Inflation und Entlassungen steigen in den USA an!

Price Inflation Soaring - Employment Cuts Soaring
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Price Inflation

Health Costs

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans.
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Import prices

U.S. Import Prices Jump 1.7 Percent (over 20% annualized)

Oil

U.S. crude surges $1.84 to end at $44.61 a barrel

Labor Cuts

EDS: 20,000 Job Cuts Over Next 2 Years
Oneida to Shut Last Factory, Cut 500 Jobs
Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12%, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay
US Air - Expect Chapter 11, pilots told

Corporate Earnings Warnings

Visteon Warns on Earnings (Auto parts manufacturer)
Alcoa Warns Earnings to Miss Forecasts
JetBlue Airways sings the blues

US GDP Forecast

Economists Lower Second Half U.S. GDP Forecasts, Survey Finds........The world's largest economy will grow at a 3.7 percent annual rate from July through September, slower than the 3.9 percent estimated last month

Trade Deficit

July trade deficit expected between $51-57 billion

Budget Deficit

2003-2004 - $422 billions on a cash basis over $3 trillions using GAAP

Der Ölschock von 2004 setzt sich fort.....von der OPEC wird erwartet, das sie ihr Preisband aus normalen Bedingungen auf $30 an dem unteren Ende und wahrscheinlich $34 an dem oberen Ende anhebt.  

Die letzten Worte gehören Alan Greenspan:

"If it weren’t for the oil prices I would be very optimistic about where the economy is going,"