2006 July 30 | Capital Flow Watch

Legal question for liberals: If a man marries two women, it's bigamy. What is it when a man marries two men? #tcot >>
@RWBEagle He could moderate a debate between Trotsky and Stalin. Then he could be impartial. #tcot >>
@robport They should just keep walking, all the way to Moscow. #tcot >>
Dems banning military ballots in IL; Soldiers can die for country, but not vote. Typical Obama politics. CHEAT, CHEAT, CHEAT! #tcot >>
RT @kathy2trips: @CarlyforCA, @AriDavid2010 - Boxer, Waxman under fire for approving radical mission behind enemy lines http://bit.ly/dl ... >>

May 2006

Corporate bond issues up 18.3%

By John Schroy, on July 30th, 2006 |

According to statistics published by the Bond Market Association, based on Thomson Financial Securities Data, corporate bond issues for the first five months of 2006, totaled $339 billion.

This was an 18.3% increase over the same period in 2005.

High rates of new supplies of corporate bonds have exerted pressure on interest rates in the first half of 2006.

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US Trade Deficit 2006

Growth of trade imbalance slows

By John Schroy, on July 30th, 2006 |

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Rate of Growth of US Trade Deficit Slows

According to a US Bureau of Economic Analysis release of July 12, 2006, the US trade deficit leveled off during 2006, with a difference between imports and exports of goods and services of $63.8 billion in May 2006.

Since the trade deficit is a major source of funds for the US bond market, a slowing of the rate of growth of the deficit will effect interest rates.

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