Thursday, February 23, 2023

Global Economic Monitor 230224

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   Wall Street stocks rebound
※   Crude oil gains 2%
※   Benchmark 10-year yields drop
※   U.S. dollar gains
※   Safe-have gold drops


[Indicators]
※   Output expanded at 2.7% rate in final quarter of 2022, Commerce Department says
•   US Weekly Jobless claims: Jobless Claims Edged Lower Last Week
•   US Weekly Mortgage rates(Freddie Mac): US Mortgage Rates Climb for Third Straight Week, Reaching 6.5%
•   Taiwan Jan. Industrial production: Taiwan Industrial Production Posts Worst Fall Since 2009


[World]
※   The Pentagon is helping Taiwan focus on tactics and weapon systems that would make the island harder to assault


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(반기문, Juan Manuel Santos): Unity on Ukraine Is Unity on Peace and Justice
•   Project Syndicate(Sławomir Sierakowski): Biden’s Breakthrough in Poland
•   Project Syndicate(Richard Haass): Why the War Will Continue
•   FT(Jennifer Hughes): We’re not nearly there yet
•   WSJ(Matthew Hennessey): Who’s Afraid of ChatGPT?
•   NYT(Farah Stockman): What the War in Ukraine Has Truly Cost Us
•   Bloomberg(Conor Sen): That 3% Mortgage Just Keeps Getting Better
•   Bloomberg(John Authers): Fed Minutes Show Three Weeks Is a Long Time

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Global Economic Monitor 230223

(Introduction)

[Markets]
※   S&P 500, Dow close lower
※   Benchmark 10-year yields fall
※   U.S. dollar gains, gold drops
※   Oil prices shed 3%


[Indicators]
•   US Weekly Mortgage rates·applications(MBA): US Home-Purchase Applications Drop to 28-Year Low as Rates Jump


[World]
※   Stronger economic conditions have boosted investors’ expectations for higher rates this year


[Korea]


[Opinions]
•   Project Syndicate(Michael Spence): Countering Structural Disruptions
•   Project Syndicate(Anastasia Edel): A Farewell to Russia
•   Project Syndicate(Yi Fuxian): The Chinese Century Is Already Over
•   FT(June Yoon): The big bet on hydrogen vehicles
•   FT(Ethan Wu): The other source of US strength
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): America’s Choice in Ukraine
•   WSJ(Editorial Board): Putin Buries Nuclear Arms Control
•   WSJ(Daniel Henninger): Ukraine Fatigue Is Not an Option
•   WSJ(Boris Johnson, Lindsey Graham): Ukraine Needs More Weapons and Support From the West
•   Bloomberg(Leonid Bershidsky): Putin Has Decided to Normalize His War
•   Bloomberg(Adam Minter): EV Battery Recycling Has Boomed Too Soon
•   Bloomberg(Richard Cookson): Inflation’s Slowdown Is Less Than Meets the Eye
•   Bloomberg(Andrea Felsted): Inflation May Soon Peak in the Grocery Aisle
•   한경(장서우): 고객 신뢰 저버린 대한항공
•   메트로신문(박태홍): 임기일치법, 국회 이대로 손 놓나