MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 24 Jan 2017

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Trump pulls US out of Pacific trade pact

[I]  Theresa May’s industrial strategy meets with faint praise

[I]  Renegotiating Nafta: 5 points to keep in mind

[I]  May’s vision of post-Brexit trade puzzles experts

[I]  Australia bolsters protection of strategic assets

[I]  UK wind farm costs fall almost a third in 4 years

[I]  US consumer groups face tough earnings season

[I]  Hedge funds’ bets on rising oil prices hit record high

[I]  European governments must wake up to QE tapering

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Hedge Funds Risk Treasuries Wipeout After Bearish Bets Soar

[I]  OPEC Shrugs Off Threat of U.S. Cutting Oil Imports

[I]  Trump Withdrawal From Asia Trade Deal a Boon for China

[I]  London’s Mayor Issues First ‘Very High’ Air Pollution Alert

[I]  Abandoning Trade Will Make the Poor Poorer

[I]  OPEC Helps Cheap U.S. Oil Find Its Way to Group’s Top Customers

[I]  China Gears Up for World's Biggest Human Migration

[I]  Wall Street Questions If Trump Can Turn His Promises Into Policy

[I]  Hedge Fund Assets Pass $3 Trillion in 2016 for First Time

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Panel for overhaul of fiscal consolidation roadmap

[I]  India opposes EU, Canada’s proposal on investment pact

[I]  Tax sops for customers will spur buying

[I]  Budget may pave the way for controlled foreign corpns

[I]  North-West gets surplus rain, while the rest of the country remains dry

[I]  ‘Rights’ awareness programmes to be held in all States: banking standards board

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  Niti Aayog brings in Big Data big gun to track fraud in Jan Dhan a/cs

[I]  EC bars Modi govt from announcing schemes

[I]  Central Bank to buy back perpetual bonds worth Rs 500 crore

[I]  ‘Over 50% of Indian companies slow in adopting mobility solutions’

[I]  Rice industry seeks traceability to boost exports, curb rejections

[I]  Following govt pressure, sugar prices remain stable for more than a week

[I]  FDI outflows matches FPIs’ in volatility

[I]  E-portal for govt purchases will save Rs 40,000 crore annually: Commerce Ministry

[I]  Government raises Rs 30,000 crore via disinvestment proceeds

[I]  'FRBM panel to relax 2017-18 fiscal deficit target to 3-3.5%'

[I]  India rejects EU, Canada’s attempts for global investment agreement

[I]  Govt considering regulator for electronic payments

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Note ban hits consumer goods firms hard in Q3

[I]  FRBM panel offers little spending space to govt

[I]  Indian paper mills look out for better prospects

[I]  2017 begins with a bang for outbound M&A deals

[I]  Minimum import price of steel to go

[I]  GAAR confusion stokes FII unease

[I]  Fiscal deficit touches 4.3% of GDP in FY16: SBI Research

[I]  Donald Trump revamps US trade focus by pulling out of Pacific deal

 

MARKETS (7.30am)

[I]  SGX NIFTY Fut: 8430;  USDINR DGCX: 68.1375;  DJIA Mini Fut: 19738;  FTSE 100 Fut: 7109;  NIKKEI 225 Fut: 18875;  EUR-USD: 1.0757; Crude Oil (WTI): 52.98;  Gold (Spot): 1217

 

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