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PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

全球報摘─亞洲華爾街重要新聞摘要
2009-03-31 06:42:27 鉅亨網編譯吳國仲‧綜合外電

▲日本財務大臣與謝野馨周一接受訪問時表示,日本政府振興經濟計畫的規模將會遠超
過 GDP(國內生產毛額)的「2%以上」,以避免國內經濟陷入無法挽救的境地。與謝野
馨表示,若缺乏振興方案等措施,國內經濟的衰退幅度可能超越IMF所預估。IMF日前
預估日本今年 GDP將萎縮5.8%,遠比美國與歐洲的2.6%、3.2%更糟。

▲ 中國政府有意向IMF等國際性組織提供財務支援,顯見該全球第 3大經濟體提高國際
地位的企圖。但中國此般提高國際影響力之舉,卻可能引起其它國家的摩擦。北京當局
有意提高對 IMF的融資額度,藉此換取投票權。專家認為,中國不會放棄這次重寫全球
金融秩序的機會。

▲搜尋引擎巨擘 Google Inc.周一正式在中國推出專有的線上音樂服務,主要用意在拓
展線上廣告營收的來源。這項服務經過長達 7個月的測試,將可供使用者下載或線上收
聽超過 140家唱片發行業者所授權的歌曲,其中包括全球四大唱片公司Warner
Music Group Corp.、Universal Music、EMI Group Ltd.與Sony Music Entertainment。

▲日本經濟產業省周一公佈初步數據,日本 2月份工業產出較前月下滑9.4%,較市場
預估為糟,主要反映全球經濟衰退而導致海外及國內的製造品需求銳減。數據指出,
日本工業產出已連續第五個月衰退,1月份曾創下10.2%的歷史新高降幅。根據道瓊
通訊社與日本經濟新聞的共同調查,預估2月工業生產下滑9.0%。

▲日本科技大廠Fujitsu Ltd.周一表示,目標將 X86架構伺服器市占率由目前的4%擴
大至 10%以上,但詳細達成時程尚未確定。短期之內,Fujitsu預定 2010年前將X86
伺服器的銷售量推升至50萬台,先測試市占率 7%的目標。

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

根據外電報導,日本鋼鐵龍頭Nippon Steel Corp. (5401-JP)和其他鋼鐵業者已同意
在本財報年度,提供降價逾10%的車用鋼材予汽車業巨擘Toyota Motor
Corp(7203-JP)。本次調降幅度遠小於預期數值。消息發布後Nippon Steel股價大漲
7%以上,其他鋼鐵業者股價也跟進上揚。

亞洲鋼材價格已由去年歷史新高,減少逾一半至每噸 500美元以下,而現在因需求減
少和原料鐵礦砂預估價格大幅下滑,鋼材價將面臨再次萎縮。

報導指出,汽車用鋼鐵價格將減少約每噸 1.5萬日元(150美元),是7年來首次調降價
格,降幅也是史無前例的新高。另補充,鋼鐵業者也正計畫給其他汽車製造商、造船商
和電子公司的客戶降價。

Mizuho Securities分析師Hiroshi Matsuda表示:「降價的幅度遠比預想中的小,很
難理解Toyota何以同意此種價格。」

Nippon Steel發言人婉拒發表評論。Toyota發言人則表示公司正檢視相關報告。

全球銷售的劇烈萎縮外加原物料價格飆漲,Toyota上個財報年度(2008)估計營運損失
達4500億日元,是史無前例的第一遭虧損。

Toyota在鐵礦砂價格談判告終後,視其結果可能會再要求進一步降價。

今(17)日早盤交易,Nippon Steel股價竄升7.4%至 336日元。Toyota股價則上揚
3%至3820元,表現優於日經225股價平均指數的漲幅1.5%。
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

紐時:中國金援拉美 擴大政治勢力 
2009-04-17 08:02:43 
紐約中央社記者黃兆平


「紐約時報」報導,正當美國重修與拉丁美洲的緊張關係之際,中國試圖透過大筆金
援,協助這些遭受金融風暴重創,面臨大宗物資價格下跌和信用緊縮衝擊的國家,擴張
政治勢力。

中國與委內瑞拉討論倍增發展基金到120億美元;借給厄瓜多10億以上美元興建水力
發電廠;提供阿根廷至少百億美元以上人民幣信用貸款,以支付進口貨款;巴西國家
石油公司也從中國融資百億美元。

報導指出,中國這些舉措主要鎖定未來幾年所須包括石油在內等天然資源。

過去數十年,中國已成為拉丁美洲僅次於美國的第二大貿易夥伴。紐時認為,正當美國
總統歐巴馬開始因應華盛頓在拉丁美洲影響力日減的問題,中國大舉金援顯然企圖加
深、拉近與拉丁美洲的關係。

歐巴馬本週末將會見南美洲多位領袖,討論金融危機因應之道,包括美國如何挹注飽受
金融風暴衝擊的美洲開發銀行 (Inter-American Development Bank),這些國家也
可能敦促美國放寬對古巴的制裁。

  報導說,中國快速增加金援南美國家,除了考量大豆及鐵礦等商品的長期需求外,
也是投資美國國庫券以外的另一種選擇。其中,中國提供阿根廷百億美元以上的人民幣
貸款額度,將讓阿根廷獲得支付從中國進口商品所需的人民幣,有助於人民幣成為貨幣
儲備另項選擇。中國先前也與南韓、印尼及白俄羅斯達成類似協議。  

  布宜諾斯艾利斯一家諮詢顧問公司首席經濟學者席卡(Dante Sica)指出,中國能
在拉美地區擴張勢力,是美國前總統布希的政府忽視拉丁美洲所致。多倫多約克大學
政治學教授Gregory Chin說,中國玩的是長期布局手法,最後將演變成為政治影響力。
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

通用汽車加拿大公司宣布裁員
2009-04-29

  通用汽車加拿大公司近日宣布,將在2014年前裁減按時領薪員工約6000人,並
在2010年年末前將經銷網點減少42%。另外,通用汽車加拿大公司高管從5月開始將
減薪10%,其他員工減薪3%到7%。

GM Canada to slash jobs, dealerships
TORONTO

General Motors Canada says it will slash its workforce by more than half by
2014 as part of a major restructuring plan.

