Thursday, June 30, 2022

Global Economic Monitor 220701

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   U.S. May consumer spending rises moderately; inflation stays hot
※   Nasdaq notches biggest-ever Jan-June percentage drop
※   Indexes down: Dow 0.82%, S&P 0.88%, Nasdaq 1.33%


[Indicators]
•   US May Personal spending·income: Cooling Consumer Spending Points to Further Economic Slowdown
※   Household spending in May rose at slowest rate this year; some economists see second-straight quarterly contraction
•   US Weekly Jobless claims: U.S. Jobless Claims Edged Lower Last Week
•   US Weekly Mortgage rates(Freddie Mac): Mortgage Rates Drop After Three Weeks of Increases
•   Germany May Retail sales: German retail sales inch up in May
•   Japan May Industrial production: Japan's May factory output suffers biggest slump in two years
•   India May Core industry production: Output of eight core industries surges to 18.1% in May
•   한국 1분기 외환당국 순거래액: 정부, 원화값 방어에 사상최대 10조 투입
•   한국 2분기 국세 통계: 종부세 낸 사람 100만명…5년새 68만명 늘어
•   한국 5월 금융기관 가중평균 금리: 치솟는 가계대출 금리… 한 총리 “경제전쟁 상황”
•   한국 5월 아파트 증여: 집값 떨어지자…아파트 증여 급증
•   한국 주간 아파트 가격(부동산원): "매물 쌓이는데 거래 실종"…서초구 빼고 서울 집값 다 하락


[News]
※   Remarks conclude week of summits in which wealthy democracies pledged to bolster Europe’s defenses against Russia
※   High court says agency overstepped its authority in restricting greenhouse gas emissions in a ruling with ramifications for other regulators
※   Plan has done little to ease concerns over supply as several alliance members struggle to meet their share of production


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Carl Bildt): Europe’s Fate and Ukraine’s Survival
•   Project Syndicate(Mark Leonard): The European War Project
•   FT(Robert Armstrong): China stocks bounce
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Biden’s Raid on the Permian Basin
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Democrats for Trumpians
•   WSJ(Arthur Laffer, Stephen Moore): Economic Growth, Not Austerity, Is the Answer to Inflation
•   WSJ(Karl Rove): The Trump 2024 Test Runs
•   WSJ(Joseph C. Sternberg): The G-7’s Economic Fantasy Summit
•   WSJ(Elisabeth Braw): Why Does China Own So Much of Ukraine?
•   Bloomberg(Jonathan Bernstein): Joe Biden's Approval Rating Plumbs New Depths
•   Bloomberg(Gearoid Reidy): There Is No ‘Back to Normal’ After Covid
•   Reuters(John Kemp): Global business cycle starts to turn down

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Global Economic Monitor 220630

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   U.S. economy contracted in Q1; consumer spending revised lower
※   General Mills rises as sales beat on higher prices
※   Bed Bath & Beyond replaces CEO, shares tumble
※   Dow up 0.27%, S&P down 0.07%, Nasdaq off 0.03%


[Indicators]
•   US Weekly Mortgage rates·applications(MBA): Mortgage demand stalls again, even as interest rates swing briefly lower
•   Eurozone Jun. Economic sentiment: Eurozone Economic Sentiment Declines in June
•   한국 상반기 직종별 사업체 노동력: 구인난 허덕이는 뿌리산업…인력 미충원율 30% 웃돌아
•   한국 5월 무역지수 및 교역조건: 5월 수입금액지수 1년 전보다 32%↑…국제유가 급등 영향
•   한국 6월 은행 가계대출 잔액: 치솟는 금리, 가계대출 반년째 줄어들었다


[News]
※   New troops and weapons are part of NATO’s response to the war in Ukraine, including the first permanent U.S. troops to Poland
※   Federal Reserve is raising interest rates at aggressive pace as price pressures hit 40-year high
※   Commerce Department adds the firms to a trade blacklist, saying their contracts to supply Russia violate export controls


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Nouriel Roubini): A Stagflationary Debt Crisis Looms
•   Project Syndicate(Takatoshi Ito): America’s Watery Indo-Pacific Alphabet Soup
•   Project Syndicate(Brahma Chellaney): Hydropower Is a Bad Bargain
•   Project Syndicate(Todd G. Buchholz): More Pipes, Less Putin
•   FT(Mohamed El-Erian): The risk of a flip-flopping Fed
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): An Oil Price Cap for Russia?
•   WSJ(Peter Tirschwell): More Supply-Chain Disruptions Are Coming
•   NYT(Alex Kingsbury): NATO Expansion, Compliments of Mr. Putin
•   Bloomberg(Mark Gongloff): A Hot Housing Market Is a Financial Crisis Risk
•   Bloomberg(John Authers): Disquiet Over the Housing Market Is Only Growing
•   Bloomberg(Bobby Ghosh): A Middle Eastern NATO? Not Gonna Happen
•   MarketWatch(Peter Morici): Defending Taiwan starts with standing up to Putin
•   Fox News(Bernie Sanders): Don't cut Social Security, expand it