{"id":114998,"date":"2017-10-19T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=114998"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:55:31","slug":"asian-equities-flat-as-chinas-gdp-met-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/10\/asian-equities-flat-as-chinas-gdp-met-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian equities flat as China\u2019s GDP met expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"
October 19, 2017<\/div>
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Equities across the Asian markets were trading in a tight narrow range on Thursday, ignoring solid Chinese data and the new records on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average breached 23,000. FX markets are also struggling for direction, as traders look for signals from EU politics and who will lead the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s economic growth meet expectation<\/strong><\/p>\n

China\u2019s GDP expanded 6.8% in the third quarter, slightly below the previous period of 6.9%, but still well above the full-year target of 6.5%. At the beginning of 2017, most of the discussion about the Chinese economy was a \u201csoft vs. hard landing.\u201d However, the economy continues to grow at healthy levels, despite the government shifting the focus on the quality of growth vs. quantity. This gives Xi Jinping more leverage, as he seeks to grab greater power over the next 5 years. In other economic releases, retail sales and industrial production both beat expectations, coming at 10.3% and 6.6% respectively. Meanwhile, investment growth dipped to 18-year low.<\/p>\n

Will Rajoy trigger article 155?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Euro traders are waiting to see if Prime Minister Rajoy will trigger article 155, if Catalan President Puigemont does not clarify what he meant in his speech last week. The deadline is 8:00 am GMT, so expect to see some volatility in the Euro as the European trading session kicks off. It is still unclear \u00a0how this story will develop but triggering article 155, would likely lead to the declaration of independence and this is will undoubtedly be negative news for the single currency.<\/p>\n

U.K. retails sales and EU summit<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.K. retail sales is the only tier one economic release in Europe today. Despite falling real wages, spending remained robust in the previous months. Economists expected retail sales to fall 0.1% last month, but figures from the British Retail Consortium, showed that like-for-like sales grew 1.9% in September, thus expect an upside surprise in today’s release. However, this does not necessarily mean Sterling will rally.\u00a0 Brexit concerns will likely remain the primary driver when EU leaders meet later today. The probability of \u201cno-deal\u201d is increasing, and investors should be prepared for the worst. A hard Brexit scenario will not only drag sterling lower but it will probably take European indices with it.<\/p>\n

Dow above 23,000 despite Mnuchin warnings<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has warned that stocks will fall significantly if Congress doesn\u2019t pass tax reforms. Maybe he\u2019s right. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rallied more than 25% and 20% respectively, and it\u2019s doubtful that this rally was only based on economic growth and earnings expectations. It seems the odds of tax reforms occurring this year, or in the first quarter of 2018 are 50\/50, so risks are broadly symmetrical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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