Sunday, April 30, 2023

Global Economic Monitor 230501

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   PCE report shows inflation still hot, but cooling
※   Uncertain outlook from Amazon.com limits Nasdaq's advance
※   BOJ maintains easy policy; Fed, ECB seen hiking
※   Oil prices surge on U.S. output slowdown, solid demand


[Indicators]
•   US Mar. Personal spending·income: Wage Gains Pick Up as Fed Contemplates Next Rate Decision
※   Central bank’s preferred consumer inflation gauge, PCE price index, cooled in March
※   GDP fails to hit expectations as German stagnation weighs on outlook
※   Retail spending has come back strong, but surveys also showed a surprise contraction in factory activity in April


[World]
※   Winning bidder could be announced later Sunday, according to people familiar with the matter


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Philip Snow): China and Russia’s Long Dance
•   Project Syndicate(Michael J. Boskin): A World of Unwelcome Replays
•   Project Syndicate(Arvind Subramanian, Josh Felman): India’s Welfare Balm
•   Project Syndicate(Richard Black): The Coming Crackdown on Corporate Greenwashing
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Biden Plays Chicken With Default
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Blue State Exodus Accelerates
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Fed Failed but Wants More Power
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Russia’s Global Food Shortage
•   WSJ(Mary Anastasia O’Grady): The Oldest Mistake in Economics
•   NYT(Paul Krugman): The Perils of Tough-Guy Economics
•   FT(Constanze Stelzenmüller): Germany’s China dilemma takes on a new urgency
•   Bloomberg(Daniel Moss): BOJ: Ueda Spares Us the Theatrics in His Debut
•   Bloomberg(Eduardo Porter): What Xi Jinping Wants in Latin America
•   매경(황형규): 규제·감독 모두 실패한 CFD
•   파이낸셜뉴스(사설): 가상자산법 '빛 좋은 개살구' 안 돼야

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Global Economic Monitor 230428

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   Upbeat results from Meta power Nasdaq
※   S&P, Dow see biggest one-day pct gain since Jan 6
※   Nasdaq notches biggest one-day pct advance since March 16
※   First-quarter GDP lands well below expectations
※   Treasury yields rise as debt ceiling debate continues


[Indicators]
※   Many economists are predicting a U.S. recession later this year
•   China Mar. Industrial profits: China Industrial Profits Decline Narrowed in March


[World]


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(J. Bradford DeLong): Neoliberalism’s Final Stronghold
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Legend of the Smartphone Bank Run
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Case of the Missing Investment
•   WSJ(Kimberley A. Strassel): The House GOP’s Debt-Ceiling Win
•   WSJ(John Tamny): Lina Khan Blocks Cancer Cures
•   NYT(Paul Krugman): Joe Biden and the Not-So-Bad Economy
•   FT(Editorial Board): How to make US money market funds safer
•   FT(Robert Armstrong, Ethan Wu): Where’s the credit crunch?
•   Bloomberg(Marcus Ashworth): Bank of England Shows ECB How to Shrink a Balance Sheet
•   Bloomberg(Brooke Sutherland): Industrial Order Slowdown Perplexes Investors
•   Bloomberg(Anjani Trivedi): Elliott Was Right on Hyundai’s Problems After All
•   Bloomberg(Matt Levine): First Republic Is in Limbo
•   파이낸셜뉴스(김영익): 미국경제 경착륙 가능성 높다