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National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter and Annual 2011 (advance estimate)
February 1, 2012--Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011
(that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 1.8 percent.
The Bureau emphasized that the fourth-quarter advance estimate released today is based on
source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see the box on page
4). The "second" estimate for the fourth quarter, based on more complete data, will be released on
February 29, 2012.
The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter reflected positive contributions from private inventory investment, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), exports, residential fixed investment, and nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by negative contributions from federal government spending and state and local government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.
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Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Start of trading in two new ETFs on BM&FBOVESPA
February 1, 2012--Two new Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are available for trading on BM&FBOVESPA. One of the funds, the IT Now Idiv Index Fund, tracks the Dividend Index (IDIV), which measures the performance of shares in companies that have the largest remuneration for investors, in dividends and interest on own capital.
The IT Now Imat Index Fund, for its part, tracks the Basic Materials Index (IMAT), which measures the performance of shares that are most representative of the Basic Materials sector.
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Source: BM&FBOVESPA
BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Review is Now Available-January 2012
February 1, 2012--The BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Review January 2012 is now available
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Source: BNY Mellon
Van Eck files with the SEC
February 1, 2012--Van Eck has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for International High Yield Bond ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
BetaShares appoints Dr Tony Rumble as Head of Portfolio Construction
February 1, 2012-- Specialist ETF provider BetaShares has named Dr Tony Rumble in the newly created position of head of portfolio construction.
Rumble's new role on the distribution team will see him lead BetaShares' asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy.
He'll also be educating advisers and SMSF trustees on exchange traded funds (ETF) and analytics.
As well as setting up two businesses including Alpha Financial Products and LPAC Online, Rumble's former roles include legal counsel, partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and lecturer at the University of New South Wales.
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Source: Financial Standard
WisdomTree files with the SEC
February 1, 2012--WisdomTree has filed a post-effective amenment, registration statement with the SEC for the WisdomTree China Dividend ex-Financials Fund.
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SOurce: SEC.gov
Minutes of the Meeting of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association January 31, 2012
February 1, 2012--The Committee convened in closed session at the Hay Adams Hotel at 11:30 a.m. All Committee members were present. Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Mary Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Federal Finance Matthew Rutherford and Director of the Office of Debt Management Colin Kim welcomed the Committee.
Other members of Treasury staff present were Fred Pietrangeli, Jennifer Imler, Amar Reganti, David Chung, Ernest Zhu, Brian Zakutansky, and Alfred Johnson. Federal Reserve Bank of New York members Dina Marchioni and Mark Cabana were also present.
DAS Rutherford began with a review of the fiscal situation noting that the economy posted a 2.8 percent growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2011. Rutherford presented a series of charts showing recent trends in receipts, outlays, and deficits. DAS Rutherford noted that the Administration’s new budget numbers are expected to be released in early February 2012.
Director Kim proceeded to discuss Treasury’s marketable debt portfolio. Using OMB deficit projections from the September 2011 report, “Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future” and assuming no changes to the current issuance strategy, Treasury looks to be under financed in FY2012. With the same assumptions, Treasury would be over financed from FY2013 to FY2016. Any financing shortfalls in FY2012 are expected to be made up with increased bill issuance.
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Source: US Department of the Treasury
iShares files with the SEC-iShares Utilities Sector Bond Fund
January 31, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effecrive amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Utilities Sector Bond Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC-iShares Industrials Sector Bond Fund
January 31, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effecrive amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Industrials Sector Bond Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares files with the SEC-iShares Financials Sector Bond Fund
January 31, 2012--iShares has filed a post-effecrive amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares Financials Sector Bond Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
