The equities markets have found a place for breathing today after bullish RBA statement to some extent after its decision to keep the interest rate unchanged at 4.5% today supporting these market to correct some of its previous losses of last week with worries about the markets ability to keep these gains which started in the Asian session supporting the European stocks and the US indexes future currently to have a green opening after the recent dovish economic data which we have had recently from US weighing negatively on the current market sentiment increasing the possibility of having a second dip recession in US after getting out of it in the third quarter of last year. We have seen the slide of US consumer confidence of June to 52.9 while the market was waiting for 62.9 and June US ISM manufacturing index which was expected to be 59 from 59.7 in May coming last week at 56.2. That's beside the increasing worries about the housing market performance in US which has deteriorated in May as the pending home sales have fallen by 30% while the market was waiting for decreasing by just 10% after the disappointing new home sales of May which were awaited to be 470k from 507k in April but they have shocked the market with just 300k falling by 32.7% and finally, we have returned to the losing of jobs in June by another 125k of the non-farm payroll after adding 413k in May while the market was waiting for losing just 100k
- Published: 06 July 2010
- Written by Editor