MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 12 Apr 2017

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Paris signatories in dispute over financing

[I]  G7 throws lifeline to UN-backed Libyan government

[I]  Syrian regime steps up attacks on rebels

[I]  Investors sell off French debt as leftwinger surges

[I]  Kremlin’s power brokers jostle to succeed Putin

[I]  Trump’s road does not lead to Rome — or to the Pope

[I]  Populism pushback rests on reform in Paris and Rome

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Deeper Capital Markets Hold Key to Asia's $800 Billion Question

[I]  China's Factory Inflation Eases as Commodities Rebound Weakens

[I]  Skyscraper Rents Surge in Sydney, Slump in Shanghai and Singapore

[I]  Trump Transition Team Faces Spending Review at Warren's Urging

[I]  Putin Has Eastern Europe Hearing Trump's Call to Arms

[I]  A Foreign Threat to U.S. Treasuries That Dwarfs Fed's Debt Hoard

[I]  Asian Nations Swimming in Debt at Risk From Fed Rate Hikes

[I]  Marijuana Companies, Soaring in Stock Market, May Tap Bonds Next

[I]  Japanese Yen Strengthens, Breaking Below 110 Per Dollar

[I]  EU Sees ‘Renewed Sense of Urgency’ in Trade Talks With Japan

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Auto-makers stuck with 1. 2 lakh BS-III vehicles worth Rs. 5,000 cr

[I]  For truck firms, slowdown makes it a double whammy

[I]  Govt to release jobs data every quarter: Gowda

[I]  Anti-dumping duty likely on hot, cold rolled steel items

[I]  Exim Bank of India’s credit support to projects in Bangladesh touches $9.46 b

[I]  Highway liquor ban: Hotel industry reviewing legal options

[I]  Centre to buy one lakh tonne potato from UP farmers

[I]  Nabard to raise Rs. 7,000 crore to help fund rural housing

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  Digitisation changing the face of agri sector

[I]  Top global money manager cuts Asia bond holdings as rally in India fades

[I]  No plans to waive farm loans: Government

[I]  After RBI, Nabard says loan waivers a bad idea

[I]  Sugar output in Maharashtra falls to lowest in a decade

[I]  India-UK FTA will mark 26% increase in bilateral trade: Report

[I]  India, Georgia begin free trade agreement talks

[I]  FIEO to engage with traders in North-East to promote exports

[I]  Jharkhand ready to take off in development horizon: World Bank

[I]  Mission to infuse capital in banks not the last step: Arun Jaitley

[I]  Government sets up inter-ministerial panel to monitor UDAN

[I]  70% of all goods and some consumer durables to become cheaper under proposed GST regime

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  NPA policy: Govt to help banks speed up decisions

[I]  Domestic steel companies focus on exports to enhance revenues

[I]  OPEC's war on oil overhang starts to bear fruit

[I]  Mission Indradhanush to infuse capital in banks not the last step: Jaitley

[I]  Exporters raise concerns over a strong rupee eroding margins

[I]  Govt may soon fix food portions in restaurants, hotels

[I]  Banks cutting rates to use liquidity available, says Arun Jaitley

 

MARKETS (7.30 am)

[I]  SGX NIFTY Fut: 9242;  USDINR DGCX: 64.7700;  DJIA Mini Fut: 20559;  FTSE 100 Fut: 7309;  NIKKEI 225 Fut: 18523;  EUR-USD: 1.0610; Crude Oil (WTI): 53.57;  Gold (Spot): 1278

 

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