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Bloomberg: 美国经济数据 - 10月8日



By Michael P. Regan

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures pared losses, the dollar weakened and Treasuries reversed declines as a bigger-than-forecast loss of jobs fueled speculation the Federal Reserve will undertake more economic stimulus.  

Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index expiring in December slipped less than 0.2 percent to 1,154.6 at 8:35 a.m. in New York after declining almost 1 percent earlier. The dollar weakened to less than 82 yen for the first time since 1995 and the yield on the 10-year Treasury was little changed at 2.38 percent after climbing 4 basis points earlier.

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Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose 13,000 Last Week to 462,000

The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased last week, indicating the U.S. job market is struggling to mend.

Jobless claims  rose by 13,000 to 462,000 in the week ended Oct. 9, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The total number  of people on unemployment insurance rolls decreased to the lowest level since November 2008, while those getting extended benefits declined.

Persistent dismissals show it will take longer for employers to add enough workers to reduce unemployment  that’s close to a 26-year high. The prospect of joblessness holding above 9 percent through next year is among the reasons Federal Reserve policy makers may ease monetary policy.

“The real problem is a lack of job growth,” Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James & Associates, said before the report. “The good news is we’re not seeing the level of layoffs that would be consistent with a double-dip recession. The bad news is we really could be a lot stronger at this point and that’s going to take some time.”

Economists forecast claims would hold at 445,000, according to the median of 47 projections in a Bloomberg News survey. Estimates ranged from 425,000 to 455,000.

The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, rose to 459,000 from 456,750. It was the first increase since the week ended Aug. 21.

The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 112,000 in the week ended Oct. 2 to 4.4 million, the lowest in almost two years.

Continuing Claims
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended and emergency  benefits under federal programs. Those who’ve used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended  payments decreased by about 340,000 to 4.8 million in the week ended Sept. 25.

“We’re at the neutral level of claims with the labor market not growing and not shrinking,” Ellen Zentner , senior macro economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York said before the report. The moving average holding below 450,000 “would be indicative of a more healthy expanding market.”

The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits, which tends to track the jobless rate, fell to 3.5 percent in the week ended Oct. 2 from 3.6 percent in the prior week.

Thirty-nine states and territories reported an increase in claims, while 14 reported a decline. These data are reported with a one-week lag.

Payrolls in September
Private employers in September added 64,000 workers, while total payrolls fell a larger-than-forecast 95,000, Labor Department figures showed Oct. 8. The unemployment rate held at 9.6 percent. It reached a 26-year high of 10.1 percent in October 2009.

The drop in U.S. payrolls in September largely reflected local governments firing educators and other workers to make up for declining tax revenue. Struggles to keep state and local government budgets balanced likely will continue to weigh on job growth and sustain the level of weekly jobless claims.

Last week’s jobs report was the last before the Nov. 2 congressional elections that threaten to deprive the Democrats of their majorities in the House and Senate partly because of voter disenchantment and Congress and President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy. Obama’s job approval over a three-day period that ended Oct. 6 was 46 percent, compared with 53 percent at the same time last year, according to a poll from Princeton, New Jersey-based Gallup Inc.

State Governments
“We need to continue to explore ways that we can help states and local governments maintain workers who provide vital services,” Obama said last week in Bladensburg, Maryland. “At the same time, we have to keep doing everything we can to accelerate this recovery.”

Halozyme Therapeutics said Oct. 11 it will decrease new- compound research, cutting about 25 percent of its workforce. The company had 139 employees at the end of last year.

While some companies are still firing employees, others are recalling workers. American Airlines, the third largest U.S. airline, plans to recall 545 flight attendants and 250 pilots to meet demand for international flights as it begins it begins an alliance with British Airways Plc and Spain’s Iberia.

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U.S. Stock Futures Gain as Data Backs Bernanke’s Stimulus Case
By Elizabeth Stanton

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures rose, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will recover from yesterday’s drop, after lower-than-estimated inflation bolstered Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s case that more monetary stimulus may be needed to safeguard the economy.

Google Inc. jumped 11 percent after the world’s most popular search engine posted better-than-estimated earnings. Seagate Technology Plc soared 19 percent as TPG Capital and KKR & Co. were said to be in talks to buy the largest maker of disk drives. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose 2.8 percent after third-quarter sales topped analyst estimates.

S&P 500 futures expiring in December rose 0.1 percent to 1,175.20 at 8:58 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts climbed 16 points, or 0.1 percent, to 11,068.

