Anais Faraj
Anais Faraj
asked bankers central choices driven five image last oil political portray price rid setting spent themselves tough trying
They've spent the last five years trying to de-politicize the whole oil price setting mechanism, getting rid of the image of OPEC as a politically driven cartel, trying to portray themselves as central bankers and they are being asked to make a tough political choices now,
banks heavy hit labor laid
Banks have laid off so many people, and now they're getting hit with pretty heavy volumes. At end of the day, there's a labor bottleneck.
competition consumer global goods hard sector squeezed
It's hard to be enthusiastic about the consumer goods sector in Europe, which is being squeezed by global competition and flagging consumer demand.
chinese definitive dragging market nerves next resolution secretary state statement until water
Market nerves are ragged. Its like Chinese water torture. We thought we'd have resolution from Blix, then we thought (U.S. Secretary of State Colin) Powell was going to give the definitive statement and now its dragging on until next Friday.
cooperation hearing
All I am hearing is that they are getting cooperation from Iraq,
demand except global influenced shows sign
Except for copper, which is influenced by speculation on China, global demand for commodities shows no sign of abating.