{"id":604858,"date":"2018-12-16T04:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T04:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/16\/what-were-tracking-on-16-december-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-12-16T04:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T04:04:04","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-16-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/16\/what-were-tracking-on-16-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 16 December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The end-of-year news slowdown is not upon us. <\/b>It just feels that way after an unusually quiet weekend here and abroad. We figure the news cycle has at least a week to go before things quiet down, and there\u2019s always the central bank\u2019s 27 December interest rate decision to which to look forward.<\/p>\n<p><b>** Results of our 2019 Reader Poll are out tomorrow. <\/b>Learn what you and your peers expect of interest rates, employment trends and more in what we immodestly believe is the largest survey of executive sentiment in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><b>The cost of insuring Egyptian bonds against default hit its highest level in 16 months <\/b>in December amid turbulence in emerging markets and concerns about the EGP, <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/africaTech\/idAFL8N1YJ54U\">Reuters<\/a> writes. Five-year credit default swaps have surged to 3.79%, their highest levels since August 2017, Markit data showed. Credit default swaps are contracts that insure buyers of sovereign debt against potential default.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our pick for the theme of the week in the financial press: Volatility is back. <\/b>\u201cBig swings\u201d in the US stock market are at their highest level since 2011, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/14\/business\/dealbook\/stock-market-volatility.html\">New York Times<\/a> writes, as 2018 was the \u201cyear volatility came home to roost,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-stocks-volatility\/2018-the-year-volatility-came-home-to-roost-idUSKBN1OD2H5\">Reuters<\/a> adds. This comes as three in five S&P 500 financial stocks are now in bear market territory (down 20% or more since January) the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e5850164-ffea-11e8-ac00-57a2a826423e\">Financial Times<\/a> notes and as European shares are on track for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-europe-stocks\/european-shares-on-track-for-worst-quarter-since-2011-idUSKBN1OD0WL\">worst quarter since 2011<\/a>. The doom mongering reaches an educated peak in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/15\/business\/stock-market-decline-commodities-bonds.html\"><b>Investors have nowhere to hide as stocks, bonds and commodities all tumble<\/b><\/a>in the NYT.<\/p>\n<p><b>It is interest rate week in the United States: <\/b>With US shares turning in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-stocks-weekahead\/wall-st-looks-to-fed-outlook-wednesday-for-early-christmas-gift-idUSKBN1OD2E7\">worst December in 16 years<\/a>, investors are looking to the US Federal Reserve\u2019s interest rate decision this week for a \u201cSanta rally.\u201d The Fed is expected to raise rates at the two-day meeting, which ends Wednesday, and traders are looking for a hint of its plans for 2019.<\/p>\n<p><b>President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is heading to Vienna today <\/b>to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eu2018.at\/calendar-events\/political-events\/africaeurope2018.html\">High-Level Africa-Europe Forum<\/a> in the Austrian capital, Egypt\u2019s ambassador to Austria Amr Amer said, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shorouknews.com\/news\/view.aspx?cdate=15122018&id=bce12d3d-a5bd-4723-9ee9-75881eb394cf\">according to Al Shorouk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end-of-year news slowdown is not upon us. It just feels that way after an unusually quiet weekend here and abroad. We figure the news cycle has at least a week to go before things quiet down, and there\u2019s always the central bank\u2019s 27 December interest rate decision to which to look forward. ** Results [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7204],"tags":[7106,72,4760,74],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-604858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-were-tracking-today","tag-debt","tag-enterpriseam","tag-vix","tag-what-were-tracking-today","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"8fa68da0-b060-4d46-86d7-7ece9f1b869c","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2018\/12\/2724.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[604856],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What we\u2019re tracking on 16 December 2018 - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/16\/what-were-tracking-on-16-december-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What we\u2019re tracking on 16 December 2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The end-of-year news slowdown is not upon us. 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