GM Canada President Arturo Elias said Monday that the company will reduce
its hourly workforce from 10,300 currently to 4,400 over the next five
years.

GM Canada says it plans to move faster and deeper on its restructuring
plans, including further layoffs of its white-collar employees.

The company will reduce its dealership network by 42 percent, from 705
today to about 400 by the end of next year.

GM Canada's parent company said Monday that it will cut 21,000 U.S.
factory jobs by next year and phase out the storied Pontiac brand.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

加拿大造紙巨頭申請破産 經濟衰退紙業前景不樂觀
2009-04-18 06:30

總部設在蒙特利爾(Montreal)的世界最大新聞紙制造商AbitibiBowater Inc.日前已經
在加拿大和美國申請破産,因爲其子公司Bowater和Abitibi-Consolidated的再融資計
劃失敗。

據多倫多信息港報道,AbitibiBowater公司的債務總額達60多億美元。該公司將在法
院的監管下進行全面重組,解決債務壓力。

AbitibiBowater在加拿大、美國和英國均設有紙漿廠、造紙廠和木材廠。其中,加拿大
工廠大約22個,主要分布在魁省。

AbitibiBowater的主要債主是魁省的Saguenay,Baie Comeau和Amos市政府,
Forest Products Association of Canada,以及Ontario Power Generation公司。

如今,加拿大的紙業前景并不樂觀,一些老牌制造商已經破産,其它的則損失了大量的
廣告收入。

隨着越來越多的人使用在線資源,美國新聞紙的需求量20多年來一直在下降;另外,
在經濟衰退下,紙漿、木材、新聞用紙,以及其它的紙産品和硬紙闆等的需求量也在急
劇下降。
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PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

分析師︰印度糖產供不應求 引爆全球短缺 糖價將達28年新高
2009-05-07 17:50:06 
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由於全球最大的糖消費國印度糖產收成銳減,必須大幅仰賴進口,分析師警告,糖價恐
在全球產量短缺的情況下,攀升至 28 年來最高點。

周三紐約 ICE 原糖期貨價格攀升至每磅 15.41 美分,創 2006 年以來新高;今年以
來原糖價格已跳漲 30%,為 2005 年以來最大漲幅。

Newedge USA LLC 資深副總裁 Michael McDougall認為,糖價於今年第 4 季至明年
第 1 季,可能再攀高30% 至 20 美分,達 1981 年以來新高。

根據糖交易商及市場研究機構 Kingsman SA 指出,至明年 9 月截止的會計年度中,
印度將大幅提高糖的進口量 33%,至 400 萬公噸,原因是當地消費者對於軟性飲料
及加工食品的需求增加。

周三國際糖業組織 (ISO) 亦宣布,今年糖的短缺量將達 780萬公噸,為 10 多年來最
高,且遠高於 2 月份預估的 430 萬公噸。

紐約 Newedge 的首席糖交易員 James Cassidy 表示︰「短缺問題仍超越現況,我
們不預期印度產量短期內會出現任何足夠回補。」

儘管全球最大糖產國巴西,預期今年產量將顯著成長 20%,但 Kingsman 認為全球
糖市仍將出現供不應求狀況。ISO 資深經濟學家 Sergey Gudoshnikov 昨日於紐約
受訪時亦表示,今年 10 月開始的年度中,全球糖供需初步預估將短缺 490 萬公噸。

商品市場研究機構 Czarnikow Group Ltd. 指出,印度糖產減少,原因是政府為了刺
激穀物生產以滿足國內需求,因而調高穀物最低售價,引發農民轉而搶種;加上近來
印度製糖廠延遲或暫停付款給原料供應商,亦降低蔗糖栽種意願。這使得印度自2006 年
以來,首度轉為糖淨進口國。

Barclays Capital (巴克萊資本) 駐倫敦分析師 Nicholas Snowdon 指出︰「未來
6-12 個月,印度將支撐糖市。其在國際市場的影響力,將較前 2 個收成年度大增。」
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

華爾街日報:融資與補貼縮水 太陽能產業鋒芒漸失
鉅亨網編譯吳國仲.綜合外電
2009 / 05 / 12 星期二

歷經數年爆發性成長的太陽能產業,卻因全球衰退與信用緊縮而陷入寒冬。產業的長期
前景,也可能因此而改變。

許多太陽能開發計畫在尋求融資的過程中即受阻,西班牙 (僅次德國的全球第二大太陽
能市場) 則因政府刪減補助而導致太陽能電池需求銳減。根據預估,今年太陽能電池銷
售將至少衰退 20%。

結果是,太陽能電池製造商紛延遲興建新廠、大幅降價求售。挪威 Renewable Energy
與德國 Q-Cells 等大廠均已下修獲利與營收目標,今年可能不太好過。

Q-Cells 執行長 Anton Milner 一語道盡產業處境:「去年太陽能電池是供不應求,現
在卻變成買方市場--訂單客戶要求下修出貨、預算也縮水。」

太陽能設備的價格下跌,對發展環保來說卻是一件好事,可拉近與石化燃料之間的成本
差距。全球太陽能發電比例不到 1%。

專司投資再生能源的 Good Energies 投資長 Sven M. Hansen 說,就長期來看,設
備跌價有助產業與環保的長期展望,但短期內,可能是太陽能產業最艱困的一段時光。

研究機構 Collins Stewart LLC 統計,全球太陽能設備的企業 (商用) 出貨去年成長
85% 至近 6000 百萬瓦發電量,今年則預估下滑至 5575 百萬瓦。

若干產業專家認為,目前產業寒冬不僅是發展過程中的障蔽。投資研究機構 Collins
Stewart 分析師 Dan Reis 說,太陽能電池跌價,可能引領一個出貨增加、獲利與毛
利卻偏低的新時代,營運成本較低的企業─如中國常州天合光能 (TSL-US) 與英利綠色
能源 (YGE-US)─將佔有優勢。

