Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor
Japan – Dec: Current-Account Deficit Widens to Record; -¥639b (-$6.2b) from -¥593b / B / R / WSJ / K
Egypt – Jan: Urban annual inflation slows; 11.4% from 13.0% / R
Italy – Dec: Industrial Output Unexpectedly Drops; -0.9%, -0.7% yr / WSJ
Canada – Jan: Annual rate of housing starts slide; 180k from 187k / G&M / CP / R
Puerto Rico – Moody’s Cuts Ratings to Junk WSJ / R / q * *
Ukraine – Fitch Downgrades to Triple-C WSJ / AP
Japan – Real Wages Fall to Global Recession Low in Abe Risk FT / B
Japan – Not Everyone Is Spooked by Selloff WSJ *
EU – Swiss access under threat after immigration vote FT / WSJ / B / NYT
EU – Swiss immigration vote triggers bank anger FT / WSJ / S
Fed – Jobs Report Won’t Likely Change Policy Path WSJ / R / B
EU – Banks’ Debt Addiction Threatens ECB-Led Overhaul B / b *
EU – Let weak banks die, says eurozone super-regulator FT / FT
Japan – Worker shortage hits construction sites YS *
IBM – Semiconductor sale a vital part of strategic realignment FT *
Propane – Tight Supply Reaches Crisis WSJ / NYT *
US – Slow Jobs Growth Stirs Worry WSJ / FT * *
US – Disappointing Payroll Number / cr / cr * *
US – Payrolls will reach pre-recession peak in 8 months / r *
US – Don’t Blame the Weather for Weak Jobs Report wsj / ft * *
US – Downside of Lower Unemployment WSJ *
US – Evaporating Unemployment nyt / r / b / nyt nyfed * * *
US – Is Unemployment Really Much Better Than the Euro Zone’s? wsj *
US – Workers Shed Caution, in a Healthy Sign for Labor Market WSJ *
US – UE duration down, discouraged falls, participation rate up to 63% / r *
US – Participation Rates by Age Brackets / b *
US – Forget the Unemployment Rate, Let’s Talk About the Employment Rate wsj*
US – More Men in Prime Working Ages Don’t Have Jobs WSJ *
US – Should Fed Worry That Smaller Share of Americans Are Working? wsj *
US – Only About One-Third of Labor Force Dropouts Will Return wsj *
US – Why Hiring Lags Behind Even as Factories Hum WSJ
US – The Fastest-Growing Jobs of This Decade a *
US – Share of labor force projected to rise for people age 55 and over BLS *
US – Older Job Seekers Quick to Give Up Regardless of Labor Market Conditions wsj *
US – Teen employment and the minimum wage mr *
US – For Recent Grads, Good Jobs Really Are Hard to Find wsj *
US – The depressing reason women are gaining labor market share r * *
US – A High-Water Mark for Women, in Retrospect nyt *
US – Women Lagging on Job Creation, Shifting to Lower-Wage Industries wsj *
US – Female CEOs Missing in IPO Boom WSJ *
US – Labor Union Membership Rate Stays Steady in 2013 WSJ / R / wsj * *
Tech – US Biotech IPO fever stokes bubble fears FT *
