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Israeli artillery fires into Lebanon in response to rocket attacks from there

Thu, Jan 8 2009, 07:29 GMT
by Nicole Elliott

Mizuho Corporate Bank


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‘There’s no job open to women more demanding than being the wife of a billionaire.’ Germaine Greer (1939-)


The News:

Israeli artillery fires into Lebanon in response to rocket attacks from there.


The Numbers:

Greenwich Mean Time, with expectations and previous figures in brackets.

07:00 DE November Trade Balance +€9.7B, Current Account +€8.6B, versus revised +€16.4B and +€14.3B October.

10:00 EZ15 November Unemployment (7.7% to 7.8% versus 7.7% October).

10:00 EZ15 December Business Climate Indicator (-2.95 to –2.50 versus –2.14 November).

10:00 EZ15 December Consumer Confidence (-29 to –24, Economic 69 to 73, Industry –31 to –27, Services –17 to –13, versus –25, 74.9, -25 and -12 November)

10:00 EZ15 Q3 final GDP (-0.2% Q/Q and +0.6% Y/Y versus –0.2% and +0.6%).

11:00 DE November Factory Orders (-2.8% to +0.8% M/M, -21.2% to –17.2% Y/Y, vs –6.1% and –17.3% October).

12:00 Bank of England’s interest rate decision (most expect a cut of either 50 or 100 basis points from 2.00%).

13:30 US Weekly Jobless Claims (480K to 580K, Continuing Claims 4400K to 4500K, vs 492K and 4506K prior week).

15:00 CA December Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (35 to 40 versus 40.2 November).

19:00 SK ECB’s Trichet speaks at Euro-adoption ceremony, Bratislava.

20:00 US November Consumer Credit (-$5B to +$6.9B versus -$3.5B October).

21:00 US Fed’s Hoenig speaks on the US economic outlook, Colorado; Rosengren at 00:30 in Massachusetts.


The Psychology:

Markets testing recent ranges and setting up to break out, probably next week.


The Risk:

Stock markets slip a little further.


Today’s most interesting chart: FTSE 100

Retreating from retracement resistance yet again, like most other indices.


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