American Express, Chase Cut Card Limits As Chargeoffs Soar

About 45 percent of U.S. banks reduced credit limits for new or existing credit-card customers in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a Federal Reserve January survey of senior loan officers. Financial institutions may slash $2 trillion in credit-card lines in the next 18 months, Meredith Whitney, a former Oppenheimer & Co. analyst, wrote in a Nov. 30 report.

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45% americkych bank znizilo maximalne limity cerpania uverov na kreditkach svojich klientov. V najblizsich 18 mesiacoch sa tak mozno strati az 2 biliony $ urcenych na pozicky. Pocet neplaticov postupne narasta.
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Manufacturing Sector Contracts 13th Consecutive Month

The Institute for Supply Management February 2009 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® shows "Economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in February for the 13th consecutive month, and the overall economy contracted for the fifth consecutive month."

Although inventories are rapidly shrinking, new orders are shrinking even faster. Note that customer inventories are still rising. Thus, further cutbacks in production are necessary and prices will remain under pressure.

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13-ty mesiac po sebe vyroba v US klesa, ekonomika celkovo klesa piaty mesiac po sebe. Napriek tomu ze zasoby na skladoch v podnikoch klesaju (obmedzovanie vyroby), dopyt po vyrobkoch klesa este rychlejsie, vyrobky sa hromadia vo velkoskladoch, nie je proste dopyt od ludi kedze ti si nie su schopni pozicat tolko ako v minulosti (vid link vyssie..) a boja sa ze pridu o zamestnanie. To zvazuje vyrobcom a obchodnikom ruky pri cenotvorbe, musia znizovat ceny a nadalej obmedzovat vyrobu..

podciarknute, scitane.. deflacne tlaky jak hovado