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The markets rapidly rotated to an aggressive ‘risk off ’ position in August in response to a double whammy of concerns – the display of alarmingly dysfunctional political leadership on either side of the Atlantic (in the US regarding the debt ceiling negotiations and the EU regarding the handling of the sovereign debt crisis), together with mounting concerns over the fragility of the US economy.

The European Parliament’s Rapporteur, Gunnar Hökmark, has published his draft report for the Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).