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[FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]OECD raised 2010 Euro area GDP to +1.2% vs. previous +0.9%; +1.8% in 2011 vs. previous +1.7% [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Sectors hardest hit yesterday are leading markets higher this morning from yesterday’s 10-month lows including basic materials, financials and industrials as metal prices rallied and late-day rally in US and strength in Asia carries into Europe. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Italy approved 24B euro plan to cut budget cuts including wage freeze of three years for civil servants and tougher regulations for tax evasion [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]European Commission is proposing that the European Union establishes an EU network of bank resolution funds to ensure that future bank failures are not at the cost of the taxpayer or destabilize the financial system. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]"Debt restructuring may be needed for one or two fiscally weak euro members," Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell said today at a conference in Warsaw. "In five years it may be inevitable, but it doesn’t mean euro deconstruction, it just means debt restructuring." – Bloomberg [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Renaissance Asset Management said even cheapest Greek stocks, relative to future earnings, are overpriced as risk of government default outweighs 8.6x expected 2010 profits for current Athens exchange levels [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]France May Business Confidence 97 vs. consensus 97. Apr Consumer Spending +1.1% y/y vs. +1.4%. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]UK Apr mortgage approvals 35,729 vs. consensus 37,000, up +15.5% y/y. Mortgage lending in the month was £1.8B at lowest level since Feb 2001 [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Germany Jun GfK Consumer Confidence 3.5 vs. consensus 3.6. [/FONT]
[/FONT]Asia
[FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]OECD raised China’s 2010 GDP forecast to 11.1% vs. prior 10.2% and sees 2011 at 9.7%. Energy producers fell in China on a report that the government plans to tax oil and gas from Xinjiang. Hebei Iron & Steel Group said China may cut or cancel export tax rebates on some steel products according to Bloomberg [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]U.S. officials finished meetings in Beijing yesterday, focusing on euro’s eight-year low vs. the yen and -4.7% plunge in won instead of recent dialect over trade and China’s Yuan valuation, agreeing to closer cooperation [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Australia gained as cyclicals rose and as Foster’s rose 7% on plans to split wine and beer operations. Bloomberg said Australia’s dollar is "overly cheap" after the nation’s currency and benchmark equity index dropped this month by the most since October 2008. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Japan rose early in the session but lost some gains as Yen strengthened vs. euro, hurting exporters [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]South Korea opened higher as steelmakers and tech stocks rose on bargain hunting. But banks were weak, and broad gains were limited as tensions with North Korea persist [/FONT]
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[FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]OECD raised 2010 Euro area GDP to +1.2% vs. previous +0.9%; +1.8% in 2011 vs. previous +1.7% [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Sectors hardest hit yesterday are leading markets higher this morning from yesterday’s 10-month lows including basic materials, financials and industrials as metal prices rallied and late-day rally in US and strength in Asia carries into Europe. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Italy approved 24B euro plan to cut budget cuts including wage freeze of three years for civil servants and tougher regulations for tax evasion [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]European Commission is proposing that the European Union establishes an EU network of bank resolution funds to ensure that future bank failures are not at the cost of the taxpayer or destabilize the financial system. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]"Debt restructuring may be needed for one or two fiscally weak euro members," Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell said today at a conference in Warsaw. "In five years it may be inevitable, but it doesn’t mean euro deconstruction, it just means debt restructuring." – Bloomberg [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Renaissance Asset Management said even cheapest Greek stocks, relative to future earnings, are overpriced as risk of government default outweighs 8.6x expected 2010 profits for current Athens exchange levels [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]France May Business Confidence 97 vs. consensus 97. Apr Consumer Spending +1.1% y/y vs. +1.4%. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]UK Apr mortgage approvals 35,729 vs. consensus 37,000, up +15.5% y/y. Mortgage lending in the month was £1.8B at lowest level since Feb 2001 [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Germany Jun GfK Consumer Confidence 3.5 vs. consensus 3.6. [/FONT]
[/FONT]Asia
[FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]OECD raised China’s 2010 GDP forecast to 11.1% vs. prior 10.2% and sees 2011 at 9.7%. Energy producers fell in China on a report that the government plans to tax oil and gas from Xinjiang. Hebei Iron & Steel Group said China may cut or cancel export tax rebates on some steel products according to Bloomberg [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]U.S. officials finished meetings in Beijing yesterday, focusing on euro’s eight-year low vs. the yen and -4.7% plunge in won instead of recent dialect over trade and China’s Yuan valuation, agreeing to closer cooperation [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Australia gained as cyclicals rose and as Foster’s rose 7% on plans to split wine and beer operations. Bloomberg said Australia’s dollar is "overly cheap" after the nation’s currency and benchmark equity index dropped this month by the most since October 2008. [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Japan rose early in the session but lost some gains as Yen strengthened vs. euro, hurting exporters [/FONT]
[/FONT] [FONT=Garamond,Garamond][FONT=Garamond,Garamond]South Korea opened higher as steelmakers and tech stocks rose on bargain hunting. But banks were weak, and broad gains were limited as tensions with North Korea persist [/FONT]
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