ECNS News and Press, iShares MSCI China Small-Cap From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 22:50:00 ET Summary The Sovereign Debt Wave is at a historic peak and appears set to continue growing. With higher inflation and reduced liquidity, some countries will be able to continue to issue debt easily, while some will not. Franklin Templeton Institute’...

2023-07-18 09:35:00 ET Summary The Consumer Price Index rose just 0.2% in June - and only 3% in the past 12 months - very close to the Fed’s 2% goal. Producer Price Index provided even better news, as it rose only 0.1% in June, the slowest rate in almost three years. Treasu...

2023-07-17 19:47:00 ET Summary The worldwide Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence indicated a sixteenth monthly fall in export orders for goods and services at the end of the second quarter. In May, the seasonally adjusted PMI New...

2023-07-17 13:50:00 ET Summary While the market is focused on reported inflation, consumers are not. The current large-cap, growth leadership is unlikely to lead competitive investors much longer. We have been in a “bear market” with rallies for almost 2 years. T...

2023-07-14 21:14:00 ET Summary On Monday, the US ISM manufacturing report will show activity is slowing down, with the headline reading expected to fall back into contraction territory. The Russian central bank is expected to hike the key rate by 50 basis points on Friday, taking ...

2023-07-12 21:25:00 ET Summary Emerging markets have been adopting new technologies, which solve existing challenges, raise productivity and reflect changing consumption patterns. During the first half of 2023, 72% of the gains and six out of the 10 largest contributors to the gai...

2023-07-12 08:30:00 ET Summary Stubborn core inflation remains the key concern for the Federal Reserve. Unfortunately, relatively strong wage growth exacerbates that concern. We would not be surprised to see more monetary stimulus and some targeted fiscal stimulus in China, which ...

2023-07-11 01:55:00 ET Summary The global economy continued to expand in June, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys, based on data provided by over 27,000 companies. The latest PMI indicates that the global economy has grown for five successive months, with this renewed exp...

2023-07-07 22:32:00 ET Summary The monthly core reading is expected to rise 0.3%, while the year-over-year reading softens to 5.0%. Better data seems to be appearing everywhere but the UK at the moment and BoE policymakers will be hoping the jobs data brings some overdue good news...

2023-07-07 09:00:00 ET Summary Putting the latest PMI data into perspective, the current readings suggest global consumer price inflation will continue to cool from the estimated 5.3% annual rate seen in May. The stickiness of inflation is stemming from the service sector. In ...