Confirming the lack of decoupling in major developed economies (which we noted yesterday [2]), US macro data (as tracked by Citigroup's ECO Surprise Index) has turned negative for the first time in six months. Having trended lower (i.e. missed expectations to the downside) for much of the last few months, this shift now puts aggregate US macro data in the deteriorating case and infers considerable risks of downside to equity prices in the next three months - or did Bernanke raise his put strike yesterday?
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