Today’s Issue Cluster: Latin America
Canada – Nov: Dollar gets some breathing room as inflation ticks up; +1.2% from +0.9% / FP / G&M / CBC / B
Singapore – Q4: Home Price Posts 1st Drop in 2 Years; -0.9% was -0.8% / B
Currencies – Developing-World Gets Battered WSJ / FT / R / B * *
Currencies – Yuan: Continues Its Rise For Global Payments WSJ / FT
Currencies – Rupee: India Lures Back Bond, Currency Investors WSJ
Currencies – Yen: SK Central Bank Concerned About Devaluation WSJ
Currencies – Aussie: Central Bank’s Ridout Seeks Fall WSJ
Argentina – Peso plunges after central bank stops intervening FT / WSJ / B / AP / NYT / FT * * *
Argentina – Kirchner Reappears, Sidesteps Economy WSJ / FT
Argentina – Default-Era Chaos Relived as Blackouts Follow Looting B
Argentina – Restricts Online Shopping to Stem Reserve Slide WSJ / FT
Argentina – The government is struggling to stay on its feet E *
Argentina – Still lying after all these years E *
Argentina – Woes Push Investors Away WSJ *
Brazil – Challenging year forces rethink of growth strategies FT *
Brazil – Class Struggle Goes to the Mall WSJ *
Peru – Middle class prospers from investment-driven growth FT
Mexico – ‘New taxes will hit the poor hardest’ E *
Cuba – Castro’s unhurried reforms of Cuba economy falter FT *
Puerto Rico – Harbour of debt FT / AP * * * *
Puerto Rico – Flock North Away From Battered Economy WSJ *
LatAm – A gradual rebalancing of relations with Spain E * *
US – New Data Muddle Debate on Economic Mobility WSJ / NYT / AP / wapo / r * * * * *
RBI – Seen holding rates on January 28 on easing inflation R
BCB – Tombini Signals Rate Rise as Brazil Prices Unexpectedly Slow B / WSJ
EU – Germany, France attack plan to curb big banks R
US – Home Sales Expected to Cool After Big Year WSJ *
US – Housing Stock Is Getting Older wsj *
Tobacco – Big firms are maintaining their poise, but quietly wheezing E *
Tobacco – Nicotine levels in cigarettes went up 15% between 1999 and 2011 bg
Tobacco – Tied to More Deaths, Types of Illness WSJ
Tobacco – US explores ‘end game’ FT *
E-Cigarettes – In Rural Jails, a Calming Vapor NYT
Marijuana – Legal Businesses Should Have Access to Banks, Holder Says NYT
Marijuana – Legal Weed Lures Investors to Industry BW *
World – ‘Animal spirits’ of spending jostle for release FT *
PCs – Chromebooks Take Other Mobile PCs to School WSJ *
Rail – Lac-Mégantic disaster: Watchdog issues recommendations CP / G&M
Rail – Safety Board Calls for Tougher Standards for Shipping Crude Oil WSJ / NYT
Rail – After crude-by-rail accidents, experts mull US oil market impact R
Pipeline – Keystone Decision on Collision Course With Midterms WSJ / AP
Platinum – South African miners strike to demand higher wages FT / R / AP / WSJ / WSJ
Gold – China becomes top consumer in 2013 FT
Spain – Job Market May Be Turning Around WSJ *
UK – A striking recovery in the labour market E *
Pharma – Drug Makers Tiptoe Back Into Antibiotic R&D WSJ *
Fertility – More Women Try to Get Pregnant With Medical Help WSJ *
The Chemicals in Our Food mr *
