June, 2019

• 8 June

  Walmart to put groceries in the fridge while you’re out

  

  Bloomberg Walmart Inc already sells more food than anyone else. Now it wants to put those groceries right in your fridge. Beginning this fall, about 1 million people in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Vero Beach, Florida, will be able to get cereal and celery while away from home. Walmart staffers — sporting wearable cameras — will arrive in company-owned cars ...

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• 8 June

  Fed watchers say rate cut likely in July

  

  Bloomberg The weak US May jobs report pushes the Federal Reserve closer to cutting interest rates, though maybe not all the way just yet. While a reduction when policy makers meets later this month can’t be ruled out, Fed watchers said their base case is for the central bank to stand pat. But they said the abrupt slowdown in payrolls ...

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• 8 June

  PBOC chief sees ‘tremendous room’ to adjust policy if trade war deepens

  

  Bloomberg China’s central bank governor said there’s “tremendous” room to adjust monetary policy if the trade war deepens, joining counterparts in Europe and the US in displaying readiness to act to support the economy. In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg in Beijing, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang also signalled that he’s not wedded to defending the nation’s ...

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• 8 June

  JPMorgan, CIBC expect Canada to slash rates

  

  Bloomberg Canada may have just printed its lowest unemployment rate since at least 1976, but two big North American banks are now forecasting its central bank to cut rates. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced its forecast for Canadian growth in the third and fourth quarters of this year to 1.5 percent from 2.25 percent and expects the Bank of Canada ...

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• 8 June

  ‘Indonesia rate move depends on timing’

  

  Bloomberg Indonesia’s central bank is discussing the possibility of cutting interest rates but is waiting for the right time to do so, Deputy Governor Dody Waluyo said. Given the uncertainty in financial markets, the central bank needs to be “cautious” and a rate cut “will depend on the timing,” Waluyo said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Kathleen Hays in ...

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• 8 June

  ‘ECB price outlook not as dire as market bets’

  

  Bloomberg The European Central Bank’s outlook for euro-zone inflation is “not bad” and investors have underestimated the institution’s willingness to act if needed, according to policy maker Vitas Vasiliauskas. Market-based inflation expectations have dipped to near a record low despite ECB President Mario Draghi saying that interest-rate cuts and asset purchases could be deployed if needed to fight any further ...

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• 8 June

  American Air mulls Airbus A321XLR to plug Boeing gap

  

  Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc is taking a hard look at whether to buy Airbus SE’s proposed A321XLR aircraft, people familiar with the matter said. Any deal would be a big blow to struggling Boeing Co’s rival foray into mid-range flying. The US carrier sees the plane, which would have the longest range of Airbus’s single-aisle offerings, as a potential ...

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• 8 June

  South African Airways’ funding plans stuck

  

  Bloomberg South African Airways is in talks with its existing banks, new lenders and the government. But talking won’t pay off 12.7 billion rand ($842 million) of imminently maturing debt. The stricken state-owned carrier called a media briefing to “give assurances to stakeholders about the airline currently and into the future” following the surprise departure of Chief Executive Officer Vuyani ...

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• 8 June

  ‘Boeing 737 Max flawed and shouldn’t fly again’

  Bloomberg Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said the larger engines mounted to the Boeing 737 Max represented a design flaw and called for the plane to be permanently grounded. The 737 Max “must never fly again,” Nader said. “It’s not a matter of software. It’s a matter of structural design defect: the plane’s engines are too much for the traditional fuselage.” ...

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• 8 June

  Air Canada Transat bid takes twist with higher Mach offer

  

  Bloomberg Real-estate developer Group Mach Inc offered to buy tour operator Transat AT with potential support from the Quebec government, topping a friendly proposal by Air Canada that had been criticised by some shareholders. Mach is offering C$14 a share in cash for Montreal-based Transat, C$1 per share more than the Air Canada bid. The unsolicited proposal is worth more ...

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