Today’s Issue Cluster: Delivery
US – Builders and Factories Alleviate Recession Fears
Fed – Odds of Rate Cut in ’16 Rise
US – Renters Buying Again as Starter-Home Financing Gets Cheaper
Week – US: Applications for jobless aid fell; -16k to 269k / AP / B / R / WSJ
US – Is it just growth pains ailing stocks? FT *
US – Risk of recession low but rising FT *
US – A Recession Could Arrive Without a Yield Curve Warning WSJ *
US – Big Companies Pull Back After Rough Quarter WSJ *
US – Builders and Factories Alleviate Recession Fears B *
US – Debt Burden: It’s Gotten a Bit Less Bad WSJ *
Fed – Flags Risks That Could Delay Rate Increases WSJ / FT / NYT / R / B *
Fed – Signals Path Hinges on Whether Turmoil Persists B *
Fed – Odds of Rate Cut in ’16 Rise B *
US – Renters Buying Again as Starter-Home Financing Gets Cheaper B *
US – Framing Lumber Prices Down Sharply cr *
US – Construction fights to retain foreign-born employees FT *
US – The Thorny Economics of Illegal Immigration WSJ * *
Delivery – Start-Ups Face Road Bumps to Capture Untapped Market NYT
Delivery – Amazon expands logistics reach in China R
Delivery – Gannett Explores Parcel Business WSJ
Delivery – Uber is destroying the bike messenger Crain’s
Delivery – DHL’s Drone Demonstration Fails to Deliver WSJ *
Delivery – EU Approves FedEx Acquisition of TNT Express WSJ *
Sugar – For tax supporters, 2016 may be the sweet spot R
Sugar – Smuggling Into China Stirs Market WSJ
Insurance – Results on ACA worsened for many last year WSJ *
Insurance – Enrollment growth in Obamacare slower than expected LAT
Insurance – Obamacare markets face fresh troubles FT *
Insurance – Obama Administration Works to Fix Co-Ops WSJ *
Insurance – UnitedHealth Raises Forecast for Losses on ACA Plans WSJ
Insurance – Costs Climbing as More Enroll Past Deadline NYT / WSJ
Insurance – Obamacare Will Probably Cost More in 2017 B
A 100m year old coastline has created a blue belt of Southern voters dsn *
