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09 Jan 2020
Macro Economic News 09 Jan 2020
U.S., Iran
both appear to signal desire to avoid further conflict and they back from the
brink of war at least for now although global airlines reroute flights amid tensions.
Banks face the prospect of having to navigate different sets of rules for
hundreds of billions of dollars in annual lending to lower-income borrowers if
top U.S. regulators can’t settle a fight over competing plans for the industry.
Fed economist sees long-term rates near zero in mild downturn, while U.S. consumer
borrowing cools on drop in credit-card balances. The nonfarm private sector in
the U.S. added 202,000 jobs in December, topping economists’ expectations, with
most of the growth at medium- and small-sized businesses. A debate is heating
up over whether businesses should pay up when they replace human workers with
machines. Argentina central bank seeks to cut rates and slow inflation. World
Bank trims 2020 growth forecast amid slow recovery for trade, investment and pegs
India’s growth at 5%. India’s economy hasn’t been this bad in 42 years when
measured on nominal GDP with the current fiscal year’s 7.5% growth the worst
since 1978 - substantially lower than the 12% expansion the government had
penciled in when projecting taxes. A cut in commodity transaction tax (CTT),
dividend distribution tax (DDT) and rationalisation of difference between
short-term capital gains tax (STCG) and long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) are
likely to be part of Govt. budget. Economists prefer capex route to alleviate
demand amid economic slowdown. India plans to amend proposed rules for policing
digital content so the toughest measures apply only to big social media firms.
MARKETS (07:30
am)
[I] SGX NIFTY Fut: 12174; USDINR DGCX: 71.5775; DJIA Mini: 28792; FTSE 100 Fut: 7534; NIKKEI 225 Fut: 23645; EUR-USD: 1.1117; Crude Oil (WTI): 60.17; Gold (Spot): 1560
09 Jan 2020
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