Sunday, May 1, 2022

Global Economic Monitor 220502

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   World stock index off, shows weakest month since March 2020
※   U.S. stocks weighed down by inflation, Amazon earnings
※   Nasdaq loses 4% on day, registers biggest monthly dip since 2008
※   Dollar dips Friday but set for biggest 1-month gain since 2015
※   U.S. Oil futures settle lower, gold rises


[Indicators]
•   US Apr. Personal spending·income: U.S. Consumers Boosted Spending in March
※   Household spending rose 1.1% in month as consumers stepped up spending on services
※   Ukraine war takes toll on eurozone as US economy contracts and renminbi falls
※   Consumer prices rose 7.5% on year in April, matching estimate
※   Data offer early glimpse of the coming economic toll from strict zero-tolerance lockdowns in Shanghai, other cities
•   India Mar. Core industry production: India's March infrastructure output grows 4.3% year over year
•   한국 3월 금융기관 가중평균 금리: 가계대출 평균금리 3.98%…7년10개월來 최고
•   한국 4월 은행 가계대출 잔액: 가계대출, 사상 첫 4개월 연속 뒷걸음
•   한국 주간 아파트 수급동향(부동산원): 서울 아파트 매수심리 일단 '멈칫'…8주 만에 수급지수 하락


[News]
※   Governments see Ukrainian success offering chance of curbing Russian expansionism
※   Congressional trip comes as Moscow’s attempted military push into the nation stalls and saboteurs are blamed for attack inside Russia
※   Ahead of Russian May 9 holiday, Moscow links current conflict to Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany
※   Officials in China’s capital are striving to contain a coronavirus outbreak while avoiding public anger of the kind that has erupted in Shanghai.
※   Berlin speeds up its timetable for phasing out energy imports as Brussels tries to reach deal on toughest measures yet


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng): The International Monetary System Is More Unfit than Ever
•   Project Syndicate(Carlos Lopes): The Rich World’s Empty Climate Promises
•   Project Syndicate(Harold James): Friends Without Benefits
•   Project Syndicate(Kaushik Basu): Coordinating in the Dark on Inflation
•   Project Syndicate(Ian Buruma): Why Is Macron Hated?
•   Project Syndicate(Zach Meyers): Elon Musk’s Twitter Test
•   FT(Robert Armstrong): An ill omen from Amazon?
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Inflation Tax Bites Workers
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Germany’s Tax-Cut Inflation Cure
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Rumors of Stagflation in First Quarter GDP
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Congress’s Turn to Step Up on Ukraine
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Germany Rebuffs a Separate Peace in Ukraine
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Warren Buffett on Wall Street ‘Gambling’
•   WSJ(Arthur Laffer, Stephen Moore): The Bitter Fruit of Inflation: Dow 29500
•   WSJ(Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.): As We Speak, Elon Musk Rebrands Twitter
•   WSJ(Tunku Varadarajan): America Needs a Return to First Principles
•   WSJ(Ben Hodges, Sam Mundy): The West Has a Crucial Ally in Qatar
•   Bloomberg(Editorial Board): Brazil Needs More Than Populist Economics
•   Bloomberg(Niall Ferguson): Crypto and the Dollar Are Partners, Not Rivals
•   Bloomberg(John Authers): Looking for the Silver Linings in Shrinking GDP
•   Bloomberg(Lara Williams): The World’s Economic Outlook Turns Grim
•   Bloomberg(Matthew Yglesias): America Needs Elon Musk — to Sell Electric Cars

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