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PAM Monthly Global Outlook - September 2010

09 September 2010

Limp US economic data erodes global confidenceA steady drip of negative economic data, mainly from the US, undermined investor sentiment in August, reversing most of July’s recovery in global equity markets. However, a resurgence in M&A activity suggests that corporate buyers see significant long term value at current equity valuations.

 

 

US recovery concern grow over August


The US economy grew at a 1.6 per cent annual rate during the second quarter, largely a result of a slower rate of inventory accumulation and a wider deficit on the trade account. Poor US employment data and evidence of renewed weakness in the housing market particularly alarmed investors. The fragility of the housing sector, in the absence of tax credits, was underlined by a fall in both new housing starts and sales of previously owned homes in July. (...)

 

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