The curtain has opened on Act Two of our “ Year of Two Halves ”—RGE’s theme since the end of 2009—with the slowdown forecast for H2 2010 getting here a bit earlier than expected. Growth in Q2 2010 registered a very weak 1.6%, revised down from an original estimate of…
RADIOLIVE — Nouriel Roubini discusses quantitative easing in the U.S., the dollar, corporate earnings, interest rates, financial reform, and explains what the global economy is going to have to do to get itself out of the mess that it’s now in. Click for AUDIO All rights reserved, Roubini Global…
U.S. stocks gained today supported by positive corporate earnings from Wal-Mart and Home Depot. A $39 billion takeover bid for Potash Corp., the world’s largest fertilizer producer, prompted a rally in the agricultural sector and also boosted investors’ confidence, as a pick-up in deal-making could be a sign of…
From The Economist : Click for Video Nouriel Roubini on Systemic Risks: U.S. financial reform, the risk of deflation in advanced economies, and China’s growth. All rights reserved, Roubini Global Economics, LLC . Opinions expressed on RGE EconoMonitors are those of individual analysts and may or may not…
Something other than leaves will fall in Europe this autumn. American attention, no doubt, will focus on Barack Obama’s date with an angry electorate this November. Yet across the pond, governments of the right, left and center in Europe appear ready to crumble, their positions eroded by a wave…
We’d like to be able to say we’ve been pleasantly surprised by recent data, after predicting in our Q3 Outlook Update that 2010 would be a “Year of Two Halves.” Instead, a string of releases in the past two weeks has made clear that the sluggish second half is…
From Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke: Challenges for the Economy and State Governments On the economy: While the support to economic activity from stimulative fiscal policies and firms’ restocking of their inventories will diminish over time, rising demand from households and businesses should help sustain growth . In particular, in the…
PMI at 55.5% in July down from 56.2% in June. From the Institute for Supply Management: July 2010 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 12th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 15th consecutive month, say the nation’s…
CNBC Squawk Box — Roubini’s Economic Outlook (Click for VIDEO [2:58]) CNBC — What to expect for the second half of the year, with Nouriel Roubini, Roubini Global Economics chairman. ———————————- CNBC Squawk Box — Getting Real with “the Realist” (Click for VIDEO [11:17]) CNBC — Why the…
This coming Monday Nouriel Roubini will be guest hosting CNBC’s Squawk Box U.S. 7am-9am.
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