“There’s more certainty now that there will indeed be another round of quantitative easing,” said Terry Morris, senior equity manager at National Penn Investors Trust Co. in
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, which manages $2 billion. “Any time the Fed’s being accommodative it’s supportive of the stock market.”

The cost of living in the U.S. rose less than forecast in September, indicating limited consumer demand is making it difficult for companies to raise prices. The consumer-price
index rose 0.1 percent after 0.3 percent gains in the prior two months, figures from the Labor Department showed today after Bernanke’s remarks were released. Economists projected a 0.2 percent gain, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey.

Bernanke Remarks

The S&P 500 has rallied 12 percent since Bernanke said at a meeting at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Aug. 27 that he had the tools to prevent the economy from slipping into a recession. The speech came the same day that the Commerce Department lowered its estimate for gross domestic product in the second quarter to 1.6 percent from 2.4 percent.

Stock futures rebounded after Bernanke said in prepared remarks at a Boston Fed conference that there’s a “case for further action” as inflation remains low and unemployment is too high.

He said the central bank could expand asset purchases or change the language in its statement, while saying “nonconventional policies have costs and limitations that must be taken into account in judging whether and how aggressively they should be used.”

Reports also showed retail sales in the U.S. climbed more than forecast in September while manufacturing in the New York region expanded in October at a faster pace than anticipated.

Earnings, Indicators

Of the 14 S&P 500 companies to have reported results since Oct. 8, 10 have beaten analysts’ per-share earnings estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg predict 23 percent growth in third-quarter profit from a year earlier for S&P 500 companies, the fourth straight
quarterly increase.

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary index of consumer sentiment rose to 68.9 in October from 68.2 at the end of September, according to the Bloomberg survey median before today’s 9:55 a.m. release. The gauge averaged 89 in the five years leading up to the recession that began December 2007.

Another report at 10 a.m. from the Commerce Department may show business inventories rose 0.5 percent in August after a 1 percent gain the previous month which was the biggest increase in two years, according to economists.

Google surged 11 percent to $599 as third-quarter net income rose 32 percent from year earlier. Profit excluding some items was $7.64 a share, exceeding the $6.68 average of analyst projections compiled by Bloomberg. Sales, excluding revenue passed on to partner sites, were $5.48 billion, topping the
$5.26 billion average estimate.

Seagate, AMD

Seagate jumped 19 percent to $15.07. Private-equity firms TPG and KKR are considering an offer of about $16 a share, which would value the company at $7.55 billion, said two people, who declined to be identified because the discussions are private. The firms are looking to contribute about $4 billion in equity
and may seek other buyout funds as partners, the people said. Bain Capital LLC is also interested in the deal, according to one person familiar with the firm.

Advanced Micro Devices rose 3.5 percent to $7.39. The second-largest maker of computer microprocessors said third-quarter sales climbed to $1.62 billion, compared with the average analyst estimate of $1.61 billion in a Bloomberg survey. AMD’s net loss narrowed to $118 million from $128 million a year earlier.

General Electric Co., the world’s biggest maker of medical-imaging equipment power-generating machinery, lost 2.3 percent to $16.77 as the company said sales declined on lower equipment shipments. Revenue fell 5 percent to $35.9 billion, trailing estimates, on fewer wind turbine shipments.

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By Adam Ewing
     Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures rose as companies from Exxon Mobil Corp. to Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Symantec Corp. posted results that beat analysts’ estimates and the Federal Reserve asked bond dealers for input on asset purchases.

     Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest company, climbed after profit was boosted by rising global energy demand. Las Vegas
Sands surged 11 percent as results were helped by a new resort in Singapore and growth in Macau gambling. Symantec, the largest maker of computer-security software, jumped 7.3 percent after companies increased spending.

     Futures on the S&P 500 expiring in December rose 0.6 percent to 1,185.8 at 8:37 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones
Industrial Average futures increased 51 points, or 0.5 percent, to 11,123 and Nasdaq-100 Index futures advanced 0.4 percent to 2,132.5.

     The S&P 500 fell 0.3 percent yesterday as investors speculated that the Fed’s efforts to shore up the economy will
be gradual. The Fed asked bond dealers and investors for projections of central bank asset purchases over the next six
months, along with their likely effect on yields, as it sought to gauge the possible impact of a new program of quantitative
easing, according to a New York Fed survey obtained by Bloomberg News.

     The survey asks how much the central bank will buy and how long the asset purchases will take. The survey also asks firms how often they anticipate the Fed will re-evaluate the program, and to estimate its ultimate size.

