Global output is slumping, judging by a nosedive in carbon dioxide emissions growth.
Investors love looking at esoteric indicators for clues on how the economy is performing, and therefore how stocks, bonds and other assets will trade.
How about looking at carbon dioxide emissions? There may be a political agreement to reduce emissions but that’s an effort phased in over many years. Any sudden changes are more likely to be the impact of changing patterns of economic activity rather than cleaner output. “In just a month, the global economy has gone from showing signs of stalling growth to providing strong evidence the Earth’s economy has resumed shrinking,” says the blog.
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Cloud service and consulting provider IBM IBM beat earnings estimates and said it would hit the high end of its revenue growth forecast this year. Microchip equipment maker ASML ASML guided for sales growth in the second quarter below analyst estimates, with gross margin only slightly above first-quarter levels.
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