • Japan’s July household spending fell -2.0% (-0.5% expected)

  • U.K.'s GDP fell 0.7% in Q2 and 5.5% YoY

  • EU consumer confidence rose from 76 to 80.6 in August.

  • (Bloomberg) -- Sugar-cane output in Brazil is declining after rains this month in parts of the Center South, the world’s biggest producing region, were at their most severe in more than six decades, miller Maurilio Biagi Filho said.

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