29 June 2015



Today’s Issue Cluster: Greece

China – A Shortage of Tools for Betting Against Market
Travel – ‘Asia’s most visited cities need more than Chinese tourists’
TPP – US doesn’t favor deal as much as others


MAJOR DATA POINTS

Japan – May: Industrial Production Slumps; -2.2% from +1.2% / B / AFP

EZ – Jun: Consumer Confidence Unchanged; -5.6 / WSJ *

US – May: NAR pending home sales rise to nine-year high; +0.9%, +10.4% yr / R / B


MARKETS

China – Stocks Are Battered Anew WSJ *

China – Rout bolsters view bull run is over FT / WSJ / NYT * * *

China – Shadow lending crackdown looms over stock market FT *

China – Beijing may see silver lining in ballooning stock market FT * *

China – A Shortage of Tools for Betting Against Market WSJ *


ECONOMICS

China – Deflation flatters GDP figures FT * *

China – Rural ghost towns are on the rise N *

China – Plan for Local Debt Amounts to a Bailout WSJ *


POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY

Greece – Tsipras gambles political future on bailout referendum FT / WSJ / NYT

Greece – Banks Will Not Open Monday WSJ / FT / NYT / B

Greece – Fragile Banks Leave Tsipras Few Options WSJ / FT *

Greece – Wave of contagion expected after ‘Grexit’ chances rise R / WSJ / WSJ *

Greece – Capital outflows, then and now ft *

Greece – Bucking upward trend of the other peripheries / b *

Greece – Full Default Would Be 4x All Previous Defaults Combined cfr *

Puerto Rico – Governor Says Debts Are ‘Not Payable’ NYT / WSJ *


MONETARY POLICY

PBOC – Cuts benchmark interest rates FT / WSJ / NYT / R / AP / B *

PBOC – Rate Cut Hacks a Perilous Path WSJ / WSJ * *

PBOC – Easing Makes It Cheaper to Raise Cash at Home WSJ *


FINANCE

China – Moves to scrap long-held loan-to-deposit cap FT / WSJ * *


REAL ESTATE

Australia – Housing prices going through the roof N *

Australia – Property Lending Sparking Fears of Banking Crisis WSJ *


LABOR & EDUCATION

China – Seeks productivity salvation in robots FT / CD * * * *


SERVICES

Travel – ‘Asia’s most visited cities need more than Chinese tourists’ R *

Travel – Chinese tourism boom growing N *


MANUFACTURING

Textiles – US Asks Vietnam to Cut Out Chinese Supply WSJ *

Textiles – How a US Maker Came to Embrace Free Trade WSJ * *

Textiles – The Weakening Of Chic: Basic Apparel Makers Rally IBD


TECH



TRADE & TRANSPORTATION

TPP – Progress in Japan shakes up sake and crackers FT

TPP – Why everyone is so keen to agree new trade deals e * *

TPP – US doesn’t favor deal as much as others q *

TTIP – ‘Nein Danke’ – smaller German firms see threat R


COMMODITIES



ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT



HEALTH



ENDNOTE

Shape of Australia reddit *


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