Thursday, March 2, 2023

Global Economic Monitor 230303

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   Wall Street stocks reverse, add to Wednesday's gains
※   Europe ticks up despite sticky inflation numbers
※   Treasury yields hit 16-week high, dollar gains
※   U.S. jobless claims fall again


[Indicators]
•   US Weekly Jobless claims: U.S. Jobless Claims Ticked Down Last Week
※   Markets anticipate more interest rate rises after consumer price growth remains high


[World]
※   Job markets are still ‘unsustainably hot’ and progress on bringing down inflation may have stalled, says Fed governor Christopher Waller


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Harold James): How the Ukraine War Could End in Peace
•   Project Syndicate(Joseph S. Nye, Jr.): Popping China’s Balloon
•   Project Syndicate(Mariana Mazzucato, Rosie Collington): Consultants and the Crisis of Capitalism
•   Project Syndicate(Andrés Velasco): Latin America’s Moral Failure
•   FT(Simon Kuper): France is becoming the new Britain
•   WSJ(Robert H. Bork Jr.): Congress Can Investigate Lina Khan
•   Bloomberg(Editorial Board): Lab Leak or Not, Covid’s Mysteries Still Need Solving
•   Bloomberg(Mohamed A. El-Erian): What Now for a Fed That Has Fallen Behind the Curve Again?
•   Bloomberg(John Authers): The Good and the Bad From the Factory Floor
•   Bloomberg(Marcus Ashworth): Euro Zone Inflation Means No Rest for the ECB
•   Bloomberg(Anjani Trivedi): Modi Has Holes to Fill Before the World Rushes In
•   Bloomberg(Karl W. Smith): Fed Appointments Have Become a Political Minefield
•   서경(김연하): 부동산 PF는 왜 시한폭탄이 됐나

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Global Economic Monitor 230302

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   Dow index flat, while Nasdaq declines 0.66%
※   Bonds squeezed again, sending yields up
※   New shows higher China PMI, U.S. raw material prices
※   Dollar slips


[Indicators]
•   US Weekly Mortgage rates·applications(MBA): Mortgage demand from homebuyers drops to a 28-year low
※   Sharper-than-expected expansion of activity offers Chinese leaders opportunity to shift spotlight away from pandemic missteps


[World]
※   Bostic urges 5% to 5.25% rates into 2024 to curb inflation
※   Kashkari open-minded on quarter- or half-point March hike


[Korea]
•   비금융사: 中, 韓 안방서 OLED DDI 개발


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Philippe Legrain): A Brexit Reset?
•   Project Syndicate(Simon Zadek): Trouble With Carbon Markets
•   Project Syndicate(Simon Johnson): Are Russian Oil Prices Being Rigged?
•   FT(Edward Luce): America and the China lab leak theory
•   FT(Robert Armstrong): The frozen housing market
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): The Chips Act Becomes Industrial Social Policy
•   WSJ(Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.): Putin Is the West’s Target in the Ukraine War
•   WSJ(Ron DeSantis): Why I Stood Up to Disney
•   Bloomberg(Allison Schrager): Fed’s Credibility Can’t Take a Soft Landing
•   Bloomberg(Julian Lee): A Long Voyage for Used Cooking Oil
•   Bloomberg(Lionel Laurent): Sweden Is Ditching Cash. Just Wait for the Fallout
•   Bloomberg(Kathryn A. Edwards): Policymakers, Check Your Presumptuousness