{"id":13743,"date":"2014-09-27T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchandinvestment.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2014-09-27T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T09:00:41","slug":"market-turbulence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/27\/market-turbulence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Market turbulence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Coincident Economic Activity Index above 0.2 indicates the US recovery is on track. Produced by the Philadelphia Fed, the index includes four indicators: nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours worked in manufacturing, and wages and salaries. <a href=\"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/2014\/09\/22\/quarter-end-turbulence\/\">Bellwether stock Fedex<\/a> also suggests rising economic activity.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"525\" height=\"349\" title=\"Coincident Economic Activity Index\" alt=\"Coincident Economic Activity Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-09-27-coincident.png?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But contraction of the ECB balance sheet by &euro; 1 Trillion over the last two years has pitched Europe back into recession.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Chart: ECB (Eurosystem) balance sheet. The target is to raise it by EUR 1 trillion &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ptoqLkNpxq\">pic.twitter.com\/ptoqLkNpxq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SoberLook.com (@SoberLook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoberLook\/status\/515736415897141248\">September 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Weakness in Europe and Asia has the capacity to retard performance of US stocks despite the domestic recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Coincident Economic Activity Index above 0.2 indicates the US recovery is on track. Produced by the Philadelphia Fed, the index includes four indicators: nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours worked in manufacturing, and wages and salaries. Bellwether stock Fedex also suggests rising economic activity. 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