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Oops: Beige Book Sees "Widespread Signs Of Deceleration" PDF Print E-mail
Written by Steve Meyers   
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 13:50

From the opening paragraph, the bolded is not what the market wants to hear:

This is not what the market wanted to hear: "Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggested continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August, but with widespread signs of a deceleration compared with preceding periods. Economic growth at a modest pace was the most common characterization of overall conditions, as provided by the five western Districts of  St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco. The reports from Boston and Cleveland also pointed to positive developments or net improvements compared with the previous reporting period. However, the remaining Districts of New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta, and Chicago  all highlighted mixed conditions or deceleration in overall economic activity."

And the only way for prices is down... i.e. - deflation.

Upward price pressures remained quite limited for most categories of final goods and services, despite higher prices for selected commodities [ahem, bitchez] such as grains and some industrial materials. Wage pressures also were limited, although a few Districts noted increased upward pressures in a narrow set of sectors experiencing a mismatch between job requirements and applicant skills. READ MORE

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Ron Rebner |2010-09-08 14:16:04
Looks like the PPT had to step in with more force after the beige book was released. The market will eventually prevail over the PPT. We have seen it before, when the real selling starts, they cannot keep up. Volume remains very weak, especially on the NYSE.
TitanTrader  - Lethargic |2010-09-08 14:41:45
Volume is so low i keep smacking the side of my puter thinking my connection been lost.

Thought I missed it yesterday just to come into this phony ramp. As I stated last week no news this week means ramp O ramma. Atre they going to care about tomorrows 470,000 new initial claims? Doubt it. Maybe it will only come in at 468,000 and they can gun the futures 100 before the open.

Can the hedge fund save their quarter? That's the only reason this pig should go up.
Matt  - Volume levels |2010-09-08 14:57:15
If the Fed's keep this up soon they will own all shares outstanding and there will be NO volume. They will in fact own most of the shares!?

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