Market remains buoyant
10/04/2006
Macroeconomics
Very few in the world of finance can see a cloud in the sky at the moment. Stock markets are moving upwards solidly, GNPs—particularly in the emerging markets—are rising at accelerated speeds, global enterprises are reporting healthy profits for 2005 and the first quarter of 2006, and raw material prices are rising, with gold and other metals reaching new highs every week.