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Finally, in late fiscal 1993, foreign stockprices resumed their strong climb. For the year,the benchmark Morgan Stanley EAFE-Free Index,which measures foreign equity performance,returned 18.25 percent, nearly seven points higherthan the Standard & Poor's 500 index of domesticstocks...
...first time in two years, consumer prices remained steady for an entire month, according to the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index for June. That news came the day after producer prices for the same month were reported to have declined 0.3%, the largest drop in two years. With the annual inflation rate at 2.2% for the past three months, worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates have essentially vanished. The bad news is that the absence of price pressure seems to be the result of anemic economic growth...
Once again, it was a week of discouraging economic reports. The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades. One possible reason: the index of consumer confidence sank to its gloomiest reading in eight months. Firms remained wary of hiring: only 13,000 net new jobs were added to payrolls in June, as the unemployment rate nosed...
...Producer Price index showed no increase for May, diminishing inflation fears that were set off by steep increases during March and April. The steadiness of prices should discourage any impulse by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to relieve inflationary pressures...
This good news was somewhat offset by a report that the country's index of leading economic indicators rose a disappointing one-tenth of 1% in April, suggesting that no boom is in the offing. The 11 indicators, which include data on consumer expectations and plant and equipment orders, had dropped dramatically the month before...