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Macro Economic News 04 Jan 2018

 

FINANCIAL TIMES

[I]  Investor relief at smooth launch of Mifid II reforms

[I]  Brazil car export rise driven by Latin America growth

[I]  More than half Norway’s new car sales electric or hybrid

[I]  Trump nuclear rhetoric threatens to end thaw between Koreas

[I]  Iranian general claims anti-regime protests have ended in failure

[I]  Ethiopia to release all political prisoners

[I]  German economic boom puts record numbers into work

[I]  France gears up for big privatisation drive

 

REUTERS

[I]  India calls off deal for Israeli anti-tank missiles

[I]  China's services sector growth at more than three year-high in December: Caixin PMI

[I]  Japan December final manufacturing PMI highest since Feb 2014

[I]  Tony Blair warns British voters: time is running out to stop Brexit folly

[I]  U.S. factory, construction data brighten economic outlook

[I]  China set to top Japan as world's biggest natural gas importer

 

BLOOMBERG 

[I]  Five-Year Brexit Transition Funding to Help U.K. Farmers Adjust

[I]  Tories Don't Want Second Brexit Vote, But Everyone Else Does

[I]  California Bill Seeks Ban on Fossil-Fueled Vehicles by 2040

[I]  Malaysia Faces Higher Rates, Currency Risks and an Election Battle

[I]  China's Growth May Surprise Again This Year

[I]  China's Carbon Market Shows How U.S. Is Falling Behind: Q&A

[I]  Weather Bomb Threatens Boston With Heaviest Snow of the Season

[I]  MiFID Shake-Up Goes Smoothly Even as Trading Volumes Dry Up

[I]  Asia Rises, U.S. Falls on Bloomberg's 2017 Billionaires List

[I]  Japan Investors Fear MiFID Will Stunt Bull Run

[I]  Saudi Crude Sales to China May Have Just Taken a Big Hit

 

BUSINESS LINE

[I]  Big Asean presence on R-Day will have ripple effect on mega trade pact talks

[I]  Telecom policy draft eyes $100-b investment, sees India as global data hub

[I]  India ends $500-m missile deal talks with Israel

[I]  Rising costs, weak demand to hit profits of cement firms

[I]  First strategic divestment will happen in this fiscal year: NITI Aayog

[I]  Aggressive buying of govt bonds to hit PSU banks’ earnings in Dec quarter

[I]  No proposal before Govt to merge PSBs, says Shukla

[I]  There is a selfie economy, and it means business

 

ECONOMIC TIMES

[I]  Govt approves Asia's longest bi-directional tunnel

[I]  India, Russia vow to strengthen strategic ties

[I]  Forget US, you need reskilling to keep your job in India: R Chandrasekhar, Nasscom

[I]  Lens on creditor, customer & lender deals in insolvent companies

[I]  India's GDP growth to slip below 7 per cent this fiscal, say experts

[I]  FM-chaired body to look into stalled Rs 20,000 crore port projects

[I]  Cabinet nod to India, UK pact to improve public transport

[I]  India imposes antidumping duty on 98 products from China

[I]  Budget 2018: Need more agri reforms, says Niti Aayog VC

 

BUSINESS STANDARD

[I]  Electric cars may soon sport green number plates

[I]  Taxman plans to match GST invoices to plug revenue leakage

[I]  Start-up investors are doing fewer deals

[I]  New concession pact to ease port projects

[I]  GDP: Decoding the growth story

[I]  Modi's aim to contain fiscal deficit: Two options exist, both are painful

[I]  Credit grows at over 10% in December

[I]  Banks recapitalisation: Govt to infuse Rs 76 billion into six weak PSBs

[I]  Is there a Rs 1.25-trillion hole in the EPS?

 

MARKETS (07:45 am)

[I]  SGX NIFTY Fut: 10497;  USDINR DGCX: 63.5600;  DJIA Mini: 24888;  FTSE 100 Fut: 7623;  NIKKEI 225 Fut: 23317;  EUR-USD: 1.2016; Crude Oil (WTI): 61.87;  Gold (Spot): 1307

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