October 24th, 2011 by Belisarius
*** FT Alphaville: A tale of two PMIs ***
*** FT Alphaville: US in possible downgrade encore shock ***
*** Gavyn Davies: Great Recession may cost US economy $5,900 billions ***
*** The Big Picture: Repairing Infrastructure Can Help Economy ***
*** The Big Picture: Dropbox startup lessons learned 2011 ***
*** The New York Times: It’s All Connected: A Spectator’s Guide to the Euro Crisis ***
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October 24th, 2011 by Belisarius
Chicago Fed National Activity Index for September was reported at -0.22 vs. revised August reading of -0.59. Chicago Fed National Activity Index 3-month moving average is at -0.21.
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October 24th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic dry index fell 0.1% last week; Capesize Index was down 0.6%; Panamax Index fell 2.8%; Supramax Index was up 0.8%; Handysize Index rose 0.5%.
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October 24th, 2011 by Belisarius
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 2.8%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell -2.8%.
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October 24th, 2011 by Belisarius
HSBC/Markit PMI rose from 49.4 to 51.1.
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