Economy Watch

Taiwan rejects China in vote. Hong Kong bank competition heats up. Air travel grows. US jobs growth weak. Canadian jobs growth strong. Australian retail sales better than expected. Gold and bitcoin rise.

Attention turns to US non-farm payrolls. US unemployment rolls surge. Markets up on eason tensions. China CPI stays high on food prices. Australia posts an enormous trade surplus. Gold and bitcoin ease.

Markets assess the Middle East tensions will wane. The NY Fed adds more huge liquidity support. US jobs data positive. The ECB wants fiscal help. Airfreight volumes shrink again. Aussie building consents rise. Gold drops.

Dairy prices rise +2.8%. US services PMI stable. US trade deficit narrows. China won't raise global ag quotas. Canada housing turns up. Aussie consumer confidence slumps, job ads fall. Gold and bitcoin higher.

Equity markets absorbing weird data and politics. Eyes on Fed and its huge liquidity operations.

German data mixed. China reveals size of its tax cut. China to shift household savings to equity markets. Australian drought causing building cracks.

US factories contract sharply. Nine US states facing recession. US vehicle sales fall.

China readies huge liquidity injection. Hong Kong retail slumps. Aussie dairying under extreme pressure.

US consumers & factories start 2020 modestly positive. The NY Fed adds more huge liquidity to banking system. China factories expanding. China cuts its reserve ratio. China offends Indonesia in sea claim. Aussie bush fires wreck their climate commitments.

Equity markets ending in the red. US goods trade deficit falls. US industrial metrics flat to negative. US population stops rising. China gets serious with bond market reforms. China FDI rising. Fires threaten Aussie power system.

China pisses off its neighbours, who are pushing back. China to lower reserve ratio. Global equity markets ending high. Bond yields ending low. EV sales rising from low base. Japan struggling.

US holiday shopping results strong online, mixed elsewhere, returns levels high. US durable goods orders decrease. China invests 3.2% of GDP on transport infrastructure. Australian holiday retail modest amid weak consumer sentiment. Gold jumps.