The Paris Bourse was stable Tuesday morning, Wall Street yesterday, giving little direction to markets. The statement made the day before, by Ben Bernanke on monetary policy of the United States has also not move the market. The chairman of the Federal Reserve has however indicated that the central bank would keep interest rates at an unusually low for an extended period. The persistent weakness of the U.S. economy and the prospect of a distant yet self-sustaining recovery have certainly reinforced the Fed not to show on a possible rise in interest rates.
"Although we have seen some progress in economic activity, we have a pretty long way to go before we can be certain that recovery is independence," and Ben Bernanke said in his speech before the Economic Club of Washington.
The announcement, however, likely to reassure traders worried about a possible tightening too fast monetary policy of the United States right after the employment figures published Friday did not respond Wall Street. The CAC 40 is 0.10% at 3844 points.
We do not wait now macroeconomic figures in the United States.
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