美國、日本與中國政府都在振興經濟方案中、或對抗地球暖化的計畫中添加補助再生能
員的條款,但最快也要在明年,才會轉換成為太陽能業者的實際訂單。

而未來,政府補助或民間融資的門檻可能會拉得更高。西班牙政府今年只針對太陽能
企劃案提供 500 百萬瓦發電量的補貼,遠低於去年的 2400 百萬瓦。

資金取得不再容易,遂促使 Q-Cells 去年刪減資本支出逾 40%,並延遲建廠計畫 6
個月之久。

為了維持獲利,Q-Cells 執行長 Anton Milner 設法開拓新業務,並專設一部門承攬找
尋建設地、取得許可並安裝設備,而後將企劃案賣給投資人、銀行或公用事業公司。

http://news.cnyes.com/dspnewsS.asp?rno=5&fi=\NEWSBASE\20090512\WEB1565&vi=33970&sdt=20090503&edt=20090513&top=45&date=20090512&time=13:35:33&cls=index1_pearce
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加拿大《金融郵報》:中國將決定美元的價值
2009-05-17
環球時報

加拿大《金融郵報》5月16日文章,原題:中國支配美元 加拿大Maison Placements
的約翰-英奇說:“美國應感到害怕、非常得害怕,因爲中國正在質疑美元作爲儲備貨的
地位。並且,黃金已經以1000美元/盎司的價格成爲了實際上的貨。”

這種表述由一位黃金和中國問題方面的行家作出,令人毛骨悚然。不過他出了實情:
中國將同沙烏地阿拉伯等向美國借錢的國家一決定美元和黃金的價 值。並且他們也這
樣說了。他們正在減少對美國國債的購買,轉而購買黃金作爲新的資産。中國宣稱它正
在默默地積累黃金。最近還有報說,沙特和其他國家也在 購買金條,並從世界範圍内
典當黃金珠寶。

美國在以史無前例的方式加快印鈔,此舉複制了美國公司和消費者的揮霍行爲。美國今
年的預算達3.5萬億美元,比美國歷史上任何一個時期的預算都要高。

北京不僅開始積聚黃金,而且還持續地談論新儲備貨理念,以圖替代美元。目前,中國
和其他國家之所以還沒有抛售美元是因爲它們不想搬起石頭砸自己的腳。

通貨膨脹將削弱美元的價值。英奇認爲,美國依靠印鈔來拯救銀行業、汽車業和美國經
濟將推高黃金價格。

中國已經成爲全球第五大黃金儲蓄國,它還是世界第一大黃金生産國。而且很顯然,中
國已經在通過投資硬性資産來減少對美元的投資。華盛頓爲此感到擔憂,這也就是美國
國務卿希拉蕊-柯林頓要求北京繼續購買美國國債的原因了。

中國及其他投資者將繼續減少對美元的投資,並使投資多元化,這是不可逆轉的趨勢。
而通貨膨脹將進一步削弱美元的價值。原因就在於,美國的貨幣救市方式僅僅是華盛頓
版本的過量和過度舉債,而這恰恰是需要救市的原因。

Diane Francis,
Financial Post Published: Saturday, May 16, 2009

China holds sway over US$

"The U. S. should be afraid, very afraid. China is questioning the dollar's
status as a reserve currency and, at US$1,000 an ounce, gold has become
the world's de facto currency." -- John Ing, Maison Placements in Canada.

It is a chilling statement from an expert on both gold and China. But he is
speaking the truth: In a G2 world (the United States and China), he who is
the piper calls the tune, and China holds a US$2-trillion mortgage on the
United States and is not happy. This country, along with others that lend
money to the United States, such as Saudi Arabia, will determine the value
of the U. S. dollar and gold. And they have spoken. They are not buying
more U. S. treasuries and are buying gold as a new asset class. China
announced that it was doing so quietly, and recent reports are that the
Saudis and others have been buying bullion and hocked gold jewellery from
around the world.

The only way is up for gold prices because the United States, which
backstops the International Monetary Fund, the world's lender of last
resort, has had to become its own lender of last resort.

Washington has cranked up the printing presses in an unprecedented way,
replicating the behaviour of its spendthrift corporations and consumers. This
year's budget is US$3.5-trillion, bigger than any in history.

And as Ing points out, the "bi" in this bipolar global economy is China.
Beijing has not only started to hoard gold but has continued to talk up a
new reserve currency concept to replace the U. S. dollar. The only reason
the Chinese and others don't dump U. S. dollars is because it would be like
shooting themselves in the foot.

Inflation, on top of excessive money supply dilution, will (unless mitigated
by growth or stoppage) reduce the dollar's value. Ing estimates that the
printing of money to bail out banks, autos and the U. S. economy will
create a catch-up in gold bullion prices: "Gold should be US$9,000 an ounce
to cover the [current and projected] U. S. monetary base," he says.

China has become the world's fifth-biggest gold hoarder, in addition to being
the world's biggest gold producer (through its government-owned mining
companies). I also suspect that China is behind the political sabotage in
Mongolia, to its north, which has for five years prevented Ivanhoe Mines of
Vancouver from producing gold and copper from its massive discovery.

Clearly, China also has been dis-investing from the U. S. dollar by getting
slowly into hard assets (stock, commodities or ore bodies), which I have
written about. This concerns Washington, which is why Hilary Clinton, U. S.
Secretary of State, made her first state "house call" in Beijing to make nice
with America's first mortgagor.

At that time, and publicly, too, China warned the United States about its
dollar woes, while suggesting a basket of currencies to replace its
pre-eminence. These scary pronouncements were followed by an
announcement in Washington a few weeks ago that there would be a
massive U. S. Treasury buyback of U. S. bonds. Put another way, the
Chinese and others aren't buying anymore so the surpluses are being
mopped up by putting more on the taxpayer tab.

It is an irreversible trend that China and others will continue to disinvest and
diversify out of U. S. dollars, and that inflation will further impair the U. S.
dollar's value. That's because the U. S. monetary/economic rescue is simply
Washington's version of the excesses and over-leveraging that led to the
need for a rescue in the first place.

