FLAU News and Press, Franklin FTSE Australia From 10/18/22

Summary Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) power sector will peak in 2029 in the current forecast. In September 2021, the Indian central regulator published the draft deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) regulations, which propos...

Summary The release of the Australia flash PMI on the 24th of October will be eagerly awaited after recent PMI survey data, compiled by S&P Global, signalled that inflationary pressures remained a major risk to the health of Australia's private sector economy. Record rates of ...

Summary Both the Empire Manufacturing Survey and Philly Fed business outlook are expected to remain in contraction territory. Earnings season heats up as we hear from Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, and Tesla. Japan may need to intervene in the FX market again as the ...

Summary The Fed is primarily concerned with what is happening with inflation. This earnings season will likely be filled with hiring freezes/layoff announcements, cost-cutting saving measures, and mostly downbeat outlooks. The West is working towards fresh sanctions and potent...

Summary Equity market volatility persisted in the third quarter as investors came to terms with a new reality of high inflation and rising interest rates. For most of this year, equity markets have violently traded on this unholy trinity of rising inflation, rate hikes and growth ...

Summary Investors will have a handful of key economic releases to follow this week. The key economic release for the week is the September nonfarm payroll report. Unemployment is expected to remain steady at 3.7%. US It remains all about the Fed as it continu...

Summary The growing global commitment to the transformation of the economy to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 is intensifying demand for critical minerals. A supply-demand gap is likely to open up, leaving businesses and governments scrambling to close it to achieve climate goals. ...

Summary We believe it is unlikely that Fed Chair Jerome Powell will navigate a pivot to a less-hawkish stance before early in 2023. We expect China to grow at a meager 2%-3% pace in 2022, with the potential for these risks to bleed into 2023, as a slowing developed-market consumer...

Summary In August 2022, Santos took Final Investment Decision for the DPD project which will now see future Barossa gas being sent straight to the onshore Darwin LNG plant. Prior to the DPD plans, the planned Barossa gas export pipeline was to tie into the existing Bayu-Undan GEP ...

Summary The FOMC may consider a full-point rate hike but will likely settle on delivering its third consecutive 75 basis-point increase. The BoE will meet on Thursday and it has a big decision to make. The FX world is closely watching everything out of Japan. US ...