RANsquawk 11th December Morning Briefing - Stocks, Bonds, FX etc.

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[Mac1492]

Special Notice - Beginning with the December 11, 2009 release for November 2009, estimates in this release will be based on a new sample. A new sample for the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey is selected about once every two and a half years. For further information on the sample revision, see our website at http://www.census.gov/retail.

haha wonder how much they fudge the numbers today

[Dixie Normous]

Awsome.  I followed that link and then followed the link at the end of that very quote, and it was a pdf file with the same words.  No explanation, but reading between the lines: "we are going to fudge these numbers."

[anynonmous]

I don't really care for CNBS but here is a link to a poll they are doing on the economy

it is worth a visit:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34365031

[anynonmous]

the latest from MATT TAIBBI

excerpt

'Just look at the timeline of the Citigroup deal," says one leading Democratic consultant. "Just look at it. It's fucking amazing. Amazing! And nobody said a thing about it."

Barack Obama was still just the president-elect when it happened, but the revolting and inexcusable $306 billion bailout that Citigroup received was the first major act of his presidency. In order to grasp the full horror of what took place, however, one needs to go back a few weeks before the actual bailout — to November 5th, 2008, the day after Obama's election.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout/p...

[Careless Whisper]

According to Moody's the USA and UK are AAA-okay.