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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (69731)9/13/2006 7:30:48 PM
From: CalculatedRisk  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
CFOs see 33 pct chance of US recession in 12 months-survey
today.reuters.com

Chief financial officers of U.S. corporations are increasingly pessimistic about their business and the overall economy, and put the chance of a recession within the next year at 33 percent, a quarterly survey reported on Wednesday.

The level of pessimism about the U.S. economy is the highest in five years, the survey by Duke University and CFO Magazine found. Fewer finance chiefs expect to increase capital spending, their forecasts for earnings growth are lower, and expectations for hiring are down, the survey found.

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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (69731)9/13/2006 7:31:39 PM
From: orkrious  Respond to of 110194
 
To be honest, the coupon passes seemed like panic to me...why pass coupons now, when they're supposedly "tightening"..

What's really surprising is PoG isn't sensing it.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (69731)9/13/2006 8:38:24 PM
From: bart13  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 


To be honest, the coupon passes seemed like panic to me...why pass coupons now, when they're supposedly "tightening"....and the economy is still buzzing along real peachy-like?


Here's one theory - check the relationship of them and the USDX: