MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 15 Sep 2016

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Obama vows to lift sanctions on Myanmar

[I]  Poor need access to generic drugs, UN says

[I]  Mexico builds wall against migrants

[I]  Japan opens door to temporary foreign workers

[I]  Investment banks urged to tap digital gains

[I]  Brexit makes EU capital markets union ‘more urgent’

[I]  Stress and volatility flood back to markets

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  The Bond Market Is Flashing a Signal That Traders Haven’t Seen Since 2012

[I]  New Zealand Economy Grows Fastest in 2 Years Amid Building Boom

[I]  Greenspan Worries That ‘Crazies’ Will Undermine the U.S. System

[I]  Singapore High-Rise Office Rents Fall 7%; Hong Kong's Rise 5.9%

[I]  Watching People Eat Is Big in Korea; Now It’s in the U.S.

[I]  Thailand Holds Key Rate as Economic Recovery Gains Momentum

[I]  Australia's 30-Year Bonds Are a Treat for Yield-Hungry Debt Investors

[I]  E-Commerce Puts Once-Troubled China Railway Bonds on Track

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Banks in a bind over RBI norm

[I]  US Agri Dept cuts India’s soyabean crop estimate to 6.08 mt

[I]  RBI to review norms for overseas hedging of commodity price risk

[I]  Microfinance lending hits $10 b

[I]  EPF got 95% contribution via internet banking in August

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  All India tea production dropped by 7.22%

[I]  Lower prices of pulses yet to reach consumer as retail rates still high

[I]  India expected to post first current account surplus in nine years

[I]  African oil import funds may be put in vostro accounts to settle exporters’ dues

[I]  Wholesale price inflation hit 24 month in August

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Automation to replace people for repetitive work, says report

[I]  Global investment on energy fell 8% last year

[I]  India said to have referred deal to forex probe agency

[I]  Labour Ministry to introduce bill on wage code in next session

[I]  Road ministry, NHAI to take up 82 highway projects for better port connectivity

[I]  RBI forms panel to review commodities hedging guidelines

 

Best Regards, ARBIND