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=974d25f5-8c5a-4bc2-a65c-3fbdc12fbdef
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PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2009 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

美債最大戶中國陷兩難
世界日報編譯中心22日電
May 23, 2009

「商業周刊」指出,中國、日本和其他亞洲國家正面對兩難之勢:如何保障它們的金融
資產的實際價值,同時協助世界經濟復甦。

美國已積欠大約10兆元國債,而其中可能有多達三分之一是由東亞國家直接和間接擁
有。同時,美國正利用貨幣和金融措施對付當前危機,使其債務飛速膨脹。

清華大學經濟學教授俞喬說,中國持有大約1.2兆元美國國債,而聯邦準備理事會把美
元的穩定置於國家利益之下,並危及國際貨幣體系和中國,使中國持有的美元資產可能
貶值。

他說,中國要避免這種陷阱,上上之策就是把人民幣逐漸變成與美元和歐元地位同等的
地區性貨幣。

俞喬主張成立中央救濟設施,利用亞洲國家的儲備金進行債務交換資產,投資於亟需資
金的美國企業,並由美國財政部提供擔保。不過他承認這種計畫在經濟上很理想,在政
治上卻行不通。

就長久而言,亞洲必須擺脫對美元的倚賴,而俞喬主張最可行的做法是三足鼎立,建立
與歐元地位相同的人民幣。美元可能仍為最通行的貨幣,可是歐元和人民幣也將成為重
要的全球貨幣,英鎊和日圓則扮演輔助角色。

當前危機已促使北京徹底改變管理貨幣政策的方式,迫使它對國際貨幣流通扮演更積極
角色,加強人民幣的貿易功能,並透過亞洲開發銀行擴大對非洲國家的人民幣貸款。

但是,俞喬說,就長期而言,要建立地區性的人民幣必須納入港幣和台幣。

他說,30年內香港可能出現「一種貨幣,兩種版本」,使港幣成為人民幣的國際替
身,台幣也將與人民幣掛鉤。

要達到這種目標,中國必須發展資本市場,使海外的人民幣能夠循環流通。要做到這
點,資金和貨幣必須能在中國市場完全自由兌換,並允許更多外幣在境內自由流通。

http://www.worldjournal.com/pages/full_news?page_label=home&id=2610846&widget=push&instance=m3&article-%E7%BE%8E%E5%82%B5%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%B6%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E9%99%B7%E5%85%A9%E9%9B%A3%20=&open=&


Will China End Its Co-Dependent Relationship with the U.S.?

There is quite the co-dependent dynamic happening between the U.S. and
China. They need our consumers to support their export business, and we
need them to buy up our debt so we can consume over our head... which
allows them to sustain their export business! Even when they hate what we
are doing they must support us [Feb 13, 2009: Ft.com - China to US: "We
Hate You Guys"]

While some have called out that China will eventually abandon buying
U.S. debt (which would cause a potential collapse in the dollar, and our
country - although the Federal Reserve would step in as a buyer -
remember, the whole Banana Republic thing) the problem is timing. Many
think it is imminent or "in a year or two". Nah. I agree that if the Chinese
had any other choice they should (and would) be moving away. But guess
what - it's a co-dependent relationship. We need their money but they need
us to buy stuff. Lots of it. As they say, when a borrower owes a little
money, the power is with the creditor but when a borrower owes a ton of
money, the power is with the borrower <--- waddya gonna do? walk away
from us now?? Here is the blurb...

China will continue to buy US Treasury bonds even though it knows the
dollar will depreciate because such investments remain its “only option” in a
perilous world, a senior Chinese banking regulator said on Wednesday.

Mr Luo, whose English tends toward the colloquial, added: “We hate you
guys. Once you start issuing $1 trillion-$2 trillion [$1,000bn-$2,000bn] . .
.we know the dollar is going to depreciate, so we hate you guys but there is
nothing much we can do.”


Now that is the definition of a Jerry Springer like co-dependent couple: I
hate you! But you're momma's baby daddy so I am stuck with you in my
life.

A little known fact is actually China derives more exports to Europe than
America, but we are still a very large impact on their GDP. Now I suspect
over the coming decade China will continue to build its own in house
consumption and other markets will continue to grow (Indonesia, India,
Brazil), and at some point letting the US fall on its own sword will be more
practical. But we're not close to that point yet.

However, there are many small things going on that almost no one talks
about as China tries to detach itself slowly but surely from its debt-addicted
junkie - we're seeing bilateral currency agreements with multiple countries,
we're seeing China "stockpiling" hard assets rather than just piling the
money into more US debt, we're seeing them switch from longer term
paper to short term; it will be a long process but China is very patient and
very methodical. The government there actually looks out more than 1
election cycle.

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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2009 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Baltic Dry Zooms, But Glut Remains
Global Shipping Demand Is Improving From Index's 22-Year Low in December

LONDON --

Despite ocean freight rates sailing to eight-month highs this week, the dry
bulk shipping industry is still leagues away from the record-breaking peaks
of a year ago, and continued overcapacity may keep a further rebound at
bay.

The Baltic Dry Index, a barometer of shipping costs for commodities such
as coal, grain, fertilizer and iron ore, has made a big comeback after hitting
a 22-year low in December.

Thursday, it rose for the 15th consecutive session, adding 1.6% and bringing gains
in that time to 53%.

As startling as that surge is, however, the index remains down 77% from
the record set just over a year ago. Industry participants warn that any
route to recovery could be clogged by a huge influx of new vessels and that
the index could fall sharply before the year is out.

"The message has to be, first and foremost, that while the global demand
situation will be improving, the supply situation is going to prevent any
major recovery for the industry," said Will Fray, shipping analyst at MSI Ltd.
in London.

Even though shipowners are scrapping older ships and canceling some
orders, capacity is expected to grow by 10% each year through 2013 while
the amount of tonnage being shipped is likely to fall 2.8% this year,
according to Lloyd's Register-Fairplay, a provider of information services to
the shipping industry.

"Rates could keep moving up in the short term," said Peter Norfolk,
London-based shipping analyst at Simpson Spence & Young. "But if fleet
supply starts to accelerate, and some of the congestion [at ports] comes
down a bit, rates will come under pressure again."

Analysts attribute much of the recent resurgence in the BDI to a revival of
steel demand in China. One of the few major global economies still
expanding, China has resumed large imports of iron ore from Australia,
Brazil and India.

Some industry analysts warn, however, that the rebound may be a
temporary phenomenon often seen just prior to the annual Indian
monsoon. If that is the case, that would mean BDI rally could top out within
the next month.

The BDI was shipshape one year ago, striking a record 11793 on May 20,
2008. Freight rates for Capesize vessels, the largest of all bulk carriers,
then averaged $216,000 per day, and orders for new ships were streaming
into shipyards.

