(Bloomberg) -- Welcome to Tuesday, Asia. Here’s the latest news from Bloomberg Economics:
- The earliest indicators for China’s economy show that the pace of expansion slowed for a fourth month in August
- For Australia’s new Treasurer, managing the economy is likely a welcome relief from the poisonous infighting that lead to his unexpected promotion
- President Trump said the U.S. is pursuing a new trade accord with Mexico to replace Nafta and called on Canada to join the deal soon or risk being left out; here’s how the new deal would be different
- Consumer confidence in South Korea fell to the lowest in 17 months, amid a faltering job market and escalating global trade battles
- Japan’s finance minister will travel to Beijing later this week for a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in a sign of warming relations between the second- and third-largest economies
- India’s economy is shrugging off global trade wars and is on course to becoming the fastest-growing major economy this year
- Is this time really different? San Francisco’s Fed has bad news for those declaring an inverted yield curve is no longer a recession predictor