Today’s Issue Cluster: Oil
EU – Scared of China’s Slowdown? The Real Risk Is the US
Germany – Plans Most New Homes in 15 Years as Cities Fill Up
Rubber – Gluts and low prices have growers on the ropes
US – Feb: New home sales rebound; +2.0% / R
EU – ECB policy spurs corporate bond sales FT *
EU – Europe Inc. Rushes to Sell Bonds as ECB Gets Set to Buy WSJ *
EU – Bond investors ready to back periphery for bigger return FT *
EU – Scared of China’s Slowdown? The Real Risk Is the US B *
EU – Economists cutting forecasts, except Spain / b *
Germany – In “downswing” mode but making progress in March / ifo *
EU – Five Countries Will Breach the Deficit Rule This Year B *
EU – These Eight Countries Are in the Budget Danger Zone B *
EU – How Italy fell out of love with the EU FT * *
Russia – A strategy of spectacle E * * *
ECB – Doing Whatever It Takes Can’t Push Banks to Lend B * *
EU – Banks warn of risks of ultra-loose policy FT
Germany – Plans Most New Homes in 15 Years as Cities Fill Up B *
Germany – Europe’s Best Housing Market WSJ *
EU – In France and Spain, older people earn more than younger WSJ *
Germany – Companies Raise Caution Amid Surge of Migrants WSJ *
Cloud – Google’s Computing Service Lures High-Profile Clients WSJ / R
Cloud – Apple signs up to Google services FT / WSJ
Palm Oil – Dearth lifts soybeans FT *
Rubber – Gluts and low prices have growers on the ropes N *
Cotton – China’s Soft Power Tested as Sale of Stockpile Looms WSJ *
Oil – Libya joins Iran in snubbing freeze R
Oil – Saudi Arabia will freeze output without Iran FT
Oil – US shipments ease despite demise of export ban FT *
Oil – Drillers Can’t Replace Lost Output as $100 Inheritance Spent B *
Oil – ‘Stealth’ supply becomes reality as US drillers turn on ‘ducks’ R *
Oil – Fracking production in the US / FT *
Oil – Why the Glut Might Not Fill Swimming Pools After All B *
Oil – Tally of unaccounted for crude hit highest level in 17 years WSJ *
Oil – Bondholders suffer $150b hit FT *
Oil – $3t debt mountain threatens further destabilization FT * *
Oil – US energy workers hit hard by company stock bets R *
Oil – Regulator Urges Canadian Banks to Review Reserves WSJ *
Oil – Price crash has far-reaching consequences FT * *
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