Notes You Need for August 11: Rental home portfolios, Amazon India, EuroZone inflation, Inverse VIX, China economic data, rig count
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Overnight the Shanghai Composite Index fell 7% before new circuit breakers halted trading on the exchange. Other global indexes followed Shanghai’s lead–without matching all the volatility seen in Shanghai.
China’s on holiday but the EuroZone announces some news to keep us occupied (and it’s not good)
Growth will be slower than expected, the European Central Bank said. Inflation may turn negative in 2015. And the bank adjusted some of its rules so that it will be able to complete its full 1.1 trillion euro ($1.2 trillion) program of quantitative easing. Stimulus will continue to September 2016 or beyond
More growth worries today from China and the EuroZone
Industrial output falls short in China for November and European banks decide that they don’t want cheap money from the European Central Bank
European Central Bank puts off buying government bonds until 2015
Wait ‘til next year for a big expansion of asset buying that is likely to include big purchases of sovereign debt. That was the message from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi today. Financial markets might have been hoping for more, but this is about as fast as Draghi can move while pulling reluctant members of the bank along with him.
A big Thanksgiving week of market news from outside the United States
Thursday alone brings an OPEC meeting in Vienna and new inflation news (probably bad) from Japan. On Friday economists are forecasting another drop in EuroZone inflation that will put pressure on the European Central Bank head of next week’s meeting
German inflation lags forecasts; odds of ECB move go up
As a preview of EuroZone inflation numbers set for release tomorrow, today’s inflation figure from Germany isn’t good news. German inflation grew by just 1.1% in April. That was up from a 0.9% increase in March, but significantly below the 1.3% projected by economists. The European Central Bank is worried that inflation is dangerously close to turning into deflation.
At 0.5% EuroZone inflation comes in even lower than expected on eve of ECB meeting
Monday’s inflation data from the EuroZone was even worse than expected. The year over year inflation rate fell to 0.5% in March, the lowest level in four years and below the 0.6% rate expected by most economists. The low inflation rate has increased fears that the EuroZone is headed toward deflation
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To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Looks like the European Central Bank is still on track for lower interest rates at March 6 meeting
Mixed data out of Europe today still point to monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank at its March 6 meeting. Consumer inflation climbed at an annual 0.8% rate in January, the fourth straight month below 1%.
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