The euro broke its medium-term trendline against the dollar at [TX] and is headed for another test of primary support at $1.40. Failure of support would offer a target of $1.30*.
* Target calculation: 1.40 – ( 1.50 – 1.40 ) = 1.30
DAX breaks support
Dow Jones Germany Index broke support at 210/205 Monday, warning of another sharp fall as the ECB ramps up bond purchases and German participation in the bailout program is challenged in their High Court. Plunging 13-week Twiggs Money Flow indicates strong selling pressure. Target for the fall is the 2009 low of 150*.
* Target calculation: 200 – ( 250 – 200 ) = 150
The DAX Index similarly broke support at 5500, offering a target of 4500*.
* Target calculation: 5500 – ( 6500 – 5500 ) = 4500
Here We Go: US Futures Plunge As Milan, Dax Down 5%, Italian Fins Halted, EURUSD Sub 1.41 | ZeroHedge
After the ECB just announced that it had monetized a whopping E13.3 billion in the past week, nearly double expectations, and a total of E134 billion since the SMP program’s inception, the market took one quick look at just how effective this program has been, shuddered, and plunged realizing that neither ECB intervention, nor the shorting halt is doing anything at all.
European rally meets resistance
The FTSE 100 index is meeting selling pressure in its rally to test resistance at 5600, evidenced by tall shadows on the last two candles. Reversal of 13-week Twiggs Money Flow below zero would strengthen the signal. Failure of support at 4800 would offer a target of 4000*.
* Target calculation: 4800 – ( 5600 – 4800 ) = 4000
The DAX Index also displays tall shadows on the last two weekly candles. The rally to test 6400 is particularly weak, with decline of 13-week Twiggs Money Flow below zero warning of strong selling pressure. Reversal below 5400 would offer a target of 4400*.
* Target calculation: 5400 – ( 6400 – 5400 ) = 4400
The CAC-40 displays similar selling pressure. Breakout below 2900 would offer a target of 2500*.
* Target calculation: 2900 – ( 3300 – 2900 ) = 2500
European M1 signalling recession – macrobusiness.com.au | macrobusiness.com.au
I noticed that the ECB had provided an update for July today and it seems to confirm, assuming previous trends hold, that Europe is headed for, or is already in, recession. The Eurozone’s narrow money (M1) trends continue to weaken, signalling that the slowdown in economic growth is going to continue.
via European M1 signalling recession – macrobusiness.com.au | macrobusiness.com.au.
Troika Talks on Aid to Greece Stall – WSJ.com
“I expect a hard default definitely before March, maybe this year, and it could come with this program review,” said a senior IMF economist who is keeping close tabs on the situation. “The chances for a second program are slim.”
Failure of Greece to meet its targets, growing reluctance by some euro members to continue lending and the fact that private-sector participation in a second bailout won’t significantly alter Greece’s debt profile are the primary factors, the IMF official said.
Euro checks support
The euro is headed for another test of support at $1.40 after respecting resistance at $1.45. The descending triangle suggests a downward breakout with a target of $1.30. Momentum crossing below zero would strengthen the signal.
* Target calculation: 1.40 – ( 1.50 – 1.40 ) = 1.30
The pound sterling is also headed for a test of support, this time at $1.60. Breach of the rising trendline warns of trend weakness; a Momentum cross below zero would again strengthen the signal. Failure of support would offer a target of $1.53*.
* Target calculation: 1.60 – ( 1.67 – 1.60 ) = 1.53
When debt levels turn cancerous – Telegraph Blogs
The professoriat has been a little too cavalier in arguing that debt does not really matter for the world as a whole because we all owe it to ourselves. Debtors are offset by creditors (not always from friendly countries). Common sense suggest that this academic solipsism is preposterous, and so it now proves to be.
“As modern macroeconomics developed over the last half-century, most people either ignored or finessed the issue of debt. Yet, as the mainstream was building and embracing the New Keynesian orthodoxy, there was a nagging concern that something had been missing…..There are intrinsic differences between borrowers and lenders; non-linearities, discontinuities… It is the asymmetry between those who are highly indebted and those who are not that leads to a decline in aggregate demand.”
Creditors do not step up spending to cover the shortfall when debtors are forced to retrench suddenly. So the economy tanks.
via Ambrose Evans-Pritchard|When debt levels turn cancerous – Telegraph Blogs.
Polish Economy Defies Europe’s Woes – WSJ.com
Poland’s economy expanded robustly in the second quarter despite slowing growth in the euro zone, outpacing Central European peers more dependent on exports to Germany.
……Much of the strength in Poland’s domestic demand was the result of government spending on infrastructure, supported with European Union subsidies, which more than offset a slight slowdown in the rate of growth in private consumption.
The Second Great Contraction – Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate
…The only practical way to shorten the coming period of painful deleveraging and slow growth would be a sustained burst of moderate inflation, say, 4-6% for several years. Of course, inflation is an unfair and arbitrary transfer of income from savers to debtors. But, at the end of the day, such a transfer is the most direct approach to faster recovery. Eventually, it will take place one way or another, anyway, as Europe is painfully learning.
Some observers regard any suggestion of even modestly elevated inflation as a form of heresy. But Great Contractions, as opposed to recessions, are very infrequent events, occurring perhaps once every 70 or 80 years. These are times when central banks need to spend some of the credibility that they accumulate in normal times.
via The Second Great Contraction – Kenneth Rogoff – Project Syndicate.