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"Market volatility and the breakdown of fundamental and technical indicators are only a few signs. There are others which are more subtle and not visible to the human eye - below the surface. They show up in bear-o-metric readings of the nation’s money supply, credit expansion and the breakdown of corporate earnings. With all of these readings, we know that a storm is coming. The question is, "What kind will it be?'" - Jim Puplava, The Perfect Financial Storm Part 3


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The Economy


05/09 U.S. Trade Deficit Smaller Than Forecast as Imports Drop Most in Six Years
05/09 U.S. House Passes $300 Billion Foreclosure Legislation Opposed by Bush
05/08 Initial Unemployment Claims in U.S. Declined 18,000 Last Week to 365,000
05/08 Wholesale Inventories in U.S. Unexpectedly Fall as Companies Trim Supplies
05/07 Productivity in U.S. Increases More Than Forecast; Pending Home Sales Drop
05/07 SEC Plans to Share With Fed More Information About Investment-Bank Health
05/07 Pending U.S. Sales of Existing Homes Fall 1%, Second Straight Monthly Drop
05/07 Hoenig Says Inflation 'Serious,' May Prompt Rate Rise
05/06 Bernanke Urges Banks, Government to Increase Efforts to Stem Foreclosures
05/06 U.S. Home Values Drop 8%, Leaving More Borrowers `Underwater' on Mortgages

Financial Markets


05/09 Oil Rises to Record Above $126 as Dollar Drop Spurs Demand for Commodities
05/09 Gold Futures Fall in New York on U.S. Interest-Rate Outlook; Silver Drops
05/09 Natural Gas Futures Rise in New York, Pulled Higher by Gains for Crude Oil
05/09 Oil May Fall Next Week on Expectations of U.S. Supply Gain, Survey Shows
05/09 OPEC May Hold Meeting Before September to Curb Record Prices, Libya Says
05/08 Crude Oil Declines on Signs Rally to Record $123.93 a Barrel Was Overdone
05/08 Nymex Gas Rises After Report of a Smaller-Than-Normal U.S. Inventory Gain
05/08 Gas Prices Jump Nearly 3 Cents to Record, While Oil Pauses
05/07 Oil Is Little Changed After U.S. Inventories Increase More Than Forecast
05/07 Gold Drops in New York as Dollar Strengthens Against Euro; Silver Declines
05/07 Natural-Gas Futures Rise in New York as Crude Oil Trades Close to a Record
05/06 Crude Oil Rises Above $122 on Supply Threats in Nigeria, Increasing Demand
05/06 Gold Rises as Record-High Oil, Dollar Drop Spur Demand for Inflation Hedge
05/06 Natural-Gas Futures Rise in New York Trading, Following Crude Oil Higher
05/06 "Super-Spike" Could Lift Oil to $200: Goldman

Corporate

05/09 Circuit City Puts Itself Up for Sale, Hires Goldman to Advise; Shares Jump
05/09 Bridgestone Shares Fall Most in Nine Months as Profit Drops on Oil, Rubber
05/09 Citigroup Aims to Sell $400 Billion of Assets
05/09 Clear Channel Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Profit
05/09 Chunk of Chevron's Job Cuts Seen in 2008: Filing
05/08 Wal-Mart, Costco Sales Rise More Than Estimated as Consumers Seek Bargains
05/08 Toyota Net Falls More Than Estimated; Annual Earnings to Drop on U.S., Yen
05/08 Bridgestone First-Quarter Profit Falls 18% as Raw-Material Spending Rises
05/08 Best Buy to Invest $2.2 Billion in Carphone Warehouse, Enter Europe Market
05/08 Ford Turnaround Effort Gaining Traction: CEO
05/07 UBS Faces U.S. Tax-Evasion Probe; Senior Employee Is Detained as Witness
05/07 Sprint, Cable Form $14.5 Billion Clearwire Venture
05/07 GM, Ford and Toyota Won't Match Chrysler Gas Subsidies
05/06 Fannie Mae Has $2.19 Billion Loss; Shares Rise on Regulator's Capital Plan
05/06 UBS Will Cut 5,500 Jobs After $10.9 Billion Loss, Exit Muni Bond Business
05/06 Microsoft to Spend $280 Million on Beijing Research Campus Opening in 2010
05/06 Sara Lee Declines Most in Three Years on Profit Forecast, Wheat Costs
05/06 U.S. April Business Bankruptcy Filings Rise 50% on Year as Economy Slows

Consumers

05/09 Rebates Will Fail to Spark U.S. Economy as Fuel Prices Soar, Survey Says
05/09 Mortgage Crisis Seeps to Prime Loans
05/09 Mother's Day Spending May be Down
05/07 Gas Prices Have Some Thinking They Can Drive 55
05/07 As Goes Wal-Mart, So Goes the Nation
05/07 Merrill Expects U.S. Consumer Loan Defaults to Rise

World Markets

05/09 China's April Export Growth Slows to 22%, Trade Surplus Is Little Changed
05/09 India Inflation Accelerates to 7.6%, Fastest Pace in More Than Three Years
05/09 Australia's Central Bank Raises Inflation Forecasts, Cuts Growth Estimate
05/09 China Will Stick With Tight Monetary Policy, Vice Premier Wang Qishan Says
05/09 Soaring Food Costs Probably Kept Chinese Inflation at About 11-Year High
05/09 China April Car Sales Grow 11%, Least in Year, on Inflation, Stocks Slump
05/09 Yen Heads for Weekly Gain Versus Euro on Concern Over Credit Market Losses
05/09 U.K.: Home Repossessions Rise to Highest Since 1990s; Government Pledges to Help
05/09 Pound Falls, Headed for Weekly Decline, on Bets BOE to Resume Cutting Rate
05/09 Japan's Economy May Slow as Output and Exports Cool, Leading Index Shows
05/09 French Industrial Output Posts First Drop in Four Months as Demand Wanes
05/08 ECB, Bank of England Keep Main Interest Rates Unchanged to Fight Inflation
05/08 Bank of Korea Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged at 5% as Inflation Accelerates
05/08 China Trade Surplus May Narrow on Slower Export Growth, Ease Yuan Pressure
05/08 China's Yuan Declines Most This Year, Forwards Slump, on Exports Concern
05/08 ECB's Trichet Says Credit Conditions in Europe Tightened in First Quarter
05/08 Swiss Jobless Rate Rises for First Time Since 2003 as UBS, Ciba Cut Jobs
05/08 Peru's Slowing Inflation Means Valarde Will Probably Leave Rate at 5.5%
05/08 New Zealand Employment Falls by Most in 19 Years
05/08 Iran Predicts Oil Prices Will Rise to $200 a Barrel
05/07 Australian Employment Probably Rose for Record 18th Month on Mining Growth
05/07 Pound Falls Against Dollar as Consumer Confidence Drops to Four-Year Low
05/07 U.K. Factory Production Unexpectedly Drops as Economic Slowdown Spreads
05/07 Retail Sales in Europe Drop by Record as Faster Inflation Curbs Spending
05/07 German March Factory Orders Unexpectedly Decline for Fourth Month in a Row
05/06 Indonesia Unexpectedly Raises Policy Rate to 8.25% as Inflation Quickens
05/06 China Economy Growth Likely to Rebound This Quarter, State Economists Say
05/06 Surging Food, Energy Prices Hurting 1 Billion Asians, ADB's Kuroda Says
05/06 U.K. Services Grow at Slowest Pace in Five Years, Choked by Credit Crisis
05/06 German, Dutch Electricity Prices Climb to Records on Higher Emission Costs

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