Today’s Issue Cluster: China Economy
UK – Q3: Economy Slows; +0.5% from +0.7% / WSJ / AP / B *
US – Aug: Case-Shiller home prices rise faster; +5.1% from +4.9% / R / WSJ / B / AP / *
US – Sep: Durable Orders Down; -1.2% from -3.0% / WSJ / R / B *
US – Oct: Markit Flash Composite PMI Down; 54.5 from 55.0 / m *
US – Oct: ConfBd consumer confidence at 5-month low; 97.6 from 102.6 / AP *
Yuan – IMF Said to Give China Strong Signs of Reserve-Currency Nod B *
China – Communist Party is about to set its goals for 2020 E / WSJ / B *
China – Premier says 7% goal never set in stone R / FT
China – ‘To miss growth forecasts without innovation’ FT * *
China – Credibility of official data under scrutiny N * * *
China – Slowing Hard, Just Not Officially r *
China – Deleveraging delayed E *
China – New Economy Stocks Find Success in Middle Class WSJ *
China – Dwindling demand forces manufacturing price cuts FT
China – Pessimism Is Overblown, IMF says wsj
China – ‘Deflationary boom’ in prospect FT
China – Slowdown May Help Solve One of EU’s Problems B
PBOC – Why It’s Not So Easy for China to Ease WSJ *
China – Underground Banks Move Money WSJ *
China – Why are malls closing if consumption is rising? R / R
China – Bid to Prop Up Property Investment Challenged Amid Glut B *
Gaming – Macau: Investors bet on Batman for rescue FT / WSJ / B / AP
Gaming – Reno: Sees Future, and It Isn’t Casinos WSJ *
Gaming – Tribes: Look Beyond Casinos for Income NYT
TPP – China communist party paper says country should join R
TPP – Indonesia “going to join” WSJ / FT / R / AP / NYT / AFP
TPP – Deal is bad for the auto sector, Ford Canada chief says G&M
TPP – Surprising Vote of Confidence in Globalization WSJ *
Gold – Asia Demand Shows Rare Divergence WSJ *
Diamonds – Canada’s once-booming Arctic sector loses luster R *
Diamonds – Inside De Beers’s Hunt in Africa WSJ *
Nuclear – UK: China seeks to build chain of plants FT / NYT
Nuclear – UK: Britain Says It Will Aid Plant FT / NYT
Nuclear – US: TVA Cleared for First Plant in Nearly 20 Years WSJ / AP
Carcinogens – Industry to reject WHO meat ruling FT / WSJ / B / AP / R / B *
Carcinogens – Experts attack claims that bacon is ‘as big a cancer threat as smoking’ DT / CRUK *
World Map in the manner of Piet Mondrian bm *