Retail Metrics said June comps fell 4.3% which is a touch better than the range of estimates of a decline of 4.5-5%. The month was impacted by the cold and rainy weather, tough comparisons with July ’08 rebate checks (which is the last month of this comparison) and of course sluggish consumer spending.
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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Knowing that the vote over the weekend in Greece was really a referendum on Euro membership, a majority of the Greek Parliament said yes to staying. European Finance Ministers meet again on Wednesday to solidify the 2nd bailout package for Greece at the same time hopefully a deal is consummated between Greece and its creditors this week. The Greek 14.5b euro bond that matures on March 20th is up by 2 pts. The optimism that all will be completed and contained AGAIN to Greece has yields lower in Portugal, Spain and Italy. The iTraxx Financial Index is also narrower by...
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Pervasive Yankeecentricity. :) It’s been hot and dry throughout the south, but none of the commentators seem to know this. Also, we know it never rains in Southern California.
July 9th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
If you read the Redbook release every Tuesday, they’ve predicted this for a month…I try to post it when I think about it…but Redbook has been telling us this was going to be a poor summer for consumer spending.