Word: sentimentals
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Main Street, according to the University of Michigan?s report on consumer sentiment for the first half of August that hit Friday, is reasonably chipper - the gauge rose to 93.5 from 92.4 in July, beating forecasters? expectations...
...insists that Arafat act against the Islamists before he'll consider any of the Mitchell Report's "confidence-building" mechanisms, but that Arafat is unable to rein in the violence unless he's rewarded with political concessions. But that may be a moot point, right now, because the current sentiment on the Palestinian street severely limits his ability to act against the militants, even if he chooses to. His own Fatah organization has formally abandoned the cease-fire and resumed its grassroots alliance with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in order to fight the Israelis. As much as they're intended...
...trade deficit number, expected to be on the rise again, that has very little to do with anything you should care about right now. And at 10:00 a.m., or whenever Reuters leaks it to the rest of us, we get the University of Michigan?s measure of consumer sentiment...
...consumer sentiment - especially at the end of a week of business-side stats - always picks up a little earth-shaking power in advance of a Fed meeting, and next Tuesday?s smart-money pick of a quarter-point cut is actually beginning to feel pretty uncertain. If that bet changes, we could see some action this week. If not, well, it?s a Friday afternoon in August - what did you expect...
...problem; indeed, it had been reported earlier in the week that it held off on a more robust strike in the belief that its benefits would not outweigh the negative political fallout in the Arab world. The latest raids are almost certain to amplify the already rampant anti-American sentiment on the streets of even the most pro-Western Arab capitals, and that's good news for the likes of Saddam and Osama Bin Laden...