Today’s Issue Cluster: Coal
EU – Apr: Current account surplus down; +€10.5b, +€10.6 services / eu
Bitcoin – BOE economists advocate own digital currency WSJ
Bitcoin – ‘Miners’ face fight for survival as new supply halves R / WSJ
Brexit – Ireland Hits Alarm in Biggest Foreign Crisis in 50 Years B * *
Brexit – Ireland Pins Growth Plan on US Companies WSJ *
Fed – Traders reviving rate-rise bets put a floor under the dollar B *
Fed – Index Shows First Tightening Bias Since 2007 / b *
Fed – ‘Why they Shouldn’t Raise Interest Rates’ b *
Fed – Yellen Rated ‘Most Useful to Listen to’ in Survey / WSJ *
HigherEd – Student Debt Helps US Economy, White House Says wsj
HigherEd – Boom at UK universities sees construction rise 43% FT
Ads – Digital advertising: Brands versus bots FT * *
Ads – Do Facebook and Google have too much muscle? FT *
Coal – Price rises to highest level in 10 months FT
Coal – Greenpeace says China overbuilding FT / NYT / NYT
Coal – Germany abandons exit timetable R
Coal – As Europe Drops, Poland Embraces B
Coal – Biggest US Private Producer Warns of Massive Layoffs WSJ
Coal – Oakland Votes to Block Large Shipments WSJ / NYT
Coal – A ‘Clean’ Model Runs Off the Tracks NYT
Coal – Consumption, production and reserves / t * * *
Coal – Decline in Three Charts / vc *
