18 July 2016



Today’s Issue Cluster: Automated Vehicles



MAJOR DATA POINTS

US – Jul: NAHB Builder Confidence Declines; 59 from 60 / cr


MARKETS



ECONOMICS



POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY

Turkey – Set for Market Turmoil as Coup Turns Investors ‘Ice-Cold’ B *

Turkey – Economy needs boring reforms E *


MONETARY POLICY

World – Ultralow Interest Rates Are Here to Stay WSJ *


FINANCE

Italy – A €40b bailout would raise national debt by 2% FT *

Italy – World’s Newest Banking Crisis Revolves Around World’s Oldest Bank WSJ

Italy – Banking crisis is testing new financial regulations WSJ *


REAL ESTATE

World – As Rates Sink, Housing Bubbles Rise WSJ *


LABOR & EDUCATION



SERVICES

Pot – No scientific basis for laws on marijuana and driving AP *

Pot – Why pharma companies are fighting legal marijuana wapo *


MANUFACTURING



TECH



TRADE & TRANSPORTATION

AVs – Tesla Has No Plans to Disable Autopilot WSJ

AVs – Consumer Reports urges Tesla disable auto steering R / B

AVs – US Deepens Investigation of Tesla NYT

AVs – Fatal Crash May Slow Advance WSJ / FT / NYT / R

AVs – Tesla’s Autopilot Vexes Some Drivers, Even Its Fans WSJ *

AVs – The Merging Worlds of Technology and Cars / B *

AVs – Innovation Is Outpacing Insurance NYT

AVs – The Fully Self-Driving Car Is Still Years Away NYT *


COMMODITIES



ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Carbon – Markets are collapsing because of competing policies B * *

Carbon – Iceland CO2 Storage Project Locks Away Gas NYT *

Carbon – Global Growth in CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 / B *


HEALTH

Dental – A Cavity-Fighting Liquid Lets Kids Avoid Dentists’ Drills NYT

Diseases – Many Are in Decline nyt *


ENDNOTE

Turkish Government Plane Circled First Before Headeding to Istanbul b *


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