But by Dec. 5, the global recession had dropped the BDI to 663, pushing
tariffs for all vessel sizes below break-even levels. Capesize vessels were
averaging near $2,700 per day, compared with the $40,000 per day
average they were demanding on Thursday.

The index stood at 2707 on Thursday, more than quadruple that December
low.

In commodity trading:

CRUDE OIL: Futures settled lower Thursday, following the stock market
down. Light, sweet crude for July delivery settled 99 cents, or 1.6%, lower,
at $61.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, ending a three-day rally.

COPPER: Prices on the Comex division of Nymex came under pressure from
the stock-market downturn. Nearby May copper lost 5.45 cents, or nearly
2.6%, to settle at $2.0540 a pound. The most-active July contract fell 5.55
cents to $2.0510.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124291179744243171.html
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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2009 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cargo Ships Treading Water Off Singapore, Waiting for Work
By KEITH BRADSHER

To go out in a small boat along Singapore’s coast now is to feel like a
mouse tiptoeing through an endless herd of slumbering elephants.

One of the largest fleets of ships ever gathered idles here just outside one
of the world’s busiest ports, marooned by the receding tide of global trade.
There may be tentative signs of economic recovery in spots around the
globe, but few here.

Hundreds of cargo ships - some up to 300,000 tons, with many weighing
more than the entire 130-ship Spanish Armada - seem to perch on top of
the water rather than in it, their red rudders and bulbous noses, submerged
when the vessels are loaded, sticking a dozen feet out of the water.

So many ships have congregated here - 735, according to AIS Live ship
tracking service of Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay in Redhill, Britain - that shipping
lines are becoming concerned about near misses and collisions in one of the
world’s most congested waterways, the straits that separate Malaysia and
Singapore from Indonesia.

The root of the problem lies in an unusually steep slump in global trade,
confirmed by trade statistics announced on Tuesday.

China said that its exports nose-dived 22.6 percent in April from a year
earlier, while the Philippines said that its exports in March were down 30.9
percent from a year earlier. The United States announced on Tuesday that
its exports had declined 2.4 percent in March.

“The March 2009 trade data reiterates the current challenges in our global
economy,” said Ron Kirk, the United States trade representative.

More worrisome, despite some positive signs like a Wall Street rally and
slower job losses in the United States, is that the current level of trade does
not suggest a recovery soon, many in the shipping business say.

“A lot of the orders for the retail season are being placed now, and
compared to recent years, they are weak,” said Chris Woodward, the vice
president for container services at Ryder System, the big logistics company.

Western consumers still adjusting to losses in value of their stocks and
homes are in little mood to start spending again on nonessential imports,
said Joshua Felman, the assistant director of the Asia and Pacific division of
the International Monetary Fund. “For trade to pick up, demand has to pick
up,” he said. “It’s very difficult to see that happening any time soon.”

So badly battered is the shipping industry that the daily rate to charter a
large bulk freighter suitable for carrying, say, iron ore, plummeted from
close to $300,000 last summer to a low of $10,000 early this year,
according to H. Clarkson & Company, a London ship brokerage.

The rate has rebounded to nearly $25,000 in the last several weeks, and
some bulk carriers have left Singapore. But ship owners say this recovery
may be short-lived because it mostly reflects a rush by Chinese steel
makers to import iron ore before a possible price increase next month.

Container shipping is also showing faint signs of revival, but remains deeply
depressed. And more empty tankers are showing up here.

The cost of shipping a 40-foot steel container full of merchandise from
southern China to northern Europe tumbled from $1,400 plus fuel charges a
year ago to as little as $150 early this year, before rebounding to around
$300, which is still below the cost of providing the service, said Neil Dekker,
a container industry forecaster at Drewry Shipping Consultants in London.

Eight small companies in the industry have gone bankrupt in the last year
and at least one of the major carriers is likely to fail this year, he said.

Vessels have flocked to Singapore because it has few storms, excellent ship
repair teams, cheap fuel from its own refinery and, most important,
proximity to Asian ports that might eventually have cargo to ship.

The gathering of so many freighters “is extraordinary,” said Christopher
Pålsson, a senior consultant at Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay Research, the
consulting division of Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay. “We have probably not
witnessed anything like this since the early 1980s,” during the last big bust
in the global shipping industry.

The world’s fleet has nearly doubled since the early 1980s, so the tonnage
of vessels in and around Singapore’s waters this spring may be the highest
ever, he said, cautioning that detailed worldwide ship tracking data has been
available only for the last five years.

These vessels total more than 41 million tons, according to the AIS Live
tracking service. That is nearly equal to the entire world’s merchant fleet at
the end of World War I, and represents almost 4 percent of the world’s fleet
today.

Investment trusts have poured billions of dollars over the last five years into
buying ships and leasing them for a year at a time to shipping lines. As the
leases expire and many of these vessels are returned, losses will be heavy
at these trusts and the mainly European banks that lent to them, said
Stephen Fletcher, the commercial director for AXS Marine, a consulting firm
based in Paris.

In previous shipping downturns, vessels anchored for months at a time in
Norwegian fjords and other cold-weather locations. But stringent
environmental regulations in practically every cold-weather country are
forcing idle ships to warmer anchorages.

But that raises security concerns. Plants grow much faster on the
undersides of vessels in warm water. “You end up with the hanging gardens
of Babylon on the bottom and that affects your speed,” said Tim Huxley,
the chief executive of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport, a shipping line based
in Hong Kong.

One of the company’s freighters became so overgrown that it was barely
able to outrun pirates off Somalia recently, Mr. Huxley said. The freighter
escaped with 91 bullet holes in it.

Another of the company’s freighters close to Singapore was hit last
December by a chemical tanker that could not make a tight enough turn in
a crowded anchorage ; neither vessel was seriously damaged.

Capt. M. Segar, the group director for the hub port of the Maritime and Port
Authority of Singapore, said in a written reply to questions that many
vessels were staying just outside the port’s limits. They do not have to pay
port fees there.

Singapore has reported to the countries of registry for administrative action
about 10 to 15 ships that have anchored in sea lanes in violation of
international rules in the last two weeks, Captain Segar said.

Ships are anchoring at other ports around the world, too. There were 150
vessels in and around the Straits of Gibraltar on Monday, and 300 around
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, according to the AIS Live tracking service.

But Singapore, close to Asian markets, has attracted far more.

