MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 31 Jan 2017

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Backlash from big business grows over Trump upheaval

[I]  Sleepy Saudi sovereign wealth fund wakes up

[I]  Trump era causes bewilderment over policy action

[I]  Trump travel ban throws status of many into doubt

[I]  Watchdog urges creation of EU toxic loans bank

[I]  Abenomics mastermind calls for another fiscal push

[I]  Asia borrowing binge hits record high in January

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Emerging Markets Drop as Trump Travel Ban Curbs Risk Appetite

[I]  CEOs Face Uneasy Test of Doing Business Under Trump

[I]  U.K. Says It Has Won an Exemption From U.S. Travel Ban

[I]  There's a Huge Gap Between American Economic Hopes and Reality

[I]  Trump’s Next Immigration Move to Hit Closer to Home for Tech

[I]  Airlines Scramble to Adjust to Trump’s New World

[I]  Abe Pushes Back After Trump Attacks Japan Car Sales as ‘Unfair’

[I]  India's Got a Reputation Problem

[I]  Foreign Workers in Japan Surpass 1 Million for First Time

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Where are the jobs? Congress report asks Prime Minister

[I]  Reserve Bank removes cap on withdrawals from current a/cs

[I]  Budget may give pointers on change in fiscal year

[I]  Social sector ranks high on rhetoric, low on Budget priority

[I]  Farm sector looks to Jaitley for relief

[I]  Trade unions flay move to privatise heritage trains

[I]  Financial conditions to deteriorate in fourth quarter, finds CII-IBA survey

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  Currency in circulation 45% short of pre-demonetisation levels

[I]  Trumponomics: Rupee better placed than other EM currencies

[I]  India can be fantastic partner of the US: Corporate leaders

[I]  CFO optimism on business environment hits six-quarter low: Report

[I]  Budget 2017: States may get sops for adopting centre's agricultural reforms

[I]  Budget 2017: Government may hike agri-credit target to Rs 10 lakh crore

[I]  Budget 2017: Privatise 100 PSUs, develop 50 stations via PPP by 2017-end, says CII

[I]  Next edition of consolidated FDI policy to come out soon

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  India Inc's CSR spending up 22% in FY16 at Rs 8,300 cr: Study

[I]  Red ink in e-tail story as growth dips 15-fold

[I]  Farmer bodies want income guarantee

[I]  Centre confident of building 4.4 mn new houses in rural areas by Dec 2017

[I]  Ease of doing business: Labour reforms remain just an intention

[I]  I-T begins action under Benami Act; attaches 42 assets worth crores

[I]  Lack of clarity in I-T law a concern: Deepak Parekh

 

MARKETS (7.35am)

[I]  SGX NIFTY Fut: 8637;  USDINR DGCX: 68.0400;  DJIA Mini Fut: 19883;  FTSE 100 Fut: 7066;  NIKKEI 225 Fut: 19157;  EUR-USD: 1.0735; Crude Oil (WTI): 52.49;  Gold (Spot): 1198

 

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