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The consensus about the consensus
CHINA FINANCIAL · In Brief · 30 Jul 2015

I don’t know if this is indeed what triggered the selling, but on Thursday, July 23, following a string of uninterrupted up days, the market closed at a new recent high of 4,124, after which it dropped sharply every day for the next three days to close down by just over 11%, at 3,663. This is exa...

Long stocks = short synthetic put?
CHINA FINANCIAL · In Brief · 30 Jul 2015

My worry was that as the index approached 4,100 or higher, the threat of intense selling by capital-tight brokers at 4,500 meant that anyone buying shares was implicitly giving away a free call at 4,500, and the higher prices went, the less upside there was and the more downside. Remember that if...

But is there a speed bump?
CHINA FINANCIAL · In Brief · 30 Jul 2015

There was one measure about which there is some disagreement as to its size and its importance, but this might be more than counterbalanced by the very simple and clear signal it gives. Sorry for repeating my earlier messages, but here is what I wrote back then: "I realize this is very abstract, ...

The power of Beijing's "brute force"
CHINA FINANCIAL · In Brief · 30 Jul 2015

Three weeks ago Beijing managed to stop the panic with the use of what I called “brute force”, by which I meant that there was never likely to be much impact from interest rate moves, regulatory changes, margin relaxation, and so on. This is because there had been such a remarkable convergence am...

Back to Orthodoxy, Timidly, Obscurely
TURKEY · Report · 30 Jul 2015

The CBRT Governor Erdem Basci presented the third Inflation Report of the year today.There were no significant revisions to inflation forecasts with the (midpoint) of end-2015 forecast revised up by 0.1 pp to 6.9% (from 6.8% earlier), and the end-2016 forecast kept unchanged at 5.5% as before. Go...

Turn back to the center?
CHILE · Report · 30 Jul 2015

Executive summary The recently appointed Minister of Finance, Rodrigo Valdés, rang the alarm: the fiscal situation is not as good as we may think. Fiscal discipline is in Valdés´s DNA. He convinced most relevant actors that there is not enough money to push the reforms as fast as previously ex...

Bubble Burst, the Chinese Way
CHINA · Report · 29 Jul 2015

Executive Summary Though growth is still low, we expect it to pick up H2, driven by several positive factors. GDP grew 7% y/y in Q2, flat on Q1. Industrial output in Q2 was up 6.3% y/y, virtually flat on Q1. But output was up 6.8% y/y in June, its highest level this year, and up 1.2 pps fro...

Economics: Programs Fail to Avert Poverty Rise
MEXICO · Report · 29 Jul 2015

Executive Summary Last week the National Council for the Evaluation of Public Policy (Coneval) released new poverty data for Mexico based on information contained in the National Statistics Office’s National Survey of Household Income and Spending for 2014 (ENIGH 2014), which we analyzed in last ...

​Chief Prosecutor initiates investigation into HDP
TURKEY · In Brief · 28 Jul 2015

After Erdogan accused the pro-Kurdish rights party HDP of being the accomplice of PKK and reiterated that the Kurdish Peace is over, Turkey’s Chief Prosecutor didn’t waste time leaking it to the press that his office began collecting evidence with a view on pressing charges against HDP for aiding...

Politics: Death Knell of CNTE Power in Oaxaca
MEXICO · Report · 28 Jul 2015

Executive Summary Last week Oaxacan state officials announced they were eliminating the Oaxaca State Public Education Institute (IEEPO) and creating a new body to manage public education. This is a major blow to the power of Local 22 of the National Teachers Union (SNTE), until now the strongest ...

Default Evaded; Progress in Sight
UKRAINE · Report · 28 Jul 2015

Executive Summary The Ministry of Finance paid a $120 million coupon on its Eurobond on July 24th, which postponed feared default and reduced chances of a moratorium on debt repayment. The story is still long from over, and the Ministry of Finance will continue negotiating with creditors through ...

The Falling Credibility of Economic Policy Execution
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 27 Jul 2015

Executive Summary Because of the declining tax revenue caused by the recession and the only partial approval by Congress of the proposed spending cuts, it was evident for some time that the primary surplus target of 1.1% of GDP for 2015 would not be met. But there was belief in a moderate redu...

Week of July 27
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 27 Jul 2015

President Dilma Rousseff will try to reverse her popularity losses. She will launch the Dialogue Brazil website, a digital platform to connect citizens with the government. She will also meet with governors on Thursday, July 30. In Brasília, the Central Bank sets the benchmark interest rate, and ...

Playing Monetary Hawk and Dove Games at the Economy’s Peril
SOUTH AFRICA · Report · 27 Jul 2015

On July 23, 2015, the monetary authority of South Africa voted to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points. Such a move can be construed as a confirmation that the South African Reserve Bank has kept to its long-held assertion that it had embarked on an interest rate hiking cycle. Apparently, th...

The Disastrous Loosening of Fiscal Policy
BRAZIL ECONOMICS · Report · 27 Jul 2015

Last week, the finance and planning ministers announced that the primary surplus target for 2015 has been reduced from 1.1% to 0.15% of GDP. The targets for 2016 and 2017, which were previously set at at least 2% of GDP, have also been lowered, to 0.7% and 1.3% of GDP, respectively. None of these...

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