Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Asia<\/p>\n MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Aug: Output Unexpectedly Slumps; -1.5% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Sep: HSBC Factory PMI Falls From Initial Reading; 50.2 was 50.5 \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Sep: Inflation Falls to Five-Year Low; 0.3% from 0.4% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jul: Case-Shiller Home Price Growth Slows Again; +5.6% from +6.3% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – One-Two Punch Threatens to Hit Economic Growth WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Consumption of Other Country’s Exports \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Signals second tax hike will go ahead FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Abenomics Spurs Record Wealth in Solace for Price Rises B<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Investors in Stocks Still Confident in Abenomics WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n SK – Investors eye long-awaited dividend windfall FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n SK – Unveils Tax Targeting Corporate Cash Hoarders WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Asean – Japan Inc. Goes Deeper Into Southeast Asia WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Singapore – Seeking to Move Up Value Chain wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Sri Lanka – Aims to be hub for pan-Indian Ocean trade N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Philippines – No Longer ‘Sick Man of Asia’ WSJ<\/a> \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Philippines – ‘Strained Infrastructure Erodes Growth Prospects’ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Cambodia – Wave of discontent FT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Myanmar – Phone Service Makes Leap WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Myanmar – Foreign Investors Rethink Enthusiasm of Aviation Sector WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Thailand – Military Rulers Look to Past For Answers on Economy WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Thailand\/Vietnam – Unrest keeps holidaymakers away FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Vietnam – Changes afoot in mobile phone market N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Indonesia – Widodo faces daunting challenges E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Indonesia – Finance minister urges Widodo to fast-track reform FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Indonesia – Looks to retail investors of the future FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HK – Status as Financial Hub Likely a Factor for Beijing WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n HK – Protests Have Real-Estate Companies Worried WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n HK – Protests May Hurt Retailers WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n HK – Banks Hit by Protests WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n BOJ – Room to Run in Next Round of Easing WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Slowdown threatens timetable for financial reform FT<\/a><\/p>\n China – Bad Bank Fails to Turn Good WSJ<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – PBOC Eases Mortgage Lending Rules WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n China – More Cities Relax Mortgage Policy as Property Sales Fall B<\/a> \/ b<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ship – China Gets One-Meter Edge in Race for Biggest Freighter B<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Metals – Aluminum: To be used in Ford’s new Super Duty line of heavier pickup trucks WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ USAT<\/a><\/p>\n Metals – Aluminum: Threatens steel\u2019s dominance of the car industry FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Metals – Aluminum: Smelter restarts seen undermining global deficit outlook R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Metals – Platinum: Prices Skid on Car-Demand Worries WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Metals – Iron: Heads for Record Run of Quarterly Losses as Glut Builds B<\/a><\/p>\n Metals – Iron: Collapse threatens an industry shakeout FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – ‘Paying price for halfhearted courtship of foreign workers’ N<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Demog – Japan: Collapse points to grim future N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Demog – SK: Alarm over prospect of extinction by 2750 FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Demog – SK: Elderly left behind by speed of change FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Where do countries import the most from? am<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Asia MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Aug: Output Unexpectedly Slumps; -1.5% \/ WSJ \/ B \/ FT * China – Sep: HSBC Factory PMI Falls From Initial Reading; 50.2 was 50.5 \/ WSJ \/ AP \/ R \/ B * EZ – Sep: Inflation Falls to Five-Year Low; 0.3% from 0.4% \/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48252"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48275,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48252\/revisions\/48275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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