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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


05/16 Fed, BOE Signal End of Rate Cuts as Price Pressures Increase, Crisis Eases
05/16 Housing Starts in U.S. Rise; Single-Family Construction Hits 17-Year Low
05/16 U.S. Builders Broke Ground on Fewest Houses Since '91
05/16 Senate Short of Agreement on Housing Rescue
05/15 Bernanke `Strongly' Urges U.S. Banks to Raise More Capital as Crisis Wanes
05/15 Industrial Output in U.S. Drops More Than Twice What Economists Forecast
05/15 Congress Sends Farm Bill to White House
05/15 Job Market Soft, Factories Weak
05/14 Fed Officials Warn on Inflation, Say Financial Markets Are Still Unsettled
05/14 US Foreclosure Filings Surge 65 Percent in April
05/14 Congress Votes to Stop Stockpiling Oil
05/13 Bernanke Says Markets Remain Unsettled, Fed Is Ready to Increase Auctions
05/13 Import Prices in U.S. Advance 1.8%, More Than Forecast, 1.1% Excluding Oil

Financial Markets


05/16 Saudi Arabia Plans to Boost June Oil Production by 300,000 Barrels a Day
05/16 Oil Rises to Record Above $127 on Goldman Report, China Demand for Diesel
05/16 Gold Rallies Most in Three Months on Record Oil Costs, Weakening Dollar
05/16 Energy Department Won't Accept New Contracts to Fill Strategic Oil Reserve
05/16 Natural Gas Climbs in New York, Following Jump in Nymex Crude-Oil Futures
05/16 Nymex April Trading Volume Rises 22% as Crude Oil, Gasoline Reach Records
05/15 Crude Oil Falls After U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories Jump More Than Forecast
05/15 Gold, Silver Gain in New York as Dollar's Rally Stalls, Energy Costs Climb
05/15 Nymex Gas Falls After Report of Larger-Than-Expected U.S. Inventory Gain
05/15 Venezuela's Chavez Says Attack by U.S. May Cause Oil Price to Rise to $500
05/14 Crude Oil Declines After U.S. Distillate-Fuel Supplies Climbed Last Week
05/14 Gold, Silver Futures Tumble on Reduced Demand for Hedges Against Inflation
05/14 OPEC Will Eventually Cut Oil Output as Heavy Crude Demand Falls, Iran Says
05/14 Greenspan Expects Crude-Oil Prices to Keep Rising on Capacity Constraints
05/14 Nymex Gas Rises After Enterprise Delays Start of Gulf of Mexico Pipeline
05/14 Gas Prices Up? All in Your Head, Data Says
05/13 Crude Oil Trades Little Changed After IEA Cuts 2008 Global Demand Forecast
05/13 Gold Drops as Dollar's Rebound Curbs Investment Demand for Precious Metal

Corporate

05/16 British Airways May Eliminate Routes as Rising Fuel Prices Threaten Profit
05/16 GE Confirms Plans to Exit Appliance Business
05/16 Macy's to Have FAO Schwarz Boutiques in Stores
05/16 Abercrombie & Fitch Profit Tops View
05/16 J.C. Penney Says Profit Fell 50 Percent, Will Again
05/16 Kohl's First-Quarter Profit Falls Nearly 27 Percent
05/15 Icahn Takes Yahoo Stake, Seeks Control of Board to Accept Microsoft Offer
05/15 CBS Agrees to Buy Cnet Networks, Owner of News Web Sites, for $1.8 Billion
05/15 Chrysler Is Exceeding Cash, Operating Goals for 2008, Chief Nardelli Says
05/15 J.C. Penney Reports $120 Million Profit, Exceeding Estimates of Analysts
05/15 General Electric Looks to Sell Appliance Unit: Report
05/15 High Gas Prices are Driving Scooter Sales Up
05/14 Freddie Mac Loss Is Narrower Than Estimated; Lender to Raise $5.5 Billion
05/14 Sony Forecasts 20% Gain in Operating Profit on Unexpected Rebound in Games
05/14 Macy's Shares Surge After First-Quarter Sales Beat Analysts' Estimates
05/14 Deere Profit Higher, but Outlook Disappoints
05/13 UPS Orders 200 Hybrid Electric Delivery Trucks
05/13 Wal-Mart Net Rises on Discounts; Second-Quarter Profit May Trail Estimates

Consumers

05/16 U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls to 28-Year Low, Single-Family Starts Drop
05/15 Food Costs Jump Most in 18 Years
05/15 Americans' Money Worries are Growing, L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll Finds
05/14 Consumer Prices in U.S. Rose 0.2% in April, Less Than Economists Forecast
05/14 Consumer Credit Crisis Showing Up in the Cards
05/13 U.S. April Retail Sales Rise More Than Forecast as Consumers Keep Spending

World Markets

05/16 Japan's Economy Grows 3.3%, Faster Than Estimated, Led by Exports to Asia
05/16 India's Inflation Unexpectedly Accelerates to 3 1/2 Year High; Rupee Falls
05/16 Bank of Japan May Keep Rate at 0.5% as Shirakawa Reduces Growth Forecasts
05/16 Hong Kong's First-Quarter Economic Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates to 7.1%
05/16 British Energy Rises After Receiving Approaches Priced Above Market Value
05/16 European Coal Rises to Record on Stronger Demand From Indian Power Plants
05/16 European Exports Decline 2.9% as the Euro's Advance Erodes Competitiveness
05/16 WTO Tells U.S. to Cut Trade Barriers, Improve Exports
05/15 U.K.'s Two-Year Notes Are Heading for Biggest Four-Day Decline Since 1996
05/15 China Factory, Property Spending Rises 25.7%, Adds to Overheating Concern
05/15 Japan's First-Quarter Growth Probably Slowed as Companies Reduced Spending
05/15 PetroChina Suspends All Exports of Fuel to Meet Increasing Domestic Demand
05/15 Bank of Japan May Keep Benchmark Rate at 0.5% After It Lowered GDP Outlook
05/15 European Economic Growth Accelerates More Than Estimated, Led by Germany
05/15 New Zealand Spending Report Another Sign Economy Has Contracted
05/14 King Signals BOE May Be Almost Done Cutting Rates as Inflation Accelerates
05/14 China's Industrial Production Growth Cooled Last Month as Exports Slowed
05/14 China's Earthquake Makes Interest Rate Rise Less Likely, Economists Say
05/14 China Orders Insurers to Expedite Earthquake Claims as Damage Bill Rises
05/14 Wholesale Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Almost 3 Decades on Commodities
05/14 Global Economic Outlook Improved in May Amid Signs Credit Crisis Is Easing
05/14 EU Ministers Say Consumers `Suffering' as Food, Oil Erode Purchasing Power
05/13 China Stocks Fall as Earthquake Damages Power Plants, Transmission Lines
05/13 China Orders Mines, Chemical Plants, Oil Wells to Halt Output After Quake

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