“It is a sign of the times,” said AIS Martin Stopford, the managing director of
Clarkson Research Service in London, “that Asia is the place you want to
hang around this time in case things turn around.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/business/global/13ship.html?_r=3&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

買500億債券中國大手筆注資IMF
大陸新聞組北京6日電
June 06, 2009

中國參與國際金融組織運作更進一步,國際貨幣基金昨5日說,中國將買下國際貨幣基金
(IMF)發行的500億美元債券,為IMF挽救世界經濟的財政工具儲備更多資金。

負責管理中國近2兆美元外匯存底的中國國家外匯管理局,5日證實這項消息。

這是北京官方首度指明願意挹注IMF的資金金額,也超過先前的多數預估,同時呼應國務
院副總理王岐山兩個月前的公開說法。

路透與道瓊社報導,國際貨幣基金首席副總經理李普斯基表示,北京當局表示有興趣在做
好準備之後,在這類債券投資500億美元。國際貨幣基金希望其他國家也能響應。

新華社報導,國家外匯管理局5日發表聲明說:「中國一直致力於推動(國際貨幣)基金
組織以市場化的方式擴大融資。如果該基金組織最終通過的發債條件,符合我外匯儲備投
資對於安全和合理收益的要求,我們願意積極考慮投資不超過500億美元於基金組織發行
的債券。」

王岐山3月底投書英國「泰晤士報」就指出,開發中國家在國際金融體系改革過程中要有
更多發言權,而且若國際貨幣基金需要發行債券以籌募更多資金,中國將會買進。

報導指出,國際貨幣基金為了幫助受到全球經濟危機重創的國家度過難關,打算另行籌募
5000億美元資金。這項計畫在4月於倫敦舉行的第二次G20集團高峰會中通過。

不過,中國等「金磚四國」明確要求,希望以承購IMF債券而非直接捐款給IMF的方式,
幫忙挹注這筆5000億美元的資金,如此等於暫時捐款給IMF,又能爭取在該組織擁有更
多發言權。此前俄羅斯已表示將購買100億美元債券。

中國社科院經濟評價中心主任劉煜輝指出,IMF債券以SDR(特別提款權)計價,是一個
由美元、英鎊、日圓、歐元等多個貨幣組成的儲備籃子,比單獨的美元資產安全性更高,
穩定性更強。

不過,此次購買的資產是債券性質,不會提高中國在IMF的份額和發言權。
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

澳洲力拓集團(Rio Tinto Group)董事會決定撤銷中國鋁業公司的併購計畫,意味著中國
企業迄今金額最高的海外投資交易遭否決。中鋁總經理熊維平5日表示:「我們對這一結
果感到非常失望」。

澳洲總理陸克文則在消息公布後立即會見中鋁的代表。澳洲媒體指出,在這次「匆忙的會
面中」,陸克文向中國人表示,「我們仍然需要你們的錢」。

新華社引述熊維平在聲明中表示:「我們仍然認為雙方2009年2月12日達成的交易方
案,對於力拓集團全體股東來說是一次創造價值的良好機遇,並能夠為兩家公司的長期
戰略合作夥伴關係,奠定堅實的基礎。」

他還表示,儘管此次交易未能達成,但中鋁公司實現國際化多金屬礦業公司的目標不會有
任何改變。中鋁公司將積極參與全球礦業領域的共同發展,繼續尋求戰略投資機會。

報導指出,今年2月12日上述協議簽署後,中鋁公司便完成了210億美元的融資安排。
力拓集團將支付1億9500萬美元的解約金給中鋁。

澳洲「雪梨先驅晨報」網站說,力拓集團董事會撤銷合約的決定,使澳洲政府避開了「是
否該通過中鋁注資的政治難題」,不過這起投資的失敗,使得中國擔心澳洲對國外投資者
的開放程度。報導引述陸克文的發言人表示:「陸克文總理在(與中鋁代表的)會面中表
示,澳洲歡迎國外投資者。」

「東方早報」說,反對中鋁注資力拓的股東一直認為,與中鋁的交易有利於這家中國國有
企業,可能使中國在諸如鐵礦石等主要大宗商品定價權方面具有更大的影響力。

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

直擊股神巴菲特股東會
世界日報
文、圖/黃肇鑣
June 07, 2009


因為巴菲特投資成功,BH沒有天價的報酬,沒有奢華的生活,年年腳踏實地,不冒不必
要的風險,它的股東會吸引許多股東不遠萬里而來。

近日參加股神巴菲特位於美國中部的波克夏‧海瑟威公司股東會,又是一個破紀錄3萬餘
股東參加的盛會。巴菲特花了五小時、毫不保留回答股東提問。這個氣氛祥和、公開透明
的股東會,有別於其他的股東會。

資本主義國家年度胡士托(Woodstock)盛會5月2日在內布拉斯加州(Nebraska)的
阿馬哈市(Omaha)舉行,巴菲特的上市旗艦公司波克夏 ‧海瑟威(Birkshire
Hathaway, 以下簡稱BH)股東會所在地內布拉斯加州,是美國地理的中心點,有中部
人的純樸及北方人的開放。當地人說一口標準的美式英語,因為是農業區,工資較低,
在過去數十年來,吸引不少大企業的客服中心長駐,近年許多客服中心已轉去菲律賓及
印度。因為巴菲特投資成功,BH沒有天價的報酬,沒有奢華的生活,年年腳踏實地,不
冒不必要的風險,它的股東會吸引許多股東不遠萬里而來。

■股東來自全球

BH的股東會已成為阿馬哈市的年度大節。參加人數年年增加,從過去的數千人增加至現
在的3萬多人。我2007年第一次參加時已達到2萬7000人,今年有3萬 5000名股東報
名、實際參加人數略低。北美以外地區來了上千名股東,飛機及旅店爆滿。海外來的股
東、我知道有南非、德國、香港、日本、瑞典、英國、印度、澳洲、菲律賓等。全球最大
企業埃克森(Exxon Moble )股東會5月底舉行時,有20名記者參加,BH的股東會卻
來了幾百位媒體記者,有如國家元首的高峰會。幾萬名股東的熱情,媲美狂熱的巨星演唱
會。

