Today’s Issue Cluster: China
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US – Aug: Wholesale inventories rise slightly; +0.1% not flat / R
US – Sep: Import prices barely decline; -0.1% not -0.5% / R / WSJ
China – Markets Gain Confidence in Yuan WSJ / WSJ *
China – Launch of renminbi payments system reflects Swift concerns FT * *
China – Foreign Exchange Reserves Drop $43b WSJ *
China – Bonds surge as PBOC eases and funds shift from stocks B *
China – Middle-Class Dreams in Peril WSJ *
China – Could find a ‘new normal’ elusive N *
China – Commodity companies in debt bi * *
China – Here’s relooking at FX reserves ft *
China – Turns to soft power to win tiny Taiwan-held island R *
Fed – Rate Delay Spurred by Worry Over Low Inflation WSJ / FT / B / R / AP / NYT
Gaming – Macau: Slower revenue fall boosts casinos FT / WSJ *
Gaming – Macau: Latest Woe is Embezzlement Allegations WSJ / FT *
Gaming – Xi Changes the Odds WSJ *
Gaming – Macau stocks still face challenging outlooks WSJ *
Rail – China: Pins hopes on trains to put economy back on track FT / N *
Rail – China: Plans to build world’s longest underwater tunnel AFP / CD *
Rail – China: Considering line under Mount Everest G *
Rail – China: CSR, CNR trying to roll over rivals N *
Rail – China: Japan Says Beijing Wins Indonesia Contract WSJ / FT / WSJ / FT *
Rail – China: ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative gathers steam N *
Rail – China: High-speed vision cbr *
Rail – China: Group signs $5.5b in Africa deals FT / FT / CD / WSJ
Rail – China: Mulls high-speed train to US CD
Rail – China’s Ambitions Crash Into Realities in Latin America NYT
Carbon – As China Unveils Cap-and-Trade, Challenges Loom WSJ / FT / E *
Carbon – Surge in China’s ‘green’ car sales hints at climate agenda FT *
All the world’s railroads, mapped wapo *
