QUOTE(Babablacksheep @ Nov 17 2009, 04:18 PM)
One moment later, you will find another article saying that the economy is GOOD, its recovering!!!!
Then two more days... you will find another 1 saying that the economy is actually still BAD...
LOL..
Economy is a bit stall on its recovery.
If compare last year, surely it is good.
But we are a bit stalling on improvement. But does mean thing turns bad. Stalling is not equal to bad. Just no more further improvement at the moment which is the likely picture of current situation.
So you have comment saying recovery, things are good because compared to recession figure, but with recent data of stalling sign because without employment situation turn better, it is very difficult for economy to run at full speed,
consumer confidence dipping
export figure stagnant
unemployment still at worry state, company is squezzing out more from existing workforce so better profit for company, eventually reflect in stock price (the source of recent rally), but cautious in hiring.
cpo stock pile become high again
petrol/gasoline margin being squeezed signal real demand of petrol has not picked up back, but crude oil going up due to speculation. Crude oil price now is not reflecting the real demand because lot of fund/hedge fund managers treat it as investment/hedging/speculation tool already, petrol/gasoline is a better picture of demand.
This post has been edited by cherroy: Nov 17 2009, 04:48 PM