As trading days go, Thursday’s session on Wall Street was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad one.
Asia News
The World’s Largest Trade Deal Could be Signed in 2020
After more than six years of negotiations, more than a dozen countries in Asia Pacific are now aiming to sign what would be the world’s largest trade agreement in 2020.
The Trump-Kim Summit in Vietnam has been cut short, no Agreement was Reached
The White House said Thursday that the nuclear summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was cut short and no agreement was reached.
JP Morgan has cut its outlook for oil, predicting that Brent crude prices will average $73 a barrel in 2019
Scott Darling, head of Asia-Pacific oil and gas at JP Morgan told CNBC that the investment bank recently revised its outlook in part due to North American supply ramping up in the second half of next year. JP Morgan expects the price of Brent, the international benchmark for oil, to go toward $64 in 2020.
Trump is Showing He ‘Actually Wants’ a Trade Deal With China, Stanford Expert Says
Trump’s Thursday Twitter post is evidence of that, Lanhee Chen, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, told CNBC on Friday. In fact, he said, the tweet — about a “long and very good conversation” with China’s president — is one of several “smoke signals” that show the White House truly hopes to resolve its ongoing dispute with the world’s second-largest economy.
Breaking News – China Reports Lower Than Expected Manufacturing Growth in October
China reported slower manufacturing growth in October for the second straight month as the country’s trade war dispute with the U.S. continues.
Asia stocks falter; Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo all down more than 2%
Asia markets fell sharply on Thursday morning, with the stock indexes in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo all down more than 3 percent.
Goldman Can’t Rule Out U.S. Naming China a Currency Manipulator
Though China doesn’t meet the three official criteria, the Treasury Department could still accuse the Asian nation if it found that China was manipulating the yuan for trade purposes, Goldman notes. While not the bank’s base case, given that currency matters have played a “central role” in the U.S.-China trade standoff, a formal declaration isn’t unfathomable.
Data on China’s Manufacturing Growth will Likely show Further Slowdown in September
The Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index for China’s manufacturing sector is expected to come in at 50.5 points for September, according to estimates by Reuters. That’s below August’s 50.6 points and the lowest reading since June 2017.