报告数据低于预期 恐将进入停滞期 市场逃离高风险资产

【今日短语】haven buyer /ˈheɪv(ə)n/ 避风港买家Please leave your comments below if you have any questions or thoughts :)----------------原文如下：The day in the marketsby Ian Johnston, Harriet Clarfelt and Myles McCormick(来自：The Financial Time 金融时报)What you need to know• Crude oil slides after weaker than expected data weighs on riskier assets• Disappointing economic reports provoke slowdown fears• US Treasuries gain as government debt attracts haven buyersOil prices fell yesterday as disappointing economic data from the US complicated the economic outlook, driving a shift away from riskier assets.International oil benchmark Brent crude dropped as much as 5.5 per cent to $92.78 a barrel as gloomy economic reports from the world’s two leading economies added to worries that a slowdown in global growth will hit industrial and consumer demand.US marker West Texas Intermediate slipped as much as 5.7 per cent to $86.82, its lowest level since early February . Both indicators later trimmed their losses.“The oil markets struggle to catch a break as weak macro data continues to put downward pressure on [them],” said analysts at Oilytics.Yesterday’s moves came after Chinese economic data showed that retail sales rose 2.7 per cent year-on-year in July while industrial production was 3.8 per cent higher. Economists had forecast larger increases of 5 per cent and 4.6 per cent, respectively.Fresh data from the US added to the sense of gloom.A New York Federal Reserve survey of manufacturers registered minus 31.3 for August, from 11.1 the previous month. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a reading of 5.The unexpected slump in the Empire State gauge marked the second-largest monthly fall for the index on record.On Wall Street, US stocks made muted gains after starting the session lower. The S&P 500 was up 0.2 per cent at midday in New York while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3 per cent.In bond markets, the yield on the 10-year US Treasury note fell 7 basis points to 2.78 per cent as the price of the benchmark instrument rose. US government debt is typically seen as a haven asset in times of economic stress.The dollar gained 0.6 per cent against a basket of six leading currencies.Across the Atlantic, the pan-regional Stoxx Europe 600 share index gained 0.3 per cent.

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