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Wilbur Ross Sees ‘Huge’ Commercial Real Estate Crash U.S. commercial property sales are forecast to fall to the lowest in almost two decades...

The University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment fell to 70.6 from 73.5 in Sep. U.S. personal incomes fell 0.1% in September, spending...

Central banks chill asset rally Teun Draaisma, Morgan Stanley's equity strategist, said investors should move with care as central bank...

Growth and jobs At this rate, we wouldn’t reach anything that feels like full employment until well into the second Palin administration.

U.S . GDP rose 0.9% in Q3, YoY GDP fell 2.3%. US jobless claims fell 1,000 to 530,000. The IMF expects 2010 GDP growth of 9% in China and ...

India May Import Rice, Fueling ‘Panic,’ IRRI Says (Bloomberg) -- India, the world’s second-largest rice grower, may become a net importer f...

U.S . durable goods orders rose 1.0% MoM, but fell 24.1% YoY. U.S. new home sales fell 3.6% MoM and 27% YoY. Australia 's consumer price...

Rice Market ‘On Thin Ice’ as Record Prices May Return (Update1) (Bloomberg) -- Rice prices may return to record levels as bad weather curbs ...

U.S . consumer confidence fell from 53.4 to 47.4 in October The Richmond Federal Reserve's regional index of manufacturing fell from +14...

South Korea’s GDP rose 2.6% in Q3 and 0 .6% YoY China’s copper imports totaled 282,828 tons in September, up 29%

Food will never be so cheap again The world's grain stocks have dropped from four to 2.6 months cover since 2000, despite two bumper har...

U.S. Risks Japan-Like ‘Lost Decade’ on Stimulus Exit, Koo Says “If you learn your lesson from the Japanese experience, you don’t remove yo...

The National Association of Realtors said U.S. existing home sales rose 9.4% in September U.K . GDP fell 0.4% in Q3 and 5.2% YoY EU industr...

U.S. jobless claims rose 11,000 last week to 531,000, more than expected. U.S . Index of leading indicators rose 1.0% in September U.S. hom...

Sharia Banking Comes to Germany The underlying concept of the Islamic banking business is the Prophet Muhammad's prohibition of interest...

Volcker Fails to Sell a Bank Strategy He wants the nation’s banks to be prohibited from owning and trading risky securities, the very practi...

Down with the dollar But if foreign investors are so concerned, why is the dollar’s decline not accompanied by a sharp rise in bond yields? ...

Australia ’s leading indicators rose 1.1% in August. YoY China s GDP rose 8.9% in Q3 The pound rallies after the Bank of England says its p...

Euro at $1.50 is 'disaster' for Europe Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Russia have all been buying dollars ...

U.S. Housing starts were at an annual rate of 590,000 -- up 0.5% MoM. Less than had been expected U.S. producer price index fell 0.6% in De...

A sterling crash is a godsend Politically, these countries face what options traders call "time decay". The longer it lasts, the w...

Agriculture production needs to expand by 70% through 2050, as the global population rises to 9.1 billion from 6.7 billion, Jacques Diouf, ...

U.S. Industrial production rose 0.7% in September and was revised up 1.2% for August. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment in...

U.S. jobless claims fell 10,000 to 514,000 -- the lowest in nine months. U.S. Consumer prices rose 0.2% MoM, but fell 1.3% YoY Consumer pri...

U.S. retail sales fell 1.5% in September. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.5%, better than expected. U.K. unemployment rate remained at 7.9% EU...

The U.S. trade gap narrowed in August to $30.7 billion, down 3.6 percent from a revised estimate of $31.9 billion for July Canada’s unemplo...

U.S. jobless claims fell 33,000 last week to 521,000, U.S. wholesale sales rose 1.0% MoM, but fell 17.7% YoY U.S. Inventories fell 1.3% MoM ...

Australias jobless rate fell to 5.7% from 5.8% U.S mortgage applications rose 16%. GDP in the EU fell 0.3% QoQ and down 4.9% YoY Japan ...

U.K. manufacturing output fell 1.9% in August. Arctic air flow may enter IA on Thurs with 3 or 4 nights of frost. Hard freeze (28F) possibl...

Australia raised interest rates by 0.25% to 3.25% The Institute for Supply Management’s index of non- manufacturing businesses, rose to 5...

The U.S. unemployment rate rose from 9.7% to 9.8% in September. Non-farm payrolls fell 263,000 – more than expected. U.S. factory orders fe...

The IMF said that it expects the world economy to contract 1.1% in 2009 -- but grow 3.1% in 2010 The IMF expects real GDP in the U.S. to fa...

U.S . GDP fell 0.2% QoQ and down 3.8% YoY. The Chicago Purchasing Managers' index fell from 50.0 to 46.1 ADP said the U.S. lost 254,000 ...

The S&P & Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices rose 1.6% in July and fell 13.3% YoY U.S . consumer confidence fell from 54.5 to 5...

Baltic Dry to Jump on Chinese Bulk Demand, Cosco Says (Bloomberg) -- The Baltic Dry Index , the main measure of shipping costs for commoditi...

(WSJ) The White House is close to committing up to $35 billion to help housing agencies provide mortgages to low- and moderate-income famili...

Money figures show there's trouble ahead The overwhelming fact is that private spending has slumped in the deficit countries of the Ang...

(WSJ) The G-20 is near an agreement that would require members to submit economic policies to a type of "peer review." The group a...

U.S. jobless claims fell 21,000 last week to 530,000 U.S. existing home sales (5.10 million units) fell 2.7% MoM. U.S. inventory of homes r...

U.S. mortgage applications rose 12.8% last week. Industrial orders in the EU rose 1.6% MoM, but fell 24.9% YoY Britain's economy may be ...

The dollar resumed its broad sell-off, dipping under ¥91 and coming close to its fresh 12-month low versus the euro. The Richmond Federal Re...

U.S. index of leading indicators rose 0.6% in August The USDA said there were 9.882 million head of cattle on feed as of September 1st, dow...

Canada ’s wholesale sales rose 2.8% in July to C$41.7 billion China buys another 6.7 million bushels of US soybeans . Analyst says recent f...

New building cancellations to top 40% of current dry bulk orderbook says National Bank of Greece But, new building cancellations will reach ...

U.S. housing starts rose 1.5% from July's pace U.S. jobless claims fell 12,000 last week to 545,000 The Philadelphia Federal Reserve...

Kinross Says Gold Industry Faces Reserve Crisis (Bloomberg) -- Kinross Gold Corp., Canada’s third- largest producer of the precious metal, s...

U.S. consumer price index rose 0.4% MoM and fell 1.5% YoY U.S . Industrial production rose 0.8% in August -- better than expected. U.S. Capa...

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has probably ended, while warning that...

China called for talks over its trade quarrel with the U.S. in a sign the dispute may be containable. EU industrial production fell 0.2% in ...