Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Global Economic Monitor 221201

(Introduction)

[Markets]


[Indicators]
※   Job openings in October remained high and far exceeded the number of people seeking work
•   US Oct. Goods trade balance: U.S. goods trade deficit widens sharply in October
※   Decline comes in wake of mounting signs that global price pressures are easing
※   Surveys point to broad pullback in activity as authorities wrestle with rising cases and protests


[World]
※   Fed chair says a labor-market slowdown will be needed to bring inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target
※   Central bank’s business contacts saw greater economic uncertainty amid inflation and higher interest rates


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng): QE with Chinese Characteristics?
•   Project Syndicate(Simon Johnson): Russia’s Financial Crisis Must Come Sooner
•   Project Syndicate(Josep Borrell): Why Europe and Latin America Need Each Other
•   FT(Editorial Board): The mystery of Britain’s missing workers
•   FT(Robert Armstrong): China’s powerful status quo
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): China’s Failed Covid Vaccine Nationalism
•   WSJ(Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.): Zero-Covid and Xi Jinping’s Deal With the Devil
•   NYT(Paul Krugman): Is This the End Game for Crypto?
•   WP(Washington Post Opinions Staff): Why China’s covid protests are different
•   Bloomberg(Jonathan Levin): Fed’s Chief Jawboner to Let Data Do the Talking
•   Bloomberg(Marcus Ashworth): Euro Inflation Slows Enough For the ECB To Breathe
•   Bloomberg(Matt Levine): The Nickel Market Almost Broke
•   Bloomberg(Narayana Kocherlakota): Stagflation Is Just What the Economy Needs
•   한국(조아름): 레고랜드발 돈 떼일 공포
•   아시아경제(부애리): '산업은행, 부산 이전' 국익에 부합하나
•   국제신문(박태우): 국가균형발전, 민주당은 답해야 한다
•   팍스넷뉴스(박성준): 남의 돈이 무섭다

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Global Economic Monitor 221130

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   Wall Street equities, MSCI global index in the red
※   Oil prices rebound on China hopes
※   Dollar makes a little progress in choppy session
※   U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rise


[Indicators]
•   US Sep. Case–Shiller home price: Home Prices Slid in September for Third Straight Month
•   Eurozone Nov. Economic sentiment: Eurozone Economic Sentiment Posts Modest Recovery


[World]
※   Health officials cite less deadly Omicron variant in urging lighter lockdowns, but whether Beijing follows up with policy shifts is unknown


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Joschka Fischer): The Birth of a New International Order
•   Project Syndicate(Saadia Zahidi): Saadia Zahidi Says More…
•   Project Syndicate(Jeffrey Frankel): Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes
•   FT(Robert Armstrong): More on the cyclicals rally
•   FT(Alicia García-Herrero): China protests add to uncertainty for investors
•   NYT(Paul Krugman): How China Lost the Covid War
•   Bloomberg(Editorial Board): China Should Listen to Covid Protesters
•   Bloomberg(Jonathan Bernstein): Donald Trump Could Win the 2024 Republican Nomination
•   Bloomberg(Hal Brands): Biden Needs a Reaganesque Approach to China
•   Bloomberg(Matthew Brooker): Xi Jinping’s Mask of Competence Has Slipped
•   파이낸셜뉴스(김영익): 시장금리 하락 의미
•   이투데이(문선영): 산업은행 다음은 어디인가요
•   팍스넷뉴스(이상균): 터지지 않은 PF 시한폭탄, 내년 봄으로