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China will ramp up infra spending in 2020: JPMorgan

Bloomberg China’s fiscal stimulus is shifting back to a focus on infrastructure investment, away from the approach of cutting taxes for businesses the government favored in previous years, according to economists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. “We expect no major further tax cuts in 2020, though the effect of tax cuts will linger into this year,” JPMorgan economists including Zhu …

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Earnings are set to drop again, investors seem fine with that

Bloomberg Corporate profits likely dropped for a second straight quarter at the end of 2019, dragging down annual earnings growth to the smallest in three years. A lot of investors are fine with that. Put it down to the nature of the stock market, where returns tend to anticipate changes in earnings growth. As the S&P 500 notches records, investors …

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Top forecaster sees rupee likely to beat baht, ringgit this year

Bloomberg India’s rupee will likely beat most Asian peers this year, according to Rabobank, in contrast with other top forecasters who expect the currency to continue trailing. The worst of the country’s economic slowdown has passed and the authorities are unlikely to use currency depreciation as a measure to revive growth, said Hugo Erken, head of international economics at the …

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