Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
Japan – Abe’s Inflation Hits Households
WTO – Deal reached on cuts to global IT tariffs
Gold – Continues Sliding, Hits 5-Year Low
EZ – May: Current account surplus narrows; +€18b from +€24b / MW *
Japan – ‘Time to Buy Blue Chips’ Bn *
Japan – BOJ downgrades GDP and inflation forecasts FT / AFP
Japan – Abe’s Inflation Hits Households B * * *
Japan – Abe’s polls plummet after defense bills pass R / WSJ / FT / NYT / AP / B
World – Divergence in monetary policy is still the big theme for 2015 WSJ * *
Japan – REIT market gets the ‘death cross’ R *
Japan – Funding the Retirement of the Oldest Wealthy Nation WSJ *
Retail – Property: lease worst scenario FT *
Retail – Pressure to Sell the Land Beneath Them WSJ *
WTO – Deal reached on cuts to global IT tariffs FT / B / R
Gold – Heads for Five-Year Low as Traders Brace for Higher Rates WSJ / B *
Gold – Continues Sliding, Hits 5-Year Low WSJ / FT / FT / B *
Gold – China breaks 6-year silence on reserves FT / WSJ / R / B * *
Oil – Investors Get Caught in Slippery Wake WSJ *
Oil – For Asia’s Consumers, It’s a Buyer’s Market WSJ / WSJ / WSJ * *
Oil – Iran: The multibillion-dollar ‘candy store’ FT * * * *
Oil – ‘Iran needs time and favorable conditions to boost output’ r *
Oil – Iran’s possible production response r * * * *
Oil – History Shows Iran Could Surprise the Market B / b * * * *
