As expected, China is keeping interest rates unchanged
According to an announcement by the People’s Bank of China, China has kept interest rates unchanged for the third straight month.
The interest rate for one-year loans is constant at 3.65%, and the interest rate for five years is also 4.3%, the release said.
– Abigail Ng
South Korea saw exports fall further in the first 20 days of November
South Korea’s exports fell 16.7% on an annualized basis in the first 20 days of November, with demand from China lagging behind, according to the customs agency.
The slump in exports is a sharp drop from October’s 5.5% drop compared to the same period a year ago.
Imports also fell 5.5% in the first 20 days of November, leading to a slight improvement in the trade deficit — $4.4 billion for the period, compared to a deficit of $4.9 billion that was reported in October.
The country has run a trade deficit totaling $40 billion since the start of the year, agency statistics showed.
– Jihye Lee
CNBC Pro: Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson predicts S&P 500 bottom, calling it an ‘excellent buying opportunity’
Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley’s Chief US Equity Strategist, says we are in the “final stages” of the bear market, but the situation will remain challenging for a while.
It predicts when — and at what level — the S&P 500 will hit a “new low.”
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— Wheat Tan
According to a Portal poll, China is expected to keep interest rates stable
According to analysts polled by Portal, the People’s Bank of China is expected to keep interest rates on one- and five-year loans unchanged.
The one-year rate is currently 3.65% and the five-year LPR is 4.3%.
Most recently, the People’s Bank of China cut both interest rates in August.
China’s offshore yuan was weaker against the US dollar at 7.1376 ahead of early Monday’s decision.
– Abigail Ng
CNBC Pro: Strategist says Chinese tech stocks like Alibaba are ‘grossly undervalued’
This year’s 30% drop in the value of Chinese big-tech stocks like Alibaba has made them “incredibly cheap,” according to investment bank China Renaissance.
Equities chief Andrew Maynard believes not only does the stock market appear to have bottomed out, but investors could miss out on a rally by remaining underweight China.
“Without a shadow of a doubt, being underweight China will cost you going forward,” Maynard said.
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— Ganesha Rao
Markets are watching for more hints of Fed hikes and the economy in the coming week
Investors may be a little more cautious in the coming week as stocks seek direction in quiet trading and bond market warnings of a recession grow louder.
The Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday should mean markets are likely to be quiet on Wednesday and Friday. Merchants will monitor reports of Black Friday holiday shopping for consumer feedback.
“It’s truly a week where data dependency is the keyword,” said Julian Emanuel, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI. “The bias [for stocks] is higher unless the data continues to deteriorate and the Fed stays on its dovish bias…which has clearly intensified over the past 48 hours.
Check out our full deep dive of what to expect over the coming week here.
— Patti Domm, Tanaya Macheel