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Bloomberg: Is the World Economy Sliding Into First Recession Since 2009?
The global economy is wobbling and whether it topples over is the big question in financial markets, executive suites and the corridors of power. Investors cheered Friday as the U.S. struck a partial trade agreement with China and there were even signs the U.K. may strike a divorce deal with the European Union. [Read more...] Bloomberg: Stocks Rise After U.S.-China Trade Talks Progress: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks began the week with gains after signs of progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations, though sentiment was capped as investors voiced skepticism on the accord. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Kim Jong Un May Be Hiding a Hog Apocalypse From the World
By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Trump’s China Handshake Fails to Lift Economic Gloom
The pledges China and the U.S. made to keep prospects alive for a comprehensive trade deal did little to alter the deteriorating growth outlooks for both countries because they were sealed with something economists don’t trust: a handshake. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: China Is Cool on Trump Trade ‘Deal’ Its Economy Still Needs
The official Chinese response to the “phase one” trade deal with the U.S. reached Friday was wary but welcoming, underlining that Beijing has few options but to play along with President Donald Trump if it wants to relieve some of the pressure on its slowing economy. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Trump Has Real Reasons to Fixate Over the Stock Market
No president in modern history has followed the stock market more obsessively as a barometer of success than Donald Trump. You can see it in the dozens of tweets he’s sent referencing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, in the way every record is celebrated while lurches are pinned on the Democrats. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Sees Limited Gains in Yuan Even After Partial Trade Deal
In the absence of a broader deal that rolls back existing tariffs, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says the offshore yuan is unlikely to strengthen much further. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Sterling Investors Approach ‘Point of Maximum Danger’ on Brexit
The pound’s rally could have a lot further to run if a Brexit deal is secured -- and far to fall if talks fail next week. Traders are the most bullish on record for the U.K. currency over the next month after the European Union’s chief negotiator recommended Friday that detailed talks can begin in earnest. [Read more...]
Reuters: Asian shares get trade lift, let down by China data
Asian share markets firmed on Monday as signs of progress in the Sino-U.S. trade standoff whetted risk appetites, though investors remained wary of the damage already done to the global economy. [Read more...]
Reuters: As options narrow on Syria, Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO-ally Turkey. [Read more...]
CNBC: Truce or genuine deal? Analysts question if phase one of US-China trade pact will last
U.S. President Donald Trump has called the phase one trade deal with China “very substantial” — but analysts say it appears to be more of a “temporary truce” than a real deal. [Read more...]
CNBC: China’s Xi warns attempts to divide China will end in ‘shattered bones’
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Sunday that any attempt to divide China will be crushed, as Beijing faces political challenges in months-long protests in Hong Kong and U.S. criticism over its treatment of Muslim minority groups. [Read more...] |
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