Kazalnik gospodarske klime (po Financah) v Sloveniji upada že dobro leto dni. ‘Tokrat je upadel za sezonskih vplivov očiščeno točko, in sicer zaradi zmanjšanja optimizma porabnikov, gradbenikov in trgovcev. /…/ Podkazalnik, ki meri dinamiko izvoznih naročil, /…/ se je ta mesec se je znižal na najnižjo raven po marcu 2005, podkazalnik pričakovanega izvoza pa je upadel najnižje po juniju 2003.’

Referenčni barometer ozračja v nemškem gospodarstvu, ki ga meri inštitut Ifo, pa je avgusta (povzeto po Spieglu) padel na slabih 95 točk, kar je krepko več, kot so pričakovali ekonomisti. Približno toliko kot zdaj, je bil nazadnje avgusta leta 2005. Poleg tega je padel tudi kazalnik razpoloženja potrošnikov, ki ga meri GfK; njegova vrednost je z 1,5 točke podobna tisti izpred petih let.

(Independent) New Deputy Governor of the Bank of England warned that the financial situation was at least as bad as that of the 1970s. Charles Bean said that the slowdown may “drag on for some considerable time” and that social problems could be caused by the squeeze on household incomes. /…/ Sir Peter Burt, a former governor and chief executive of the Bank of Scotland, also warned yesterday that the credit crunch and the rise in fuel costs were worse than the crisis of the 1970s and urged the Bank of England to make it clear it would guarantee deposits to make it clear that it would prevent a bank failure.

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