Greece – unsurprisingly the Parliament voted ‘yes’ by
229 to 64. Varoufakis voted ‘no’ and as one observer noted “The big
question now is Tsipras stays or are 39 Noes & abstentions just too
much?"
Greece #2 – Tsipras debate quotes: ‘I don’t believe
the measures will benefit the economy…I had to choose between accepting a deal
I disagreed with or a disorderly default!’ Crisis clearly not over, for
example I note this headline in today’s FT: ‘IMF tactics in talks leave
European officials baffled’. My view remains sympathetic to an IMF one:
without debt restructuring this will not sustainably go off the front pages…
(h/t @WorthWray)
Greece #3 – political structural impact: “EMU
brutality in Greece has destroyed the trust of Europe's Left. The Left let
itself become the enforcer of reactionary policies and mass unemployment
because of the euro. Greece has broken the spell” (link here)
I wonder what Draghi is going to say about it all later at the ECB meeting...
US economy - The Beige Book, which provides anecdotal
evidence from 12 regional branches of the Federal Reserve, said economic
activity "expanded from mid-May through June". Meanwhile later
today Janet Yellen heads to the Senate for round two of her semi-annual report
on monetary policy. Yesterday she noted that ‘prospects are favourable
for further improvement in the US labour market and the economy more broadly’.
China – a bit of an up-and-down day. South China Morning Post
journalist said that ‘My gov sources tell me Beijing has "invited"
some foreign investors to meet at CSRC to "help study & explain"
causes for stock market crisis’ (sounds like a telling off / blame).
Meanwhile Chinese debt:GDP ratio at a new high as per this link
(h/t @fion_li)
Meanwhile in my continuing quest to show some different statistical insights into China, I thought this graphic below on the front page of today's Financial Times was worthy of note (and a little bit scary to be honest).
Amazing progressive lack of city living affordability chart:
No surprises that the Japanese are locked into a negative frame of mind...one of the psychological challenges to Abenomics (but also let's face it with such high debt and poor demographics a hard trap to get out of)...
...and finally fascinating insights into the current range of geopolitical concerns globally. Should ISIS really be so highly ranked versus - say - the economy?
(h/t @IanBremmer)
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