Wed, Aug 27 2008, 06:12 GMT
by Nicole Elliott
‘The pure products of America go crazy –
mountain folk from Kentucky
or the ribbed north end of Jersey
with its isolate lakes and
valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves.’ William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
US FDIC has 117 banks on its watch list and says it may have to borrow money from the Treasury and that it might increase premiums paid into its $ 45.2B fund.
British Summer Time, with expectations and previous figures in brackets.
From today DE August CPI for the different German states.
07:00 DE July Import Price Index +0.6% M/M, +9.3% Y/Y, versus +1.5% and +8.9% June.
13:30 US July Durable Goods Orders (-2.1% to +2.2%, Ex-transport –2.9% to +0.6%, vs +0.8% and +2.0% June).
13:35 UD Fed’s Lockhart speaks on inflation, Georgia State University.
Does anyone really know what is going on?
Implied volatility increases.
Sliding to its lowest since July 2006.
Published on Wed, Aug 27 2008, 06:18 GMT
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