Today’s Issue Cluster: Brazil
US – Auto and Student Debt Continue Rising
Textiles – CA minimum wage hike hits apparel industry
Oil – What Doha Couldn’t Do for Market, Kuwait Does by Accident
US – Apr: NAHB Housing Market Index Steady; 58 from 58 / AP
Brazil – Stocks Extend 23% Rally as `Time of Opportunity’ Seized B *
Brazil – Rousseff’s misfortune energises markets FT
Brazil – Petrobras’s Best-in-the-World Rally Comes With Risks B * *
Brazil – Boom-Era Missteps Now Haunt Economy wsj *
Brazil – Economic collapse / t *
Argentina – Launches bond comeback roadshow FT *
Argentina – Macri Prescribes Tough Economic Medicine WSJ *
Argentina – Reforms so far have been painful E *
Venezuela – Declares Every Friday a Holiday to Save Electricity B / R *
Cuba – Hard Realities Cloud Dreams of Businesses to Enter Country WSJ *
Puerto Rico – The other crisis: impoverished pensions R * *
Mexico – TPP will make nation a more formidable competitor to China N *
LatAm – Suffers From End of Commodities Boom WSJ *
Brazil – Rousseff Impeached NYT / WSJ / FT / B / R
Brazil – Once a Savior, Lula Is Tarnished WSJ *
LatAm – Hacker rigged elections for almost a decade BW / E
Brazil – Banks have shrugged off the country’s recession—for now E * *
US – Auto and Student Debt Continue Rising FedStL *
Textiles – CA minimum wage hike hits apparel industry LAT
Textiles – US Industry Turns to Tech as Gateway to Revival NYT *
Bananas – Scramble to safeguard future FT *
Walnuts – Prices tumble despite strong demand ft *
Wine – South Africa faces poor harvest FT * *
Oil – No Agreement on Freeze WSJ / FT / NYT / B *
Oil – Doha producers pump 47 mbpd / B *
Oil – Opec has grounds to doubt the sincerity of its partners B *
Oil – How 315 Billion Petrodollars Evaporated B *
Oil – Moody’s Ratings Downgrades Become Another Thorn WSJ *
Oil – Lower US supply to underpin price despite talks failure AP
Oil – What Doha Couldn’t Do for Market, Kuwait Does by Accident B *
Oil – Demand Could Create Another Super-Cycle by 2030 B *
Country flags: Red, white and blue most popular combo *
