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February 1, 2022
ASIA: Japan’s manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in nearly eight years in January on stronger output and new orders, while cost pressures stayed elevated as firms continued to face supply chain delays. The final au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in January rose to 55.4 on a seasonally adjusted basis, […]
January 31, 2022
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 284.64 points or 1.07% to 27,001.98 Shanghai closed Hang Seng increased 252.18 points or 1.07% to 23,802.26 ASX 200 decreased 16.50 points or -0.24% to 6,971.60 Kospi closed SENSEX increased 813.94 points or 1.42% to 58,014.17 Nifty50 increased 237.90 points […]
January 28, 2022
ASIA: India’s economic momentum remained stable in December even as the first signs of slowing output growth appeared across some industries. Activity in India’s dominant services sector expanded for the fifth month, and manufacturing for the sixth, although growth in new work and production lost some momentum, according to IHS Markit. While the composite index slipped to 56.4 […]
January 27, 2022
ASIA: China’s central bank cut its benchmark lending rates again on Thursday amid concerns about an economic slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. The People’s Bank of China reduced the one-year loan prime rate by 10 basis points from 3.8% to 3.7%. In December, the PBOC cut the one-year loan prime rate for the first […]
January 26, 2022
ASIA: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its FY22 gross domestic growth product (GDP) forecast for India to 9 percent from 9.5 percent predicted in October, citing disruptions due to the Omicron wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the multilateral agency raised the country’s GDP projection for FY23 to 9 percent from 8.5 percent […]
January 21, 2022
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 250.67 points or -0.90% to 27,522.26 Shanghai decreased 32.49 points or -0.91% to 3,522.57 Hang Seng increased 13.20 points or 0.05% to 24,965.55 ASX 200 decreased 166.60 points or -2.27% to 7,175.80 Kospi decreased 28.39 points or -0.99% to 2,834.29 […]
January 21, 2022
China has asked the Fed to please not raise rates. This has confused many to wonder when China would be asking the Fed not to raise rates. The real reason is the crisis we have in emerging markets and the Sovereign Debt Crisis. Emerging Markets are one of the main victims of tightening US monetary […]
January 20, 2022
The most conservative assessments have been that Putin could be in Paris in less than 30 days. Europe has been more concerned about steering money from defense to Marxist socialism. The net result is that Europe is not really prepared for a conventional war with Russia. On top of that, this COVID nonsense which has […]
January 20, 2022
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 305.70 points or 1.11% to 27,772.93 Shanghai decreased 3.12 points or -0.09% to 3,555.06 Hang Seng increased 824.50 points or 3.42% to 24,952.35 ASX 200 increased 9.90 points or 0.14% to 7,342.40 Kospi increased 20.40 points or 0.72% to 2,862.68 […]
January 19, 2022
ASIA: The Bank of Japan has shifted its view on inflation risk for the first time since 2014, driving the yen lower as a nation that has battled deflation for decades faces the mounting pressure of price rises in food and energy. Despite the historic change of view, the BoJ made no change to its […]