     “Many investors are assuming that if the Fed is asking for estimates for QE2, the central bank may try to beat expectations next month,” said Lex van Dam, fund manager at London-based Hampstead Capital LLP, which oversees $500 million.

                        Jobless, Earnings

     Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in three months, a signal the labor market may be starting to mend. Initial jobless claims decreased by 21,000 to 434,000 in the week ended Oct. 23, the lowest since early July, Labor Department figures showed. The total number of people receiving unemployment insurance dropped to a two-year low, while those getting extended payments also fell.

     Some 219, or 83 percent, of the 263 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings since Oct. 7 have beaten analyst estimates for per-share profit, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

     Las Vegas Sands jumped 11 percent to $45.75 in early New York trading after it reported third-quarter profit excluding
some items of 28 cents a share, topping the average of analysts’ estimates of 24 cents, as the casino operator opened a Singapore resort and benefited from gambling growth in Macau.

                    Symantec, Western Digital

     Symantec climbed 7.3 percent to $16.95. Fiscal second-quarter profit, excluding some items, rose to 34 cents a share,
compared with the 28-cent average of estimates. The world’s largest maker of computer security software forecast $1.59
billion of revenue in the period ending Dec. 31, beating the average analysts’ estimate of $1.55 billion.

     Western Digital Corp., the world’s second-biggest maker of hard disk drives, rose 1.7 percent to $32.11 in German trading after Barclays upgraded the shares to “overweight” from “equal weight.”

     Akamai Technologies Inc. rose 2.8 percent to $51.82 after the maker of technology that speeds Internet traffic reported third-quarter sales of $253.6 million, beating the $249.6 million average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

     Colgate-Palmolive Co. lost 1.3 percent to $74.55 in early New York trading after it posted third-quarter sales that
dropped 1.4 percent to $3.94 billion from a year earlier. Net income advanced to $619 million, or $1.21 a share, the New York-based maker of Ajax cleaners and Hill’s pet food said.

     Allstate Corp. sank 3.6 percent to $31.32. The largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer reported operating
profit, which excludes some investment results, of 83 cents a share, missing the 96-cent average estimate of 19 analysts
surveyed by Bloomberg.

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Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers fell in October to the lowest level in almost a year, which may temper the biggest part of the economy.

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment decreased to 67.7 from 68.2 in September. Economists had forecast a reading of 68, almost matching the preliminary figure of 67.9, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey.

A jobless rate projected to stay above 9 percent through next year may restrain consumer optimism and prompt Americans to limit their purchases, which account for 70 percent of the economy. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are among retailers using discounts and promotions to lure budget- conscious shoppers during the holidays.
“Main Street doesn’t really believe that the economy is out of a recession until the unemployment rate comes down,” Jonathan Basile, an economist at Credit Suisse in New York, said before the report. “It’s difficult to see any kind of sharp move higher in confidence.”

The October figure was the lowest since November 2009. Forecasts in the Bloomberg survey of 63 economists ranged from 67 to 70. The sentiment index averaged 89 in the five years leading up to the recession that began in December 2007 and has yet to reach that level since the recovery began in June 2009.

Figures earlier today from the Commerce Department showed the U.S. economy grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the third quarter as consumer spending climbed the most in almost four years, a sign the expansion is developing staying power.
Consumer spending increased at a 2.6 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest since the end of 2006, the Commerce Department’s figures also showed. Purchases added 1.8 percentage points to third-quarter growth.

Federal Reserve
The pace of growth may not be strong enough to help reduce the unemployment rate, one reason why Federal Reserve policy makers may soon begin pumping more money into the economy.

The jobless rate will average 9.6 percent this year and 9.3 percent in 2011, according to a Bloomberg survey earlier this month, marking three years of unemployment above 9 percent, the longest period since monthly records began in 1948.
Consumer expectations for six months from now, which more closely projects the direction of consumer spending, rose to 61.9 from 60.9, which was the lowest since March 2009, today’s confidence report showed.

The survey’s measure of current conditions, which reflects Americans’ perceptions of their financial situation and whether it is a good time to buy big-ticket items like cars, dropped to 76.6 from 79.6 in September.

Inflation Expectations
Consumers in today’s survey said they expect an inflation rate of 2.7 percent over the next 12 months, compared with 2.2 percent projected in September. Over the next five years, the measure tracked by Fed policy makers, Americans expect a 2.8 percent rate, up from 2.7 percent forecast last month.

