MACRO ECONOMIC NEWS

Macro Economic News 31 Oct 2017

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Chinese universities race to embrace Xi Jinping’s theories

[I]  US groups unveil merger plans valued at $22bn

[I]  Eurozone economic confidence surges to highest level since 2001

[I]  Britain records biggest rise in EU gender pay gap

[I]  Beijing warns US against trying to contain China’s rise

[I]  China’s tech titans set sights on car innovation

[I]  Australia counts the cost of broadband blunders

 

REUTERS

[I]  Dollar dips vs. yen as risk sentiment wobbles, focus turns to BOJ

[I]  Fake news hurts trust in media, mainstream outlets fare better: poll

[I]  China Oct. official factory PMI falls more than expected to 51.6

[I]  BOJ set to hold fire; focus on dissenter's stimulus preference

[I]  Japan industrial output falls less than expected, spending disappoints

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  British Consumers Are Still Spending Money on Credit

[I]  Singapore Is Finding It Harder to Grow, Literally

[I]  Conventional View of China's Problems Is Wrong, Economist Says

[I]  There Are Things China Pessimists Just Can’t See

[I]  Japan Industrial Output Forecast to Rebound After Sept. Drop

[I]  Homes Are Getting Snapped Up at the Fastest Pace in 30 Years

[I]  Singapore Unveils Plan to Create 4,000 Finance Sector Jobs

[I]  Goldman Sees Korea M&A Boom Continuing After 60% Gain This Year

[I]  Chinese Analysts Fleeing MiFID Are Returning Home

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Rail link to Kashmir closer to reality now

[I]  Govt won’t switch to new fiscal cycle any time soon

[I]  P-E players back in retail real estate; investment inflow at $724 m up to Sept

[I]  India accounts for 10% of Russian arms agency’s foreign contracts

[I]  Low delinquencies, steady growth in retail loans

[I]  Average loan ticket size falls for the first time in many years

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  SC lets I-T dept dig up old cases, many taxpayers could be soon in for a rude shock

[I]  Q2 GDP likely to recover to 6%: SBI Research

[I]  Jobless growth is for real, says rating agency Care

[I]  Nitin Gadkari invites UAE investors for infra development

[I]  Decentralise GST implementation, says Bimal Jalan

[I]  Government ups ante on linking Aadhaar to bank accounts

[I]  Govt looks to reform financial planning of PSUs

[I]  Big jump likely in ranking for India in ease of doing business

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Aadhaar-demat account linking: Sebi's diktat spooks overseas investors

[I]  GST collections in line with projections, no shortfall: CBEC chief

[I]  Mineral output rose 9.4% in August

[I]  Look back at ease of doing biz: Why India means business this year

[I]  E-tailers' global warehouses may come under tax net

[I]  Govt to set up alternative mechanism to fast track PSBs merger

[I]  Technology firms must do more on extremism: World Economic Forum

 

MARKETS (07:45 am)

[I]  SGX NIFTY Fut: 10390;  USDINR DGCX: 65.0825;  DJIA Mini: 23297;  FTSE 100 Fut: 7454;  NIKKEI 225 Fut: 21944;  EUR-USD: 1.1638; Crude Oil (WTI): 54.06;  Gold (Spot): 1276

 

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