Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor
US – Rents Are Eating Up a Bigger Share of Income
Streaming – Another Pillar of the Bull Market Is Collapsing
Copper – Bears Keep ‘Stranglehold’ on Market as Stockpiles Rise
China – Jul: Exports Slump; -8.3% from +2.8% / WSJ / R
China – Jul: Consumer Inflation Up Slightly; +1.6% from +1.4% / AP / X *
China – Jul: Factory Prices Weaken Again; -5.4% from -4.8% / WSJ / X *
Currencies – Have Bets Against Aussie Gone Too Far? WSJ
Currencies – How Low Can Malaysia’s Ringgit Go? WSJ / FT *
Currencies – Russian rouble leads EM slide FT *
Currencies – The Devastation For Commodity Countries Is Far From Over B *
Fed – Job Numbers Keep Rate Hike on Track WSJ / FT / WSJ / FT * *
US – Rents Are Eating Up a Bigger Share of Income wsj * *
US – Farmland Investments Take Root WSJ *
US – Job Market Is Strong, But There’s Still Plenty of Slack wsj *
US – Employers Are About to Slow Hiring B *
US – Job growth shifts away from oil patch R *
US – Survey shows growing shortage of skilled labor R
US – Just How Stagnant Are Wages, Anyway? wsj * *
US – Overtime Rules Seen Boosting Low-Wage Hiring WSJ / WSJ
US – Presidential battle to be waged over pay FT * *
US – Large increases in minimum wage could have severe effects E / e * *
US – Proof of a ‘Gig Economy’ Revolution Is Hard to Find WSJ / AP *
US – Is the ‘Gig Economy’ a Thing? Ask Women wsj *
Streaming – Ad Woes Pummel TV Firms WSJ / FT *
Streaming – Another Pillar of the Bull Market Is Collapsing B *
Delivery – Shipping Woes Grow at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport WSJ
Delivery – DHL braced for home turf fight with FedEx after TNT deal FT *
Steel – Makers Try to Stay Out in Front in Auto Industry WSJ
Steel – Ford Hires Second Supplier for F-150 to Meet Demand WSJ
Copper – Bears Keep ‘Stranglehold’ on Market as Stockpiles Rise B
Gold – More trouble ahead for producers FT / WSJ *
Gold – Crash Costs Russia and China $5.4b B * *
Commods – China Trade Numbers Further Pressure Prices WSJ *
Carbon – Industry, States Set to Fight EPA Rules WSJ *
Carbon – ‘New rules not as bold as they seem’ E *
US – How Identity Theft Sticks You With Hospital Bills WSJ *
US – Spending Growth Jumped to 5.5% in 2014 WSJ / B *
Jobs in US cities, mapped in detail wapo * * * *