The National Retail Federation has forecast November- December sales will rise by 2.3 percent from a year ago, making it the best holiday season in four years. Merchants including Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, Target, Amazon.com Inc. and EBay Inc. will benefit as shoppers look for bargains, according to results of a survey issued this month by Consumer Edge Research in Stamford, Connecticut.

With less than a week before the Nov. 2 elections, Americans continue to have a dimmer view of Congress and President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy. Obama’s job approval over a three-day period that ended Oct. 26 was 44 percent, compared with 51 percent at the same time last year, according to a poll from Princeton, New Jersey-based Gallup.


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By Michael P. Regan
     Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures maintained gains after jobless claims increased more than forecast and worker productivity topped estimates.

     Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index expiring next month rallied 0.9 percent to 1,207.3 at 8:35 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures increased 85 points, or 0.8 percent, to 11,262.

     Jobless claims rose by 20,000 to 457,000 last week, Labor Department figures showed. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for an increase of 442,000. A measure of employee output increased at a 1.9 percent annual rate after falling 1.8 percent in the previous three months, the Labor Department said. Economists had projected a 1 percent gain in a survey.

     Stocks rose yesterday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest closing level since the week Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, as the Federal Reserve announced plans to buy an additional $600 billion in bonds to pump cash into the economy.     

     Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is using tools devised during the financial crisis to add fuel to an economy that’s been expanding for 15 months. Bernanke’s Fed is constrained by a key interest rate near zero and bound by a Congressional mandate to reduce unemployment.

     The Labor Department may say tomorrow that the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in October for a third month, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The jobless rate peaked at 10.1 percent a year ago, the highest since 1983.

     Economists predict that private payrolls, which exclude government agencies, rose by 80,000 last month, the survey showed. That compares with an increase of 64,000 in September and a loss of 806,000 non-government positions in January 2009 at the depths of the recession and President George W. Bush’s final month in office. Private payrolls have grown every month this year.  

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By Michael P. Regan

     Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures maintained losses after wholesale costs in the U.S. rose less than forecast in October in a sign that limited demand is keeping a lid on inflation.

     Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index expiring next month lost 0.5 percent to 1,190.4 at 8:34 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined 51 points, or 0.5 percent, to 11,122.

     The producer price index climbed 0.4 percent from the prior month, Labor Department figures showed. Economists projected a 0.8 percent rise in October, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey. The so-called core measure, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, decreased 0.6 percent, the most since July 2006.

     U.S. stocks and Treasuries declined yesterday as a group including former Republican government officials, economists and hedge-fund manager Cliff Asness urged Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to halt his expansion of monetary stimulus, saying it risks an inflation surge. Fed Bank of New York President William Dudley said in an interview with CNBC that the central bank’s bond purchases won’t cause an inflation problem.

     U.S. futures followed global equities lower earlier today  amid concern China’s steps to cool inflation will slow the global economic recovery.

     Chinese Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan today said China is under “pressure” from capital inflows as a state newspaper said price controls could be imposed to cool the fastest inflation in two years.

     The People’s Bank of China last month raised its benchmark one-year lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.56 percent, the first increase since 2007. Chinese consumer prices jumped 4.4 percent in October, the fastest pace in two years.

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Bloomberg: 美国经济数据 - 11月17日



Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures held their advance as data on inflation and housing starts trailed estimates.

    Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.3 percent to 1,178.6 at 8:40 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.2 percent, while Nasdaq 100 Index futures climbed 0.4 percent.

    The consumer-price index increased 0.2 percent after a 0.1 percent rise the prior month, the Labor Department said today in Washington. A 0.3 percent gain was forecast by economists, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg News survey. Excluding food and fuel, so-called core costs increased 0.6 percent from October 2009, the smallest gain on record.

    A separate report showed housing starts fell to a 519,000 annual rate, the fewest since a record low reached in April 2009 and down 12 percent from a revised 588,000 in September that was less than previously estimated, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington.

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures advanced, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may rebound from the biggest drop in three months, as European finance ministers started work on possible aid for Ireland’s debt-laden banks.

    Human Genome Sciences Inc. jumped 4.7 percent in early trading in New York after the drug company won a U.S. advisory panel’s backing to sell the first new lupus drug in more than 50 years. Chico’s FAS Inc. rose 2.2 percent after posting earnings that beat analysts’ estimates.

    Futures on the S&P 500 expiring in December rose 0.3 percent to 1,177.7 at 12:43 p.m. in London, paring an earlier rally of as much as 0.5 percent. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 0.2 percent to 11,001, while Nasdaq-100 Index futures gained 0.3 percent to 2,096.25.

