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The Week Ahead
W−shaped recovery increasingly probable
UniCredit Group − Sentiment. Despite some setbacks, most of the leading and sentiment indicators continue to point north. The US manufacturing ISM, for example, jumped to a level now indicating expansion in the overall economy. As a result, the recession probability fell below 50% for the first time since summer 2008 (cf. chart).
Hope. The US NBER must, however, wait for more hard data before it can declare the recession to be officially over (pages 4−6). Nevertheless, recent developments support our expectation that the US economy will return to growth in the course of the second half of this year.
Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary − A Double Dose of Reality by Wachovia
This week's economic numbers may have finally brought an end to the green shoot rally. There is only so far "less bad" economic news can take us. A sustainable recovery will require things to actually get better.
New Europe Weekly - Balkan politics: uncertainty on the rise by Danske Bank A/S
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