Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Business Intelligence Monitor 211202

(Introduction)

[Markets]


[Indicators]
•   US Oct. Construction spending: Construction spending rises moderately in October
•   US Nov. Manufacturing PMI(ISM): Manufacturers’ Reprieve Could Be Ruined by Omicron—or Not
※   Supply-chain problems began to ease last month, but the disruptive potential of the Covid-19 variant shows that the virus is still in control
•   US Weekly Mortgage rates·applications: Mortgage refinance demand plunged 15% last week, but could now reverse
•   Japan Q3 Capital spending: Japan's July-Sept. business investment up 1.2% on year
•   India Nov. Balance of trade: India Nov trade deficit at record $23.27 billion
•   Brazil Nov. Balance of trade: Brazil reports $1.3 bln November trade deficit


[Trackers]
•   Johns Hopkins University: COVID-19 Global Cases & Deaths
•   Worldometer: COVID Live Update
•   Bloomberg: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker
•   Bloomberg: Global PMI Tracker
•   Bloomberg: The Covid Resilience Ranking


[News]
※   Infected person returned from South Africa on Nov. 22, CDC says
※   Treasury secretary and Fed Chairman Powell address lawmakers’ concerns in second day of testimony
※   Democrats and Republicans haggle over details of funding extension, with vaccine politics potentially slowing progress
※   IEA: Renewables 2021
※   Washington concerned that London’s threats to override N Ireland protocol will undermine peace in region
※   U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and the secretary general of the European External Action Service, Stefano Sannino, will meet in Washington
※   China detected 91 domestically transmitted COVID-19 case
※   they don’t yet know how the new variant will effect transmission, the severity of disease, therapeutics and vaccines.
※   Telephone call in January being considered after consensus was reached during Xi-Biden summit on setting up discussions, sources say
※   일본 내 오미크론 첫 감염자로 판정된 나미비아 국적 외교관도 28일 일본 나리타국제공항에 입국하기 전 인천국제공항을 경유
※   대외경제정책연구원: [KIEP Live] The 11th KIEP-IMF Joint Conference
※   세계 최초로 혼소율 40% 적용
※   재정당국 반대로 선정 무산
※   전자업계에서는 당장 내년 초 미국 라스베이거스에서 있을 세계 최대 IT·가전 박람회인 CES(소비자가전쇼) 2022 참가 여부도 재검토 해야 하지 않느냐는 말도 나오고
※   재계, 사실상의 법카 금지 등 방역 강화…정부 방침 예의주시


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Simon Johnson): Omicron and What Comes Next
•   Project Syndicate(Shang-Jin Wei): Digital Finance Without Cryptocurrencies
•   Project Syndicate(Laura Tyson, Lenny Mendonca): The American Climate Consensus
•   Project Syndicate(Andrés Velasco): Why Has Chile Embraced the Extremes?
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Sic ‘Transitory’ Gloria Fed
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Richard Cordray to the Fed?
•   WSJ(Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.): Decoding the Omicron Panic
•   NYT(Bret Stephens): Let’s End the Covid Blame Games
•   Bloomberg(Jonathan Bernstein): What to Watch for as Congress Winds Down
•   Bloomberg(Ramesh Ponnuru): Fauci Can't Use Science to Excuse His Missteps
•   한경(문재도): 에너지안보와 환경, 전력

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