ECNS News and Press, iShares MSCI China Small-Cap From 11/15/23

2023-11-15 03:17:00 ET Summary Despite leaving 1-year medium-term lending facility rate at 2.5%, PBoC provided CNY1.45tr in funding, a net CNY600bn more than that which was falling due for rollover. The year-on-year growth rate for retail sales moved from 5.5% to 7.6% YoY, and wel...

2023-11-13 22:40:00 ET Summary Approximately 85% of stocks in the S&P 500 have announced third-quarter results, so far. Revenues have come in just 0.7% better than analysts expected. According to The Wall Street Journal, the S&P 500 is on track to post 3.7% annual thirdqua...

2023-11-12 20:40:00 ET Summary Emerging markets are becoming increasingly pivotal in shaping the global investment landscape. A lot of emerging markets, particularly in this sort of Alt Asia cohort, present incredibly attractive opportunities that are going to be hugely important ...

2023-11-10 08:41:00 ET Summary The impact of slower economic growth balances the impact of an escalation in the Middle East conflict on commodity prices. The US government recently announced an extension of its Foreign Direct Product Rule. This year’s Singles Day in Chi...

2023-11-09 05:59:00 ET Summary Average prices charged for goods and services rose globally at the slowest rate for nearly three years in October. One of the big uncertainties facing the inflation outlook is the impact of changing oil prices, notably in response to geopolitical ris...

2023-11-09 05:37:00 ET Summary Global business activity stalled in October, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys, based on data provided by over 27,000 companies. The headline PMI, covering manufacturing and services across over 40 economies and sponsored by JPMorgan, fell ...

2023-11-09 03:15:00 ET Summary China is not experiencing deflation as most headlines attest. But its pork prices are undoubtedly much lower, good news for all except farmers probably. While negative headlines for Chinese CPI inflation provide the media with a hook to hang a ju...

2023-11-06 22:15:00 ET Summary On November 1, ADP reported that 113,000 private payroll jobs were created in October, which was well below the economists’ consensus expectation of 130,000 jobs. Education and health services led the way with 45,000 new jobs, followed by trad...

2023-11-06 14:05:00 ET Summary Developed market (DM) central banks have signaled high-for-longer policy rates. We stay selective in DM equities and prefer international stocks. U.S. stocks bounced 6% last week as 10-year Treasury yields plummeted on the Fed's pause and slowing wag...

2023-11-03 22:45:00 ET Summary A surprising mid-year budget revision from policymakers in China was recently approved, widening the budget deficit from 3.0% to 3.8%. This occurrence is unusual, as previous revisions mostly resulted from major economic events like earthquakes and f...