Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
Canada – Trudeau Said to Forgo Added Stimulus With C$30b Deficit
HigherEd – Australia seeks to become superpower
Crops – Post Longest Rally in Four Years on Tighter Supplies
US – Feb: Consumer Prices Fell; -0.2%, core +0.3% / WSJ / R / AP
US – Feb: Housing Starts Rise; +5.2%, single-family +7.2% / WSJ / AP
US – Feb: Industrial Production Down; -0.5% from +0.8% / WSJ / B
Canada – Loonie’s Fall Is Freezing Up Business at Border WSJ *
Canada – Trudeau Said to Forgo Added Stimulus With C$30b Deficit B / B *
BOC – Loonie rises as Canada holds key interest rate G&M / CBC / FP *
HigherEd – Australia seeks to become superpower FT * *
HigherEd – Australia’s Students Are Hot Property for Developers WSJ *
Ship – Pressures Build in Tanker Business WSJ *
Pipeline – Oil Producers Should Love Court Decision WSJ *
Crops – Post Longest Rally in Four Years on Tighter Supplies B *
Crops – ‘Dal shock’ prompts farmers to switch from grains to pulses FT *
Crops – Why Monsanto’s Biotech-Food Business Isn’t Growing in India WSJ * *
Oil – Opec, Non-Opec Producers Plan Output Freeze Meeting WSJ / FT
Oil – Storm Clears as Prices Stabilize on Output Deal B *
Oil – The dangers of a sustained crude recovery FT *
Oil – Price Rise Could Be Its Own Undoing WSJ *
Oil – Crash Risks $19b Wave of Junk Debt Defaults B *
Oil – Bonuses at many energy companies based on higher production WSJ *
Oil – Rout Crimps Sector’s Presence on FTSE 100 WSJ * *
Oil – US crude looks for a home in Europe R
Oil – Determining production levels is a moving target B *
Oil – Chevron looks to future beyond slump FT *
Oil – Many Shale Companies Are Unable to Ramp Up Output WSJ *
Oil – Rising prices will not quickly rescue shale E * *
Oil – Investors Increasingly Bullish on Energy Sector NYT
Oil – Cost-Cutting Shale Drillers Limit Potential for Rally B / B *
Global Grain Consumption Map necsi *
