Today’s Issue Cluster: China
EZ – Q3: Shows Meager Expansion; +0.2% from +0.1% / FT / NYT / WSJ / AP / B / R *
US – Sep: Retail sales point to more spending; +0.3% from -0.3% / B / WSJ / R *
US – Nov: UMich consumer sentiment up; 89.4 from 86.9 / B / R *
US – Sep: Import Prices Drop; -1.3%, -1.8% yr / WSJ *
US – Sep: Business inventories rose; +0.3% from +0.1% / R *
Currencies – Yuan: Hong Kong banks compete for offshore renminbi FT *
Currencies – Yuan: Chinese, Canadian central banks agree to swap R *
Currencies – Yuan: Rise of the renminbi R * * *
China – Slowdown Deepens as Targeted Stimulus Fails to Spur Loans B / FT / b *
China – Slowdown Hits Consumers WSJ / WSJ / WSJ * * *
China – Growth in danger of slowing more sharply FT / WSJ / r / B / AP / FT * *
China – Industrial output, investment and retail sales growth lower / b *
China – Electricity flat lining at +1.9%, cement production crumbles to -1.1% / b *
China – Exports to HK up 24%? b *
China – Regions Show Economies Differ as Slowdown Deepens B
China – Animal Spirits Indicators show slowdown across spectrum / b *
China – Dismal Canton Fair bodes ill for exports N
China – Economic Slowdown Reflected by Multinationals WSJ / R *
China – No Longer Business as Usual NYT / NYT
China – Anti-corruption push may drive wealthy overseas FT
China – ‘Potential Outstripping 1950s Japan Is Reform Prize’ B
China – A Pimco Bet on Debt, Via Credit-Default Swaps WSJ *
China – Opens Door Wider to Foreign Investors WSJ * *
China – Sees Itself at Center of New Asian Order WSJ / NYT / AP / R * * *
China – Takes Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Dealing With Neighbors WSJ * *
China – Studying new Silk Road rail link to Pakistan CD *
China – Bypasses Philippines in Its Proposed ‘Maritime Silk Road’ WSJ *
Asia – The Pacific Age E / E / E * * * * *
HK – Xi slams ‘illegal’ protests FT / WSJ / WSJ *
HK – Economic inequality underpins political divide FT * *
PBOC – Resists calls for sharper stimulus FT / B * * *
China – PBOC Pumps Money to Banking System WSJ
China – Lack of Local Lending Sinks Pakistan Deal WSJ *
China – Internet firms launch financial revolution CD *
China – Banks are offering higher returns / b *
China – Home Buyers Rushing Online to Finance Downpayments B
China – Property Not Dead Yet WSJ *
Drones – Chinese Drone Maker DJI Unveils More Powerful Model WSJ / N
Drones – Cheap Models Made by China’s DJI Are Filling the Skies WSJ *
China – Selling to the next billion FT *
China – Internet Giants Get Online-Travel Bug WSJ *
China/Australia – See Opportunity in Free-Trade Pact WSJ * *
Iron – China’s Push for Clear Skies Hits Market WSJ
Iron – ‘Rhetoric should shift from China demand to oversupply’ r *
Copper – Falls to 4-Week Low on China Worries, Oil-Price Drop WSJ
Copper – China’s hidden hand in the global market r *
HigherEd – Fall in Chinese graduates enrolling in US FT *
HigherEd – US Graduate Schools Rely More on Asia WSJ *
HigherEd – The difference between Indian and Chinese students in the US q * * *
HigherEd – Data in China since 2001 r *
HigherEd – Wider Search for Applicants Crowds Out Local Students WSJ *
Demog – China: Changed One-Child Policy Doesn’t Give Baby Boost WSJ
