MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 16 Aug 2016

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Stale US boardrooms laid bare

[I]  Brexit threatens English language schools

[I]  Iraq finally appoints new oil minister

[I]  Bundesbank tells Germans to work till 69

[I]  Weak Japan growth raises pressure on BoJ

[I]  Fed’s Williams calls for inflation rethink

[I]  China builds Rmb12.6bn entrusted lending

[I]  BoE bond-buying needs fiscal helping hand

[I]  World watches as China’s deflation wanes

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Australia's Central Bank Cut Rate to Boost Inflation, Growth

[I]  Iraq Oil Minister Sees End to Kurd Dispute as War Hurts Output

[I]  Japan’s Economic Growth Slows as Business Spending Slumps

[I]  Global Dairy Prices May Have Turned Corner in Fillip for Kiwi

[I]  Bonds Show Inflation Protection in Vogue This Year as CPI Looms

[I]  Banks Won’t Wait Around to See What Brexit Deal the U.K. Can Get

[I]  Singaporeans, Worried Over Jobs and Pay, Are the Gloomiest Since 2009

[I]  Singapore Home Sales at Highest in a Year as Prices Drop

[I]  Barrack Says U.S. Real Estate Market Is Getting ‘Bubblicious’

[I]  $11 Trillion Muslim Wealth Mountain Calls to Asian Fund Managers

[I]  PBOC Says Don’t Look at Short Term After Money Supply Slumps

[I]  Williams Calls for Rethink of Fed Orthodoxy in New Economic Era

[I]  China’s Slowing Growth in Money Supply Hasn’t Affected Economy: Ma Jun

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Tamil Nadu SEZs seek changes in Model GST law

[I]  Growth in electricity demand tapers off in July

[I]  Bilateral ties: India, China agree on foreign secretaries-level dialogue

[I]  After Modi cites Balochistan, Pakistan invites India for talks on Kashmir

[I]  Banks shifting focus from core business: AIBEA

[I]  Mandatory listing of shares: 16 life, 5 non-life insurers may have to take this route

[I]  Need for branches will not disappear in next 10-12 years: Arundhati Bhattacharya

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  Gold import plunges 52.5% to $4.97 billion in April-July

[I]  Lower-than-expected GST rate can be the real game changer

[I]  ​India Inc refashions old brands for young

[I]  Poor rains may hit coffee, spices crops this year

[I]  131 new agricultural seeds invented by scientists: PM Modi

[I]  India's exports better placed in product diversification

[I]  India rises to 66th rank in innovation

[I]  GST to strengthen growth, make economy more predictable: PM Narendra Modi

[I]  CSR data: Government tweaking annual filing form for companies

[I]  RBI should continue with Rajan's policies on inflation:Moody's

[I]  India ranked best for investment by all global agencies: PM Modi

[I]  Post offices to be converted into payment banks

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Tiny Satellites: The latest innovation hedge funds are using to get a leg up

[I]  Brexit, tight-fisted banks might upset Nasscom's growth projection

[I]  Health care benefits may come from a mix of schemes

[I]  FinMin doesn't rule out possibility of delay in GST roll-out deadline

[I]  Contractual biz in logistics goes up as firms gear up for GST

[I]  Industry getting started with tech for migration

[I]  Indian Railways to run magnetic trains soon

[I]  Rules eased to import, export human biological samples

[I]  Listed PSBs in red for a third quarter

[I]  Petrol price cut by Rs 1/litre, diesel by Rs 2 a litre

 

Best Regards, ARBIND