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China to Impose Quota on Local Government Debt Amid Risks
October 2nd, 2014
China announced plans to cap the amount of debt local governments can take on and ban them from additional borrowing through financing vehicles as authorities step up efforts to control risks to the financial system. All borrowing by provinces ...
China Manufacturing Rebounds
September 23rd, 2014
A Chinese manufacturing gauge unexpectedly increased this month, suggesting export demand is helping the economy withstand a property slump. The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics was at 50.5, matching the highest estimates in ...
Caution dominates Asia bourses ahead of ECB meeting
September 4th, 2014
Asian bourses retreated from multi-month highs in a mixed session as investors took a cautious stance ahead of a keenly anticipated monetary policy update from the European Central Bank. Coming off a seven-month high, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Average fell ...
China Seen Taking Steps to Aid Growth After Credit Plunge
August 14th, 2014
China’s plunge in credit expansion last month and unexpected slowdown in investment spending flashed warnings on growth that investors and economists bet will spur policy makers to expand stimulus. Barclays is forecasting two second-half interest-rate cuts, while Australia & ...
China loosens monetary policy
August 11th, 2014
China loosened monetary conditions last quarter at the fastest pace in almost two years, a Bloomberg LP gauge showed, testing the waning effectiveness of credit in supporting economic growth. Bloomberg’s new China Monetary Conditions Index — a weighted average ...
The Global Economy’s Groundhog Day
August 8th, 2014
In the movie “Groundhog Day,” a television weatherman, played by Bill Murray, awakes every morning at 6:00 to relive the same day. A similar sense of déjà vu has pervaded economic forecasting since the global economic crisis began a ...
Aussie Tumbles as Jobless Surge Revives Rate-Cut Bets; Yen Falls
August 7th, 2014
Australia’s dollar fell by the most in a month as traders revived bets on central bank interest-rate cuts after the unemployment rate jumped to the highest level since 2002. The Aussie weakened at least 0.5 percent versus all of ...
European Shares Swing Amid Earnings as Euro, Oil Retreat
July 31st, 2014
Europe’s benchmark equity index fluctuated amid mixed earnings, while the euro traded near a nine month low versus the dollar. Banco Espirito Santo SA shares were suspended after it said it will need to raise funds while emerging-market stocks ...
Asian Equities Extend Six Year High
July 30th, 2014
Asian stocks rose for a fourth day, with the regional benchmark index extending a six-year high, before the Federal Reserve updates markets on monetary policy today and as the U.S. and European Union strengthened sanctions against Russia. Honda Motor ...
After the Dollar
July 28th, 2014
It is symbolic that the recent BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, took place exactly seven decades after the Bretton Woods Conference that created the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The upshot of the BRICS meeting was the ...