■股值成長驚人

BH 股票這一年半受金融危機影響下降許多,但長期來看股值成長仍是驚人的。此行在旅
舍中遇見兩位女士,自密西根州開車近千英里來參加股東會,其中一位說,她於 1991年
花8000元買了第一股A股,1993年再買第二股A股時,每股已漲一倍到1萬6000元。目
前A股市值約10萬元。她將來準備轉為B股,一張 A股票可換30股B股。目前B股市值約
3300元,仍是美國股市最高價的股票,任何人只要擁有B股一股就能來參加股東會。

股東大會早上7時開始,我6時半到達時,已排了五、六條長龍。進場後先占了座位,會
議中心Qwest Center可坐2萬2000人;晚到的只能坐在另外的中型會議室看直播。股東
首先參觀BH投資的部分企業,走馬看花參觀30餘家公司的產品展,再閱讀巴菲特致股東
書,發現BH投資的70大公司包括衣、食、住、行再加上媒體、藥品、保險、金融等,大
部分與民生有關的生產和服務事業都有投資。

食: 速食店(Dairy Queen)、冰淇淋、糖果、口香糖、可口可樂、食品加工、廚具等;

衣:成衣、童裝、內衣、運動衣、外套等;

住:地氈、磚頭、家具、吸塵機、房屋仲介(有1萬8800名仲介員), 房屋製造(工廠生
產的組成屋);

行:鐵路公司、電動汽車、商用客機租賃、飛行員訓練等;

媒體:華盛郵報、電視、網站等;

能源:發電廠、大型油線管路、風能、公用事業等;

工業:工具機、鋰電池、飛機引擎、淨水設備等;

健保:藥品(J&J、 Sanofi-Aventis),醫療器材等;

金融:銀行(美國運通、富國銀行)、汽車和產物保險、再保險等。

大家可以看出,巴菲特投資的皆是一般人民生活的必需品和服務,隨著人口成長而成長,
難怪30年來股票成果如此驚人。巴菲特每天花七個小時詳讀各子公司的報表,他對各民
生產業第一手資料的了解,可能是政府官員和一般投資者無可比擬的。

■股神有問必答

8 時30分股東會開幕,先用影片介紹過去一年各主要子公司,穿插許多卡通笑話。
9時30分股東會正式開始,78歲的巴菲特與其多年伙伴、85歲的副董事長孟格
(Charlie Mocker)兩人坐主席台上。其他董事像比爾蓋茲、巴菲特的長子Howard等
則坐在台下。接著就是巴菲特和孟格長達五小時的精彩問答。會前約有 5000個提問由網
路送給三位記者,經整理後由記者提了約25個問題,另外一半問題由現場股東提問,有
關巴菲特對投資及金融危機的看法已有很多報導,在此不贅言。下列問題可能是華人較關
心的,特摘要整理如下:

■從房市看經濟

由於BH擁有全美最大的房屋仲介公司,有1萬8800名仲介員,分布於許多大都會區,又
有全美最大工廠生產組成屋,加上生產的地氈、磚頭、家具等,深知房產對美國經濟的重
要性。巴菲特說目前美國每年新增約130萬戶家庭,過去六、七年美國新建約200萬戶
新屋,遠高於需求。目前年新建率已降到50萬家,所以要好幾年後才能吸收以前積存的
建屋。

由於BH擁有南加州最大仲介公司,巴菲特認為南加州中低價房屋銷售已經開始回穩。佛
州的房屋由於存貨仍太多、銷售還有很長的路要走。一旦新建房屋成長接近新增家庭的
100萬戶左右,它所帶動的相關產業,會很快促進美國經濟復甦,但失業率的改善較為困
難,恐要更長一段時間。

Moody過去將房貸有關的結構債評為AAA、最近又將BH的評等自AAA降一級,有何看
法?巴菲特說BH雖然是Moody的大股東、但不能影響它的評等作業。過去房貸有關的結
構債評等的假設是房價會一直向上漲,當時如果不作此假設是會被罵的,現在回想起來真
是「愚蠢的假設」。他說BH的評等被降一級「讓我們心裡不高興」,但不影響BH經營、
因為BH不必對外借錢。

■投資人不需高深數學

投資首重成功的機遇率,像去賭場玩牌,明明知道贏錢的機遇率低於50%,許多人還要
去下注,長期下注一定輸,那不是愚蠢嗎?信用卡年利率高達19%,仍有那麼多人不知
利害的刷卡。各州發行的彩券,中獎機遇率如此低,居然有這麼多人經常買。這些都是
巴菲特認為不值一顧的投資。

紐約交易所有四、五千種股票,一定有些很好的股票。不要想著碰運氣,買前一定要詳細
研究此公司和其相關產業、競爭者現況等,買了就得準備長期持有。好的投資者不必太聰
明,只要 IQ120。如果你IQ高達150,不妨賣出30分(按:愛因斯坦IQ160)。理想的
投資者要有穩定的情緒、略知會計、能看到機會、不必要懂高深的數學、不需要電腦來替
你決定。誰會在乎投資報酬率9.5%或9.6%?

商學院常教學生要作到精準的6個sigma,對投資者來說是很無聊的。商學院如果不教些
高等數學,就沒有什麼好教的。就好像基督教神學院教學生,其實教最重要,「十誡」
只要一個小時就夠用了,但神學院卻教許多其他課程來充數。

■保險產業金雞母

巴菲特說保險產業營收占BH的一半,保費收入是很可觀的,使BH有充足的資金來從事其
他投資,是BH的金雞母,其產物保險約占美國市場4%。如果美國遭遇大天災而損失
1000億元,BH有準備金40億元來支付賠償。BH擁有的汽車保險公司Geico是全美最大
之一,2008年花了8億美金作廣告吸引顧客;每一客戶一年可收保費1600元。由於
Geico是以郵購為主,同業中成本最低,所以前途看好。

再保險原來是很賺錢的企業,但近年因為參與衍生性金融商品的失誤,損失慘重,還得賠
上幾年。談到衍生性金融商品最大的問題,是過去多年來缺乏政府規範,沒有即時清算,
許多交易對方( Counter part)買空賣空一直槓桿投機下去,造成龐大損失。

