Mon, Sep 8 2008, 07:03 GMT
by Nicole Elliott
On reaching 50 years old: ‘It’s better than the alternative, right?’ Michelle Pfeiffer(1958-)
US Treasury puts Fannie and Freddie into temporary conservatoship, where stock keeps trading but shareholders are last in line to claims, until business is ‘safe and solvent’ again. Treasury to buy their securities, credit line maintained, top executives ousted.
British Summer Time, with expectations and previous figures in brackets.
00:50 JP August M3 Money Supply +1.0% Y/Y, Bank Lending +2.4% Y/Y, versus +0.8% and +2.5% July.
05:30 JP August Bankruptcies +4.2% Y/Y versus +12.9% July.
06:00 JP August Economy Watchers’ Survey 28.3, Outlook 32.0, versus 29.3 and 30.8 July.
06:45 CH August Jobless 2.5% versus 2.5% July.
09:30 EZ15 September Sentix Investor Confidence (-26 to –13 versus –15.3 August).
09:30 GB August Input PPI (-3.0% to –0.7% M/M, +26.5 to +30.6% Y/Y, versus –0.6% and +30.1% July).
09:30 GB August Output PPI (-0.7% to +0.6% M/M, +9.3% to +10.8% Y/Y, versus +0.4% and +10.2% July).
13:30 CA July Building Permits (-3.0% to +1.1% versus –5.3% June). By-elections in Canada today for 3 seats.
18:00 US Fed’s Fisher speaks at a community forum, Austin.
20:00 US July Consumer Credit ($3B to $10B versus $14.3B June).
23:00 AU Reserve Bank of Australia governor Stevens testifies before House of Representatives Economics Committee.
00:01 GB August BRC Retail (versus –0.9% July).
Final day of central bankers Global Economy Meeting, BIS Basel.
Big moves in many markets with little careful thought and no long term plans.
Massive reversals here and in many other financial instruments. How soon will these knee-jerk reactions dissipate?
Published on Mon, Sep 8 2008, 07:07 GMT
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