Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor
China – Next Up: How to Get Loans to Small Firms
Power – ‘Time to Give Utility Stocks Another Look’
H5N2 – To claim 4m more egg-laying chickens
China – Apr: CPI grows; +1.5% from +1.4% / B / AP / AFP / X *
China – Apr: PPI falls; -4.6% from -4.6% / X *
China – Investors Pay a Price for Caution WSJ *
China – Economy Isn’t Trading Away the Pain WSJ *
China – Exports collateral damage in currency wars / b *
China – Plan to deal with its debt mountain ft *
China – Asean countries to benefit from waning competitiveness FT * *
PBOC – China cuts rates for third time in six months FT / WSJ / NYT / R / AP *
PBOC – China rate cuts aim to hold line against deflation FT * *
PBOC – China’s Rate Cut Isn’t the Deepest WSJ *
China – Next Up: How to Get Loans to Small Firms WSJ *
China – ‘Rate cut more likely to cushion deleveraging than reignite loan growth’ b *
China – Resurgent Property Market Isn’t So Grand WSJ *
US – Adds 223,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 5.4% WSJ *
US – March Revisions Yield Sub-Par Jobs Report B * * * *
US – The April Jobs Report in Charts wsj * * * * *
US – Jobs Vie With Growth for Fed’s Attention WSJ / wsj *
US – Productivity Falls 1.9% WSJ * *
US – Low productivity alarms policy makers FT * * *
US – Productivity Is Sinking B * *
US – Labor vs. Capital, Workers Gain a Slight Edge WSJ / FT *
US – High Share of Part-Time Workers Helps Explain Weak Wage Growth wsj *
US – By One Measure, Wages for Most Workers Peaked in 1972 wsj *
US – High stakes on low pay FT * * *
US – The economics of low wages E * * *
US – Wage growth and shale wage growth totally different bi *
US – Companies Push Training to Close Skills Gap WSJ *
US – Personality Tests Raise the Bar for Job Seekers WSJ *
US – Robots Step Into New Planting, Harvesting Roles WSJ
US – Vocational education shortfall stifles mobility FT * * *
F&B – Bottled water flies off shelves as fizzy drinks go flat FT * * *
F&B – PepsiCo to Drop Aspartame From Diet Pepsi WSJ *
Mobiles – China’s Smartphone Market Slows Down WSJ
Mobiles – Chinese market becomes increasingly core to Apple FT * * *
Power – ‘Time to Give Utility Stocks Another Look’ Bn *
Power – Utilities’ Profit Recipe: Spend More WSJ *
H5N2 – To claim 4m more egg-laying chickens AP
H5N2 – Outbreak Prompts State of Emergency in Iowa WSJ / R
H5N2 – Bird flu may take bite out of Thanksgiving R / AP
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