■投資中國的展望

巴菲特很自豪地提到投資了中國的比亞迪(BYD) 10%股權,是中國政府允許外資的上
限。孟格特別讚揚比亞迪的老總王傳福,認為「王」白手起家,能製造出全球最好的鋰電
池,也一定能生產出全球最好的電動汽車。會後有台灣記者提問比亞迪和鴻海的專利官
司,孟格說他對王傳福和比亞迪的企業倫理有信心。筆者認為鴻海和比亞迪最大的不同,
是比亞迪有品牌,品牌的價值遠高於製造的能力。最近查資料,BH2008年10月花港幣
8元買一股BYD,2009年5月漲到27港元。真是點股成金。

BH 擁有速食店(Dairy Queen),在美國有6000家分店,以它的冰淇淋相關食品最著
名,已在中國開了170家店,準備未來數年增開100家店。前年投資以色列工具機大廠
Iscar,正在大連完成建廠,開工生產。如果中國允許,未來也要設保險公司和作其他投
資。

筆者2007年參加股東會時,股東問到當時中國銀行呆帳會否造成銀行體系問題?當時回
答:中國現在的銀行體系與日本1990年代很相似。然而中國在過去15年來大量放貸給產
業,造就經濟的高速成長。中國銀行確實有許多呆帳問題,然而目前中國人的生活水平已
提高很多,中國似乎懂得怎麼來運用自己的銀行體系。如果中國經濟繼續成長,也許他們
銀行體系的困難會自動解決。

2007年另一熱門問題是:中石油投資蘇丹境內達爾富(Darfur)地區石油,為何 BH不
撤出中石油投資?當時回答:蘇丹確實做了不義的種族滅絕行為,但這種行為不會因為
BH有沒有中石油投資而有關聯。中石油是中國政府主導的企業單位,中國政府與蘇丹之
間的關係,不是BH能影響的。

總之、巴菲特和孟格對中國的現在和未來充滿了期望,他們認為過去二、三十年在中國出
生的孩子是最幸福的一群,他們有幸參與成長壯大的中國,是中國幾百年來難得的機會。

■風是能源產業希望

他們覺得風車發電是最環保、也可能是發電成本最低者。BH是目前美國最大的風能投資
者和運轉者。十年前我曾經常來此地區出差,沒看到風車;2007年到此地時、只偶爾看
到少數風車。這次我開車經過中西部的草原,在廣大的玉米田中到處都點綴著大型風車,
或三、五成群或數十架連成一線走向無際的天空。在巴菲特等人努力推廣下,風能很可能
在發電量上占重要地位。

孟格說美國政府經濟復甦計畫中最重要計畫之一,是投資建設中部草原和西部沙漠的輸電
系統,將來可以有效將風能和太陽能輸送到人口密集的東部。

2007 年另一熱門問題是:對地球暖化有何看法?當時回答:荷蘭大部分國土皆在海平面
之下,已有近百年歷史,只要有健全的堤防,應該可以度過難關。二氧化碳是植物的營
養,可多種樹。但是將大量玉米這世界上最重要的食物及飼料拿來生產乙醇,是最愚蠢的
主意。他們確實有遠見,2007年夏天因大量種植玉米和水災等因素引起全球短暫糧荒。


■對下一代充滿期許\r

最後作結論時孟格說,他年歲已高,來日無多,儘管目前全球經濟困難、只要我們給大家
機會,使人的能力可以釋放出來,困難一定可以解決,未來會是美好的。巴菲特進一步
說:「今天來此開會的人數是1790年美國人口的1%,卻是2009年美國總人口的0.01%
(筆者按:1790年是美國人口第一次有統計數字,當時約380萬人)。同樣一塊土地生
活著100倍的人口,而且過著人類歷史上最高水準的生活,這是因為美國的制度使人們有
發揮創新的機會。」

20世紀全球經過兩次世界大戰,一次大鼠疫,但是人口仍大量成長,許多地區的人生活
水平也提高甚多。人的智慧是無窮的,巴菲特和孟格,對我們的下一代充滿期許。
(文、圖/黃肇鑣)
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就業人數大減 美經濟動能熄火
世界日報編譯中心綜合2日電
July 02, 2009

美國6月就業人口意外大減46.7萬人,扭轉先前減幅持續四個月縮小的趨勢,且把失業率
推升到26年來最高的9.5%,反映企業仍持續大舉裁員,再次佐證經濟復甦尚未站穩腳
步,美股早盤應聲下挫,油價跌破每桶67美元。

美國勞工部2日發布的統計顯示,美國6月份非農業就業人口大減46.7萬人,比華爾街分
析師原先預估的減少36.3萬人嚴重;5月份減幅修正為32.2萬人,則比初估的34.5萬
少。此外,6月失業率上升到9.5%,是1983年8月以來最高,但比分析師先前預估的
9.6%稍好。

就業人口今年1月陡降71.4萬人,創1949年以來最大減幅,後來逐月縮小,不料上個月
又再度擴大。

就業數據惡化消息傳出後,紐約股市2日盤初三大指數同步下挫,跌幅各約2%,道瓊工
業指數一度跌190點至8,313.92點。美國2年期公債殖利率跌6個基點至0.99%,是6月
5日來首度跌破1%。紐約西德州輕原油8月期貨跌4%至66.54美元。

佛羅里達JVB金融集團首席經濟學家蘇利文說:「經濟看起來仍持續喪失動能,報告一面
倒地疲弱。」

創造最多工作機會的服務業,上個月就業人口減少24.4萬,其中商業與專業職務減少
11.8萬、金融業減少2.7萬、零售業減少2.1萬、休閒餐旅業減少1.8萬。

從工資來看,暫無通貨膨脹風險。6月份每小時平均工資持平在18.53美元,比一年前僅
成長2.7%,是2005年9月來最小。

稍值得安慰的是,首次申請失業救濟人數與持續申請失業救濟人數雙雙下滑。至6月27日
止的一周內,首次申請失業救濟人數比前一周減少1.6萬人,成為61.4萬人;而至6月20
日止的一周內,持續申請失業救濟人數減少5.3萬,至670.2萬人。

另外,商務部2日出爐的報告顯示,5月工廠訂單成長1.2%,是11個月來最大,也是連
續第二個月成長。4月增幅則下修為0.5%。剔除飛機訂單後的非國防類資本財訂單上個
月成長4.7%,逆轉4月的減少3.5%,反映企業資本支出轉為增加。
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