Fri, Aug 22 2008, 06:15 GMT
by Nicole Elliott
‘Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, lady, were no crime.
The grave’s a fine and private place,
But none I think do there embrace.’ Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
Chinese securities regulators plan to allow the issue exchangeable bonds which will eventually be swapped for shares in yet another attempt to prop up the stock market.
British Summer Time, with expectations and previous figures in brackets.
00:50 JP Bank of Japan Minutes of July 14/15th meeting.
06:00 JP July Supermarket Sales +0.9% Y/Y versus –0.9% June.
09:00 EZ15 June Current Account (versus -€7.3B May).
09:30 GB Q2 GDP (0% to +0.3% Q/Q, +1.4% to +1.7% Y/Y, versus +0.2% and +1.6% Q1).
10:00 EZ15 June Industrial New Orders (-2.5% to +0.1% M/M, -12.0% to –5.0% Y/Y, versus –3.5% and –4.4% May).
15:00 US Fed’s Bernanke speaks on financial stability, Jackson Hole.
Bank Holiday in London Monday 25th, the last Monday in August and Notting Hill Carnival.
The whole financial system is extremely fragile and could topple sooner rather than later.
Bouncing from retracement support, as are metals and currencies against the US dollar.
Published on Fri, Aug 22 2008, 07:11 GMT
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