Today’s Issue Cluster: China Economy
Germany – Jul: ZEW Economic Sentiment Fell; -6.8 from 19.2 / FT
US – Jun: Housing starts rebound; +4.8%, -2.0% yr / WSJ / R
China – Growing at only half of official estimates: SMI survey R
China – Proves Doubters Wrong For Now as Credit Boom Stokes Growth B * *
China – The reversion to state-led growth is unsustainable FT *
China – GDP Sends Troubling Signal on Economic Reform WSJ
China – Growth Dims Stimulus Expectations B *
China – Zombie Companies Stay Alive Despite Defaults WSJ *
China – Credit Suisse: Growth to Explode Again in 2017 / t *
China – Sea Claim Has No Legal Basis, Court Says WSJ / FT / B *
China – Convicts Almost Everyone It Accuses WSJ *
PBOC – China’s Latest Plan for Market Control Involves Bank WSJ *
China – Banks’ $24t rollover risk B * *
China – Sale of rural land remains illegal FT *
China – Breakneck Development Brings Flooding in Its Wake WSJ *
Media – China’s Influence on Hollywood Grows WSJ *
Media – China’s Hunger for Entertainment Spurs Deals Abroad WSJ *
Media – As economy cools, Chinese box-office sales have slowed WSJ *
Robots – China could be the world’s leading market B * *
Streaming – Netflix Reports Sharp Slowdown in User Growth WSJ / NYT / R / WSJ *
Streaming – Netflix Price Hike Rankles Some Viewers / B *
Streaming – Now Isn’t the Time to Binge / WSJ *
Auto – The Chinese do not want to pay more for driving them E *
NatGas – US exports to the Middle East FT
NatGas – First LNG Tanker Through New Panama Canal Will Carry US Gas B *
41% of 550 coups between 1946 and 2015 were successful vocativ *
