U.S. Steel posted stronger results in Q3.The Pittsburgh manufacturer's net loss of 303 million dollars,or -2.11 a share,was better than Q2's net loss of 392 million,or -2.92 a share.Its shipments of 4.2 million tons were up 41% from Q2,and net sales of 2.8 billion dollars were up 32% from Q2.Year to date cash flow was 118 million from operations,maintaining the company's strong liquidity position of 12.5 billion in cash and 2.7 billion in total liquidity.
U.S. Steel projected another loss in Q4,although still less of one than Q3's.Output will remain the same.CEO John Surma said that although they currently have more of their facilities operating,with more of their people back to work,demand trends remain uncertain as both the U.S. and global economies struggle to recover.Indeed,U.S. Steel is idling plants in Indiana and Illinois to prevent excess production.The company has major production operations in the U.S.,Canada and Central Europe.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Final Demand Question
Mohamed El-Erian,co-CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO,says what we have in the market right now is a sugar high.It is caused by 1.the impact of the inventory cycle,but will we get a hand-off to final demand by the consumer? and 2.a tremendous amount of liquidity missed the rally and is coming in now.When we get personal consumption and retail sales numbers-these are critical numbers.
Unfortunately,Mr.El-Erian noted,there is a lack of excitement about the upcoming G20 summit in Pittsburgh,which is concerning.I hope we're gonna jump-start this whole summit process.We at PIMCO have positioned ourselves more cautiously in higher quality assets around the world.Asset prices reflect a lot about this third hand-off to final demand,which the data don't reflect yet.Up till 2019,the debt-to-GDP ratio is gonna continue to go up.The dollar is gonna weaken.It's part of the global rebalancing.The question is whether it will do this in a disorderly fashion.Without intervention or coordination,the risk of this is high,Mohamed El-Erian cautioned.
Unfortunately,Mr.El-Erian noted,there is a lack of excitement about the upcoming G20 summit in Pittsburgh,which is concerning.I hope we're gonna jump-start this whole summit process.We at PIMCO have positioned ourselves more cautiously in higher quality assets around the world.Asset prices reflect a lot about this third hand-off to final demand,which the data don't reflect yet.Up till 2019,the debt-to-GDP ratio is gonna continue to go up.The dollar is gonna weaken.It's part of the global rebalancing.The question is whether it will do this in a disorderly fashion.Without intervention or coordination,the risk of this is high,Mohamed El-Erian cautioned.
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