Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Global Economic Monitor 220616

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   Fed announces biggest rate hike since 1994
※   Powell: does not expect 75 bps to be the norm
※   S&P 500 snaps five-session losing streak
※   Dow up 1%, S&P 500 up 1.46%, Nasdaq up 2.50%


[Indicators]
※   Officials signal a much more aggressive path of rate rises to combat inflation that is running at a 40-year high
•   US Apr. Business inventories: U.S. business inventories rise strongly; sales slow
※   Consumers pulled back on car purchases, online shopping, and spent more at gasoline stations
•   US Jun. NAHB housing market index: U.S. home builder sentiment hits two-year low in June - NAHB
•   US Jun. Empire State manufacturing index: New York factory activity contracts again in June, Empire State survey shows
•   Eurozone Apr. Balance of trade·Industrial production: Euro zone trade deficit almost doubles in April
•   China May Industrial production, etc.: China’s Hot Growth Summer Will Probably Disappoint
※   Data showed that growth is bottoming out. But a strong summer rebound probably isn’t in the cards.
•   Japan Apr. Machinery orders: Japan's April machinery orders rise 10.8% on month
•   한국 2021년 경제주체별 현금사용행태: 요즘은 지갑 얇은 게 대세…현금 사용 줄인 가구, 월 51만원만 썼다
•   한국 4월 통화 및 유동성: 예·적금에 뭉칫돈…4월 통화량 8.5兆 '껑충'
•   한국 5월 부동산시장 소비자 심리조사: 전국 주택매매심리 4개월 만에 하락…보합국면 전환


[News]
※   NATO countries and 20 others commit more weapons to Kyiv as differences grow over how to balance fighting against diplomacy
※   Call on the Chinese leader’s birthday suggests Beijing has little intention of dialing back its partnership with Moscow
※   Gazprom’s move raises fears Moscow is starting wider squeeze on European supplies in response to sanctions
※   Emergency meeting addresses surging borrowing costs in eurozone countries such as Italy
•   조선(P1): 누리호의 도전 또 연기


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Clemens Fuest): Don’t Raise the Eurozone’s Public-Debt Limit
•   Project Syndicate(Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, Adeel Malik): How Foreign Powers Could Break Lebanon’s Gridlock
•   Project Syndicate(Joseph S. Nye, Jr.): Eight Lessons from the Ukraine War
•   Project Syndicate(Herman Van Rompuy, Brigid Laffan): Adding Ambition to Europe’s Unity
•   FT(Robert Armstrong): The Fed rumour mill
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): President Biden’s Saudi Arabia Flip Flop
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Federal Reserve and Recession Fears
•   WSJ(Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.): Inflation and the Trump Factor
•   NYT(Steven Rattner): The Fed Should Make Amends for Its Mistakes
•   NYT(Ashley Townshend, James Crabtree): The U.S. Is Losing Its Military Edge in Asia, and China Knows It
•   Bloomberg(Marcus Ashworth): Bond Market Spooks ECB Into Doing...Nothing
•   Bloomberg(Brooke Sutherland): Caterpillar and Boeing Show Headquarters Don’t Matter
•   Bloomberg(Leonid Bershidsky): Putin Prepares to Declare Himself a Conqueror
•   MarketWatch(Peter Morici): Biden's infrastructure bill is hardly 'monumental'

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