September, 2022

• 8 September

  Bank of Canada seen nailing soft landing despite early wobble

  

    Bloomberg The Bank of Canada is expected to pull off a coveted soft landing, bringing soaring inflation back to near its 2% target without tipping the nation’s economy into a major downturn. A wide-ranging Bloomberg survey of 21 economists on Bank of Canada policy found that the central bank took a credibility hit with a late response to inflation. …

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• 8 September

  Philippine central bank open to more rate hikes

  

  Bloomberg Philippine central bank Governor Felipe Medalla signaled readiness for as many as three more quarter-point increases to interest rates, depending on the pace of the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. In a scenario where the Fed increases rates by 75 basis points and delivers one more hike after that, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will probably be doing not more than …

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• 8 September

  MUFG plans to sell $600m of Marelli debt to Deutsche Bank

  

  Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. plans to sell about 86 billion yen ($608 million) worth of Marelli Holdings Co. loans to Deutsche Bank AG, as the auto-parts supplier undergoes a court-led rehabilitation. The Japanese bank has already written off most of the amount, and is seeking to recover income by selling the debt. The bank is seeking to complete …

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• 8 September

  HSBC trimming China debt team in Hong Kong

    Bloomberg HSBC Holdings is trimming the number of bankers focused on Chinese debt issuance amid a slump in bond deals from the world’s second-largest economy. Two vice presidents, who covered China debt markets, are leaving the firm, according to people familiar with the matter. With that the Hong Kong-based team covering Greater China debt capital markets will shrink to …

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• 8 September

  Crypto.com transfers $7.2m to woman instead of $67.15

    Bloomberg Crypto.com, the digital currency app that was fronted by Matt Damon in a Super Bowl TV ad, is seeking the return of about A$10.5 million ($7.2 million) it accidentally transferred to a woman in Melbourne. But some of it has already been spent, including on a A$1.35 million five-bedroom property in suburban Melbourne. The firm discovered during an …

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• 8 September

  Asia stocks sink to lowest since May 2020 on strong dollar pain

  

  Bloomberg A fresh sell-off hit Asian equities on Wednesday as concerns over a stronger dollar and rising global interest rates added to pressure on capital flows. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped as much as 1.8% to its lowest since May 2020 as most sectors were in the red. Tech shares led declines, given the sector’s sensitivity to higher borrowing …

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• 8 September

  Stocks yet to make ‘decisive’ low, warn Goldman strategists

  

  Bloomberg Global stocks are on pace for their worst run since the European debt crisis a decade ago and Goldman Sachs group Inc strategists are among those warning that more selling is possible. The MSCI All Country World Index is falling for a ninth day Wednesday, the longest losing stretch since 2011 — a period when the burden of public …

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• 7 September

  Bankruptcy risk higher for Europe’s airlines this winter

  

    Bloomberg Europe’s weaker airlines face a heightened risk of collapse this winter as nations that rescued carriers during the Covid-19 crisis focus support elsewhere amid rising inflation, according to analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein. While the pandemic brought few airline failures in the region amid a deluge of aid payments, carriers now face a squeeze from higher fuel and …

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• 7 September

  Amazon grapples with more labour strife, this time in Japan

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc., which is struggling to quell workplace movements from the US to Europe, faces a growing union effort in Asia’s second largest economy. A group of 15 subcontracted drivers in the southwestern city of Nagasaki is protesting the long hours and excessive number of deliveries in the absence of overtime pay. They blamed Amazon’s vaunted artificial intelligence algorithms …

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• 7 September

  South Africa’s airport shuts runway after a grass fire

    Bloomberg Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport was forced to close one of its runways after dry grass caught fire and “spilled over from the adjacent community within the airport precinct,” it said via Twitter. Fire and rescue teams are onsite to extinguish the blaze, according to OR Tambo, which is the busiest airport in Africa. The runway that has …

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