{"id":600138,"date":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/21\/what-were-tracking-on-21-january-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:32:30","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-21-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/21\/what-were-tracking-on-21-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 21 January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>It\u2019s a pleasantly quiet news morning <\/b>today with no single story dominating the headlines.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-08\"><\/a> <b>The only lunar eclipse this year is this morning <\/b>and the so-called \u201csuper blood wolf moon\u201d will not be as spectacular in Egypt as in some other countries this time around. A partial eclipse began at 5:33am CLT and the total eclipse is due to start at 6:41am, reaching its maximum in Cairo at 6:51am. Look west, north west, and down toward the horizon. The actual maximum eclipse will take place at 7:12am, but the moon will be below the horizon in the capital city by then.<\/p>\n<p><b>Miss this one? <\/b>The next total lunar eclipse won\u2019t take place until 26 May 2021 \u2014 but there\u2019s a total solar eclipse coming up on 2 July of this year.<\/p>\n<p><b>The World Economic Forum gets underway in Davos, Switzerland, tomorrow. <\/b>The annual meeting of the global chattering class runs 22-25 January to discuss \u201cGlobalization 4.0: Shaping global architecture in the age of the fourth industrial revolution.\u201d You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting\">drill down into the agenda here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting\">watch about 100 live sessions here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\">follow the WEF\u2019s blog<\/a> (resplendent with thought leadership pieces) here.<\/p>\n<p><b>The only catch: Plenty of world leaders are giving Davos a pass this year<\/b>, the global business press reports. The Donald pulled out and Theresa May apparently has other priorities. Emmanuel Macron is staying home, and both China\u2019s Xi Jinping and India\u2019s Narendra Modi are giving it a pass. But Germany\u2019s Angela Merkel is going to be in town to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-davos-germany-merkel\/merkel-to-attend-davos-and-discuss-europe-africa-ai-idUSKCN1PC1BK\">AI, Africa and the future of Europe<\/a>. You can read t-up pieces this morning in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/83c1fad4-1c75-11e9-b126-46fc3ad87c65\">Financial Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-davos-meeting-leaders\/gloomy-forecast-for-davos-crises-aplenty-but-few-world-leaders-idUSKCN1PB18G\">Reuters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/01\/15\/world-economic-forum-2019-who-is-going-to-davos-this-year.html\">CNBC<\/a> or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/news\/types\/davos\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u2019s Davos section.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our friend Ahmed Heikal penned a blog post for the Forum <\/b>on the upcoming launch of the USD 4.3 bn Egyptian Refining Company. It is today\u2019s Worth Reading, below.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"grey-line\">\n<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> As the trading week begins in the west, it\u2019s worth remembering that <b>emerging market shares have posted their longest rally in a year<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-01-18\/emerging-market-rebound-fizzles-as-growth-risks-loom-em-review\">Bloomberg<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5710fb4a-1abb-11e9-9e64-d150b3105d21\">Financial Times<\/a> tell us \u2014 surely invoking the Evil Eye. \u201cEM funds attracted USD 3.3 bn for the week ending Thursday, according to EPFR Global data, extending the run of inflows for the asset class to 14 weeks,\u201d the salmon-colored paper reports. That brings total inflows over the past three months to USD 27.5 bn.<\/p>\n<p><b>That comes as US equities have staged a \u201cremarkable turnaround\u201d in the early days of 2019<\/b>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/20\/business\/stock-market-recovery-federal-reserve.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage\">New York Times<\/a> writes, erasing nearly all of last year\u2019s losses and posting their best start to a year since 1987. Still, the Gray Lady warns, anything could happen: China\u2019s economy is slowing. The US is still debating whether it\u2019s heading for recession. Washington and Beijing are still locked in a trade war. Britain is still leaving the EU. You get the picture\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b>One of those warning signs flashed brightly this morning as China posted its lowest growth figure since 1990<\/b> just a few hours ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/01\/21\/china-2018-gdp-china-reports-economic-growth-for-fourth-quarter-year.html\">CNBC reports<\/a>. Beijing announced that economic growth came at 6.6% in 2018, on par with expectations in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/china-economy-gdp\/rpt-china-set-to-post-slowest-growth-in-28-years-in-2018-more-stimulus-seen-idUSL3N1ZJ05J\">Reuters<\/a> poll and down 0.2 percentage points from 2017. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-annual-economic-growth-rate-is-slowest-since-1990-11548037761\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> also has the story, noting that the slowdown may be gathering steam as the \u201cdownturn deepened in the final months of 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Is the US government shutdown helping the Fed temper its rate hikes?<\/b> President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank John Williams urged an approach of \u201cprudence, patience, and good judgment\u201d when it comes to raising interest rates, citing predictions that quarterly growth could be cut by 0.5-1 percentage point as a result of the shutdown, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e07ee43a-1b26-11e9-b93e-f4351a53f1c3\">FT reports<\/a>. The Fed had guided for two quarter-point increases in short-term rates in 2019, but some pundits now think the final rate hike of the current cycle has already taken place.<\/p>\n<p><b>In miscellany this morning:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Gulf countries may slow down bond issuances in 2019<\/b>, spooked by the prospect of higher borrowing costs if the US Fed raises interest rates and by prospect of a slowing global economy, among other factors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-01-20\/jpmorgan-sees-gulf-bond-sales-slipping-as-rates-volatility-rise\">JPMorgan Chase suggests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Aoun calls for Arab bank for reconstruction: <\/b>Lebanese President Michel Aoun has called for the establishment of an Arab bank for reconstruction to spur economic development in the region, <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/africaTech\/idAFL8N1ZK09F\">Reuters reports<\/a>. A regional development bank will \u201chelp all affected Arab states overcome adversity and contribute to their sustainable economic growth,\u201d he said at the Arab League\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/20\/world\/middleeast\/arab-league-summit.html\">poorly attended (at the leadership level)<\/a> Arab Economic and Social Development summit, which ended yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><b>PSA- Banks and the EGX are off on Thursday<\/b> in observance of Revolution \/ Police Day and re-open on Sunday, according to a circular from the central bank picked up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youm7.com\/story\/2019\/1\/20\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A5%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-25\/4111615\">by the local press<\/a>. Thursday is also a day off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabinet.gov.eg\/Arabic\/MediaCenter\/CabinetNews\/Pages\/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3-24-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-25-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A91.aspx\">for the public sector<\/a>. <b>We\u2019ll be sleeping in on Thursday<\/b> and will return to your inboxes on Sunday before 7am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a pleasantly quiet news morning today with no single story dominating the headlines. The only lunar eclipse this year is this morning and the so-called \u201csuper blood wolf moon\u201d will not be as spectacular in Egypt as in some other countries this time around. 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