Sunday, August 30, 2020

Business Intelligence Monitor 200831

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   MSCI all-country world index, S&P 500 at new highs
※   Japan’s Abe resigns on health grounds; yen jumps
※   S&P 500 marks another record closing high
※   U.S. oil prices little moved by massive storm


[Indicators]
•   US Jul. Goods Trade Balance: U.S. trade deficit in goods surges 11.7% in July
•   US Jul. Construction employment: Employment Declines from June to July
•   US Aug. Consumer sentiment(final):U.S. Consumer Sentiment Edged Up in Late August on Economy Views
•   US Weekly Oil rig count: The U.S. Oil Rig Count Slips Once Again
•   US Q3 GDP Nowcast: Aug 28, 2020: New York Fed Staff Nowcast
•   Eurozone Aug. Economic sentiment: Virus resurgence darkens Spanish outlook
•   China Aug. Electricity consumption: China Sees Record-Breaking Electricity Consumption In August
•   한국 2019년 인구주택총조사: 나홀로 가구' 30% 첫 돌파…인구 증가율은 세종시 1위
•   한국 2분기 가구소득 대비 주택가격 비율(PIR): 월급 11.4년치 모아야 서울아파트 1채 산다
•   한국 7월 유통업체 매출: 코로나·장마 뚫은 소비...7월 유통매출 4.4%↑
•   한국 9월 중소기업경기전망조사: 코로나 재확산 악재에 中企 체감경기 다시 뚝
•   Vietnam Aug. Balance of trade·CPI: Vietnam Exports Rise 2.5% in Aug.; Inflation Slows to 3.18%


[News]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Carlos Antonio Luque et al): The Roots of Brazil’s Economic Crisis
•   Project Syndicate(Yuen Yuen Ang): The Four Paths of US-China Relations
•   Project Syndicate(Edmund S. Phelps): Poverty as Injustice
•   Project Syndicate(Bill Emmott): The Japan Shinzo Abe Has Left Behind
•   FT(Editorial Board): Shinzo Abe’s legacy must not be squandered
•   FT(Editorial Board): Britain’s ethnic wealth gap needs closing
•   FT(Editorial Board): A tale of two very different US conventions
•   WSJ(Andy Kessler): California Is Coming for You
•   WSJ(Mary Anastasia O’Grady): A U.S. Airdrop of Dollars in Venezuela
•   NYT(Paul Krugman): April Was Trump’s Cruelest Month
•   NYT(Matthew Desmond): The Rent Eats First, Even During a Pandemic
•   WP(Robert J. Samuelson): Don’t forget about inflation
•   Bloomberg(Mohamed A. El-Erian): 5 Key Takeaways From Powell’s Jackson Hole Fed Speech
•   Bloomberg(Noah Smith): Abe Defied Expectations to Build a Better Japan
•   Bloomberg(Julian Lee): Is Big Oil Still a Big Deal?
•   Bloomberg(Clara Ferreira Marques): Trump’s China Sanctions Fail Russian History Test
•   Bloomberg(Ferdinando Giugliano): Jay Powell Sets the Pace for Christine Lagarde
•   Bloomberg(Ramesh Ponnuru): Donald Trump Oversells His Economic Success Story
•   Bloomberg(Francis Wilkinson): The Big Question: Can the U.S. Hold a Fair Election?
•   Bloomberg(Bobby Ghosh): Nuclear Inspectors Show Pressure on Iran Works
•   Bloomberg(Jessica Karl): History Suggests Post-Pandemic Peace Is Rare
•   Nikkei Asian Review(William Pesek): Abe era a cautionary tale for deflation-tilting global economy
•   Nikkei Asian Review(Tobias Harris): Shinzo Abe the globalist
•   Nikkei Asian Review(Malcolm Turnbull): This is why the world will miss Shinzo Abe

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