ECB Clues on QE, RBI Decision, Trade and Tech Battles: Eco Day

06 Jun 2018, 04:14 PM IST

(Bloomberg) -- Good Wednesday morning, Europe. Here’s news from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:

The ECB could tell us as early as June 14 when they’ll likely be drawing down its extraordinary asset-purchase program
Central bank watch. All eyes are on the Reserve Bank of India’s decision today, with a narrow call for a hold in the Bloomberg survey
Southeast Asia is struggling to contain inflation, pulling out all the stops with subsidies, tax incentives and price controls
Trade fight. The U.S. and China are reportedly throwing down demands on exports and ZTE in the latest trade battle drama, but here’s why economists still aren’t that worried yet
That other battle. The bigger U.S.-China war, over technology, is seeing American businesses calling for more of the Chinese way; here are longer-term takes from the U.S. and China perspectives from Bloomberg Economics
Nafta talks. Trump won’t quit Nafta, even if he wants separate trade deals with Canada and Mexico, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says
Growth tally. The World Bank sees global growth gradually slowing through 2020 amid a global tightening cycle and fading U.S. stimulus; meanwhile, South American economies are taking a turn for the worse
U.S. momentum. There are now more job openings than unemployed Americans, and U.S. service industries expanded faster than forecast in May
Two charts. Emerging markets in May saw the biggest outflows in 18 months, and a building boom in the Philippines has added more than half a million jobs in the four months through April

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