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Lakshmi has been very good to shareholders in the last weeks. Defying any gravity, the US stocks – and behind them most other markets –
hit new all time highs, late May. But the Dow Jones, currently flirting with the 13,500 mark – not to speak of the Sensex’ record run above 14,000 – faces a lot of hurdles on the way farther north. US economic indicators keep painting a bleak picture. The annual economic growth rate has now slowed down to a dismal 2.8% after expanding 4.4% a year earlier. A look at the key factors for the US economy shows no relief – with 70% of American GDP coming from consumers and falling incomes in 3 of the last 4 months, add to the worries of a housing market that is about to tip to the downside, exposing homeowners to the new horror word of 2007: negative equity or “my house is less worth than my mortgage.” All recent housing numbers have fallen back to recession levels, last seen years ago.
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Lakshmi has been very good to shareholders in the last weeks. Defying any gravity, the US stocks – and behind them most other markets –
hit new all time highs, late May. But the Dow Jones, currently flirting with the 13,500 mark – not to speak of the Sensex’ record run above 14,000 – faces a lot of hurdles on the way farther north. US economic indicators keep painting a bleak picture. The annual economic growth rate has now slowed down to a dismal 2.8% after expanding 4.4% a year earlier. A look at the key factors for the US economy shows no relief – with 70% of American GDP coming from consumers and falling incomes in 3 of the last 4 months, add to the worries of a housing market that is about to tip to the downside, exposing homeowners to the new horror word of 2007: negative equity or “my house is less worth than my mortgage.” All recent housing numbers have fallen back to recession levels, last seen years ago.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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