MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 09 Sep 2016
 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Air pollution costs global economy $5tn

[I]  ECB holds fire on extending QE

[I]  Hollande vows to defend France ‘for years’

[I]  Asian hunt for yield sweetens dollar deals

[I]  Ghana bond sale to test EM debt appetite

[I]  Britain is falling into denial about Brexit

[I]  Food prices climb to a 15-month high

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Housing Booms Down Under Could Drive Kiwi to Parity With Aussie

[I]  Fed Urges U.S. Ban on Wall Street Buying Stakes in Companies

[I]  Saudi Cost-Cutting Drive May Cancel $20 Billion of Projects

[I]  Fading College Dream Saps U.S. Economy of Productivity Miracle

[I]  China's Reform of State Firms May Look a Little Odd to the West: Goldman

[I]  China Seen Firing a Warning Shot at Bears in Yuan Defense

[I]  China Allows Insurers to Invest in Hong Kong Stocks Via Link

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Facing flak, Rlys back-tracks, will review ‘surge pricing’

[I]  RBI will not interfere with independence of banks: Urjit tells PAC

[I]  GST Bill becomes law after nod from President Mukherjee

[I]  Employers see steady hiring in 2017: survey

[I]  India emerges one of the top M&A designations

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  No threat to recovery: ECB leaves all three key rates unchanged

[I]  Gold steady on weaker dollar; ECB stimulus in focus

[I]  SEBI's UK Sinha for flexi-pricing of municipal bonds

[I]  India's net FDI inflows for FY17 likely at $35 bn: Citigroup

[I]  MUDRA lends over Rs 42,000 crore in 5 months, sees pickup in H2

[I]  Closure & asset sale of sick PSUs Within 15 months of Cabinet approval

[I]  Govt issues norms for time-bound closure of CPSEs

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Auto sector clocks robust 26% growth in August

[I]  Luxury car market in slow lane

[I]  Sugar mills want loans recast, stock limits lifted

[I]  Banks can accept tax dues in cash under IDS: RBI

[I]  PFRDA allows up to 75% in equity for private NPS

[I]  PSBs using AT1 bonds to shore up capital base

[I]  No decision on ratifying Paris treaty by year-end: India

[I]  Monsoon 4% below normal so far; could revive over central, North India from Monday

 

Best Regards, ARBIND