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World Bank: Zoellick Calls for “Securing Development” To Help Poor Escape Conflict

added: 15-09-2008

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick called for a new approach to fragile states focused on “securing development” to help one billion poor people escape from the cycle of failed government, persistent poverty, and civil war.

No Help From Fading US Economy

added: 15-09-2008

So will it be the US economy, or the US financial system that we should be eyeing this week? The financial system is of most immediate concern, but don't forget this week's Fed meeting on rates. Inflation has started falling in the US, but consumers aren't spending and there's a growing belief that the economy could lurch lower this quarter.

UK B2C E-Commerce Not Softening in Hard Times

added: 15-09-2008

Evidence of an economic slowdown is mounting in the UK. But so far e-commerce seems relatively immune to the downturn.

Commodities Prices: Oil Under $US100 A Barrel

added: 15-09-2008

It sounds like more of the same from the past few weeks: sharemarkets rattled, financial stocks rattled and commodities on the slide. Well, it was up till Friday when it suddenly became a very different story. And this morning, a switchback, with oil under the $US100 a barrel mark in New York trading early today as damage from Hurricane Ike wasn't as bad as feared.

Australia: Interest Rates And Lehman Bros Are The Main Problems

added: 15-09-2008

As in the US, the focus in Australia will be partly on interest rates and partly on the health of the markets. The markets will be conditioned by what's happening in the US: it's a knock on effect here and all about changes to sentiment and momentum generated by the events of the US.

US Foreclosure Activity Increases 12 Percent in August 2008

added: 15-09-2008

RealtyTrac(R) released its August 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM), which shows foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 303,879 U.S. properties during the month, a 12 percent increase from the previous month and a 27 percent increase from August 2007. The report also shows one in every 416 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month.

High Gas Prices Trump Environmentalism as Reason Auto Buyers are Considering Smaller Vehicles

added: 15-09-2008

Even as gas prices drifted down during August, 44% of the car shoppers on AutoTrader.com responded in a recent survey that they are still considering downsizing to a smaller car. Of those respondents, an overwhelming majority - 82% - said they would downsize to "Save money on gas."

China: Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Shot up in August 2008

added: 15-09-2008

In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 876.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.2 percent.

Financial Markets Are at a Crossroads

added: 15-09-2008

The price of a barrel of crude oil slipped below $100 before Hurricane Ike headed through the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricanes, natural and financial, have dominated the attention span of late. The problems of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were hardly off the front pages when concerns about Lehman reappeared. Financial markets are at a crossroads. If changes in Fannie and Freddie do not help narrow spreads in the credit markets, will anything else return credit spreads to something resembling normalcy?

US Producer Price Indexes in August 2008

added: 15-09-2008

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.9 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

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