MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 03 Sep 2016
 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Farm ‘hotspots’ carry air pollution risk

[I]  Pace of US jobs growth slows

[I]  Merkel no longer sought for campaign rallies

[I]  Brazilian business cheers Rousseff exit

[I]  Philippine drugs war sees death toll rise

[I]  Secularist to calm France’s Islamic tensions

[I]  Auditors must face up to their failures

[I]  Steel commodities boosted by Chinese data

[I]  Brexit gives us a chance to finish the Thatcher revolution

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Gross Says September Rate Hike a Go as Pimco Warns Not So Fast

[I]  Hong Kong Home August Sales Hit 14-Month High as Mood Lifts

[I]  Payrolls in U.S. Cool in August as Jobless Rate Holds Steady

[I]  Putin Sees Opening With Japan on World War II Island Dispute

[I]  Another Sign Manhattan Real Estate Is Feeling the Pain

[I]  Singapore Eases Refinancing Rule for Homeowners

[I]  Asia Is a Growth Market for Military Aircraft

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Strike by 18 crore workers results in Rs. 18,000-cr loss

[I]  Dismal jobs scene blights GDP growth

[I]  OECD meet: India to protect subsidies given to steel producers

[I]  Exports will see steady growth, says Commerce Minister

[I]  Kharif acreage up 4 per cent on rise in sowing of pulses

[I]  Core monsoon shifts to Himalayan foothills

[I]  ‘We are beginning to see aggregators coming into the commercial vehicle space’

[I]  Extending Sarfaesi Act to NBFCs credit positive, says ICRA

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  In the fast track: Rs 20-lakh-crore projects set to get green light from key PMO group

[I]  Fund raising via debt placement hits 16-month high of Rs 71,000 crore

[I]  Crop planting jumps nearly 4 per cent in last phase

[I]  Expect current a/c surplus of $4 bn in June quarter: Nomura

[I]  Government wants banks to act on big defaulters

[I]  Chorus grows for lower GST rate, some policymakers want it at 16%

[I]  Government approaches private firms for financing Swachh Bharat Mission

[I]  Dropped idea of White Paper on economy as it could have hurt national interest: PM Modi

[I]  What the trade union workers' fight is all about: Rs 350 vs Rs 692

[I]  Panel on merger of rail, general budgets to give report soon

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Price war to expedite M&As and exits of smaller players

[I]  Export growth will be slow but steady: Sitharaman

[I]  Trai extends date for receiving comments on interconnect charges

[I]  Maharashtra announces new housing policy

[I]  Banks not excited on wider market for stressed assets

[I]  New 10-year govt bonds issued at 6.97 per cent

[I]  Forex reserves dip $392.6 million

[I]  Investors tend to see through noisy politics: Rajan

 

Best Regards, ARBIND