A Macro View of Recent Market Volatility
By Michael Hasenstab and Sonal Desai via Caixin | China’s devaluation of the yuan has prompted worries, but these are overblown regarding both China and other markets.
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Refugees, War and Our Future
By Veena Trehan | The refugee crisis is an opportunity to support the stateless and set up the necessary infrastructure in a world of unprecedented climate challenges. We turn our attention to Europe, compelled by shocking images of refugees’ deaths. To the stories of the stateless having identification numbers written on them and told their trains are headed to safety, rather than camps.
Chinese Stock Market: Blaming a Business Journalist for Market Turmoil Is Misguided
By Nailene Chou Wiest via Caixin | When the authorities scapegoat a journalist because he wrote a story without official permission, they scare anyone who wants to perform policy-related reporting.
Spanish CPI goes back to negative numbers
Cheaper oil and electricity pushed prices down by 0.3% in August compared to the previous month. In year-on-year terms, prices dropped by 5 basis points or 0.4%.
It Is Time to Redraw the World’s Economic Map
By Peter Lundgreen via Caixin | The turmoil on world financial markets has more to do with global changes that need to be noted than recent volatility in China’s stock exchange.
Economic growth continues but slows in Q3
BBVA Research maintains its assessment on the recovery of activity in 2015, with expected growth of 3.2%, slowing to 2.7% in 2016.
Greek elections watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest
By Damian Mac Con Uladh via MacroPolis | Greece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September.
German Bonds Lose Their Appeal
Investors seem to be leaving aside the so-called safe haven of German bonds, the European benchmark
Disinflation-felt locally, spread globally
UBS | Monetary policy remains stimulative globally, and labor markets are tightening. Yet, global inflation is low.
Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
By Nick Malkoutzis at Macropolis | Rarely has Greece gone into an election period with so many pieces in flux as it is now. The only thing we know for sure about the 20 September ballot is that we really can’t be sure of much.