economist.com - 10/10/2008
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At best, the world economy is on the brink of recession
DEPRIVE a person of oxygen and he will turn blue, collapse and eventually die. Deprive economies of credit and a similar process kicks in. As the financial crisis has broadened and intensified, the global economy has begun to suffocate. ...
blogs.cfr.org - 10/5/2008
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The dollar hasn’t fallen along with the US
stocks, US Treasury yields or US employment. There is
now a broad consensus that the US is currently in a recession, something that might be expected to lead to a fall in the dollar. But the dollar, ...
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The worse the US does, the better the dollar does …
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Where We Go from Here: Best and Worst Cases
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... There is little doubt that the US is entering a recession. The IMF's latest report also forecast that the world is entering a major downturn. The bigger questions are: ...
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Daily Markets —
... There is little doubt that the US is entering a recession. The IMF’s latest report also forecast that the world is entering a major downturn. The bigger questions are: ...
Weekly Rewind - Week 43 (10/26/08)
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... ; Economist - Global Recession Looms). However, with both RSI(2) and RSI(5) exceeding 90, the Dollar proxy ETF looks exceedingly overbought in spite of being the only tracked security exhibiting any trend strength whatsoever (83). Lastly, once again the VIX options volatility index set a record close of 79, off ten points from its morning high at the limit-down open. ...
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