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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The European Central Bank (ECB) bought 635 million EUR in government bonds of countries affected by the current euro crisis. This figure illustrates the relatively calm week on the bond market for the bonds of the affected countries. Two weeks ago, the ECB bought 3.66 billion EUR in bonds and 8.58 billion EUR in the week before that.

The global economy will weaken further according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD calculates the indicator (Composite Leading Indicators) that indicates the direction of the expected economic development for the next three months. The indicator for the world economy fell 0.3 points compared to the latest figures published in September 2011. The indicator remained with 100.1 points above the threshold of 100 points, which is the border between economic growth and economic contraction. The sub-indicator for the euro zone fell 0.7 points to 98.5, the indicator for the Netherlands fell 0.6 points to 99.1.

Yesterday the Dow Jones closed 1.34% lower at 12,021.39. The S& P500 lost 1.49% and closed at 1,236.47, the Nasdaq closed at 2,612.26 with a loss of 2.31%. The AEX in Amsterdam lost 2.36% and closed at 297.37 points

The 6M Euribor remained unchanged at 1.68%. The 10Y Swap decreased by 4 basis point to 2.57%.

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