{"id":604909,"date":"2018-12-17T04:23:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T04:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/17\/what-were-tracking-on-17-december-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T04:23:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T04:23:13","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-17-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/17\/what-were-tracking-on-17-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 17 December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The 2019 Enterprise Reader Survey is out. <\/b>Among the key takeaways from poll, which we immodestly consider the largest survey of executive sentiment in Egypt:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More of you think <b>2018 was a good year to do business<\/b> in Egypt than not;<\/li>\n<li><b>You are generally optimistic<\/b> about 2019\u2026<\/li>\n<li><b>\u2026but you\u2019re less confident about the outlook<\/b> than you were at this time last year;<\/li>\n<li><b>Fewer of you expect to beat your competition<\/b> in the new year than thought you would come out on top when we asked the same question a year ago;<\/li>\n<li><b>You\u2019re being squeezed<\/b> by inflation and high interest rates; <\/li>\n<li><b>You\u2019re also less optimistic about prospects for FDI<\/b> inflows into your specific sectors;<\/li>\n<li><b>And all of that is expressing itself in a sharp pullback on new investment:<\/b> A year ago, the vast majority of you thought your companies would invest more in the following six months. Today, less than half of you are saying the same thing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Fewer of you expect to be hiring in 2019<\/b> than thought their headcount would grow when we last surveyed you a year ago;<\/li>\n<li><b>You\u2019re hoping to keep wage growth under control<\/b> in 2019 after two years of sharp pay hikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have the full rundown on the results in this morning\u2019s Speed Round, below. And taken on the whole, the results don\u2019t feel horribly surprising this far into a long economic reform program \u2014 one that guarantees we have miles to go before we sleep.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-06\"><\/a> <b>Santa rally? Fuggedaboutit. <\/b>Stocks in Asia are mixed this morning and US stock futures pointed to a slightly lower opening today after Friday\u2019s sell-off. The EGX30, meanwhile, closed yesterday flat in light trading \u2014 about a third below the trailing 90-day average.<\/p>\n<p><b>All signs point to more volatility as traders opt not to buy the dip<\/b>, the global business press is warning. Bank of America Merrill Lynch found that traders pulled USD 27.6 bn out of US equities last week \u2014 a figure it\u2019s calling the \u201csecond-biggest outflow of all time\u201d \u2014 and a further USD 39 bn was \u201cyanked from stocks worldwide,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/stock-market-crash-evidence-mounting-that-investors-are-expecting-one-2018-12\">Business Insider<\/a> reports. At the same time, some USD 81 bn flowed into money-market mutual funds last week (the biggest inflow on record) and a steep USD 46 bn flowed <i>out <\/i>of equity mutual funds \u2014 \u201calmost double the figure on any other week on record,\u201d Felix Salmon writes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/hedge-funds-financial-risk-investments-c4670633-a373-4890-988e-58c554a3353a.html\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Don\u2019t take the word of the ink-stained wretches alone \u2014 the umbrella group of the world\u2019s central banks agrees. <\/b>The Bank for International Settlements warned in its quarterly review yesterday \u201cthat a normalization of monetary policy is likely to trigger a flurry of sharp sell-offs over the coming months,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/12\/14\/bis-report-global-stock-market-sell-off-not-an-isolated-event.html\">CNBC<\/a> writes. The BIS worries that rising US interest rates, America\u2019s trade war with China and concerns about a possible global economic slowdown all mean we could be in for a bumpy 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.org\/publ\/qtrpdf\/r_qt1812.pdf\">You can read the full BIS report here (pdf)<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.org\/publ\/qtrpdf\/r_qt1812.htm\">start with the landing page<\/a>, which includes links to remarks from BIS officials, stats and special features.<\/p>\n<p><b>How worried should you be about 2019? <\/b>Well, you loved Bloomberg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2018-12-14\/a-pessimist-s-guide-to-2019-video\">Pessimist\u2019s Guide<\/a> to the year, which we noted yesterday. Go now and read the business information service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-16\/the-bulls-versus-bears-guide-to-the-world-economy-in-2019\"><b>The bulls versus bears guide to the world economy in 2019<\/b><\/a> for a \u201cwhistle-stop look at some of what could go wrong or right\u201d in the trade war, oil, central banks, the US economy, a potential Euro crisis, Brexit and more.<\/p>\n<p><b>Opportunity in the GCC? <\/b>Nine state-owned energy companies in the Gulf have delayed IPO plans, but lower oil prices could rekindle the idea if stake sales in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hopes-dashed-for-a-middle-east-markets-bonanza-11544965200?mod=hp_lista_pos5\">the Wall Street Journal<\/a> suggests \u2014 if markets cooperate, that is.<\/p>\n<p><b>Beltone hearing today: <\/b>The Financial Regulatory Authority is scheduled to hear today an <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/12\/11\/egypts-fra-postpones-beltone-appeal-hearing-again\/\">appeal by Beltone Financial<\/a> of the six-month suspension handed its investment banking division over alleged irregularities in its handling of this fall\u2019s Sarwa Capital IPO.<\/p>\n<p><b>FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE: <\/b>Choose between an exhaustive look at how global consultancy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/15\/world\/asia\/mckinsey-china-russia.html\">McKinsey \u201chas helped raise the stature of authoritarian governments\u201d<\/a> and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/11\/fashion\/tory-burch-pierre-yves-roussel-ceo.html\">When your new CEO is also your husband<\/a>.\u201d The latter explores the latest development in the Tory Burch business empire, of which we\u2019re a fan in these parts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Meanwhile, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s four-day visit to Vienna continues today. <\/b>The president is in the Austrian capital for the high-level Africa-Europe Forum. The gathering comes as Egypt prepares to take over the African Union presidency in 2019. El Sisi will chair the group\u2019s 31 January summit in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p><b>Other headlines worth a gander<\/b> this morning include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>US credit markets are drying up <\/b>as volatility rattles investors, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1acdfbe0-00be-11e9-99df-6183d3002ee1\">Financial Times<\/a> warns amid the suggestion that December could end without a single US company floating a junk bond.<\/li>\n<li><b>Qatar is putting on a push<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-16\/qatar-buys-mexico-oil-stakes-from-italy-s-eni-after-leaving-opec\">buying three offshore oil blocks<\/a> in Mexico from Eni, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-qatar-gas-qp\/qatar-petroleum-to-invest-20-billion-in-u-s-in-major-expansion-idUSKBN1OF07X\">promising to invest<\/a> at least USD 20 bn in the coming few years in the United States, and saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-15\/qatar-ruler-says-talks-with-saudi-begin-only-when-embargo-lifted\">it won\u2019t talk about ending its feud<\/a> with its GCC neighbors until the embargo against it is lifted.<\/li>\n<li><b>Another Brexit referendum <\/b>is among the options now being discussed to end the deadlock over how to move the debate forward, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-15\/new-brexit-referendum-gains-traction-as-way-to-end-gridlock\">Bloomberg reports<\/a>, but Prime Minister Theresa May thinks going to the polls again could shake citizens\u2019 faith in the political system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-britain-eu\/new-brexit-vote-would-break-faith-with-british-says-may-idUSKBN1OF0VC\">Reuters<\/a> adds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Enterprise Reader Survey is out. 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