    “For the moment you have an opportunity to find real cheap stocks, especially after the decline we had yesterday,” said Vienna-based Herbert Perus, who as head of equities at Raiffeisen Capital Management helps oversee about $36 billion. “The fear is imminent at the moment so we’ll have risk-on days followed by risk-off days, but after a period of volatility people will look again and find low valuations for equities.”

                         Debt Crisis

    The S&P 500 had its biggest slump since Aug. 19 yesterday amid speculation that the debt crisis in Europe is worsening and that China will act to slow its economy. The U.S. benchmark index has still jumped 15 percent since July as the Federal Reserve increased its program of asset purchases to stimulate growth.

    European Union and International Monetary Fund experts will start scanning the books of Ireland’s debt-laden banks tomorrow in Dublin in a prelude to a possible aid package to stem Europe’s widening fiscal crisis.

    Finance chiefs from the 16-country euro area said the joint assessment will determine whether Ireland can patch up the banking system on its own or needs to fall back on the EU-IMF 750 billion-euro ($1 trillion) rescue fund.

    The cost of living in the U.S. probably rose for a fourth month in October, led by higher gasoline and food prices that aren’t filtering through to other goods and services, economists said before reports today.

                          Core Costs

    The consumer-price index increased 0.3 percent after a 0.1 percent gain the prior month, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before the Labor Department report, due at 8:30 a.m. in Washington. Excluding food and fuel, so-called core costs may have increased 0.7 percent from October 2009, matching a record low.

    Another report at the same time from the Commerce Department may show builders broke ground on 598,000 houses at an annual rate in October, down from a 610,000 pace the prior month, according to economists surveyed.

    Building permits, a sign of future construction, rose 3.8 percent to a 568,000 rate, according to the estimates. Starts are 73 percent below their January 2006 peak.

    Human Genome Sciences climbed 4.7 percent to $27.10 in early New York trade. The drugs company won a U.S. advisory panel’s backing together with GlaxoSmithKline Plc of the U.K. to sell Benlysta. While the Food and Drug Administration isn’t required to follow its outside recommendations, it usually does.

    Chico’s FAS rose 2.2 percent to $10.29 in Germany. The Fort Myers, Florida-based clothing retailer reported third-quarter earnings of 16 cents a share, beating the forecast for 15 cents in a Bloomberg survey of analysts.

    CVR Energy Inc. tumbled 8.3 percent to $10.12 in Germany. The Sugar Land, Texas-based oil refiner said shareholders including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Kelso & Co. will sell 15 million shares in a secondary public offering.

    Norfolk Southern Corp. dropped 0.3 percent to $60.35 in New York. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its recommendation on the cargo shipper to “sell” from “neutral.”

    BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. may be active. The third-largest U.S. wholesale chain said it will earn $2.48 to $2.52 a share for the year. It had previously expected profit of $2.40 to $2.50 a share, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $2.44. The shares didn’t trade in Europe.

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By Michael P. Regan
   
  Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures maintained gains after fewer workers than forecast filed claims for jobless benefits last week.
  
   Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index expiring in December rose 1 percent to 1,189.7 at 8:32 a.m. in New York. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 0.8 percent to 11,080.
  
   Applications for unemployment insurance payments rose by 2,000 to 439,000 in the week ended Nov. 13, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The total number of people collecting unemployment insurance dropped to the lowest level in two years, while those receiving extended payments climbed.

    Futures extended gains earlier and Irish bonds climbed after central bank Governor Patrick Honohan said he expects Ireland to tap a loan from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund worth “tens of billions.” Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said the government is prepared to ask for a bank rescue package after talks with the EU and IMF conclude. Officials fly into Dublin today.

     The S&P 500 tumbled by the most in almost three months on Nov. 16 amid speculation that the debt crisis in Europe is worsening and that China will act to slow its economy. The benchmark gauge has still jumped 15 percent since July as the Federal Reserve increased its program of asset purchases to stimulate growth.

     A report today may show the index of U.S. leading indicators rose in October by the most in five months on signs the Fed was preparing to take additional action to spur growth, economists said.

     The Conference Board’s gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months climbed 0.5 percent, according to the median of 58 forecasts in a Bloomberg News survey.

     General Motors Co., which went bankrupt last year after almost a century on the New York Stock Exchange, returns to public trading today. The owners, including the U.S. Treasury, sold $15.8 billion of common shares at $33 each yesterday in the second-largest U.S. IPO on record.

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Bloomberg: 美国经济数据 - 12月16日



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