What's Holding Back Packaging Demands?

摘要

Recent news reports have been both encouraging and discouraging for business. There was the revelation that first quarter real GDP advanced at an annual rate of only 5.6 percent compared with an earlier estimate of 5.8 percent. This was a matter of great concern for the stock market, even though a change of 0.2 percent is hardly worth mentioning. That response is a reflection of the great sensitivity of the market to what it considers disappointing news in the present climate. The escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan threatens both a nuclear confrontation and the United States-Afghan war and they could be related. Plus, more threats of terrorist attacks in the United States dim confidence.