Today’s Issue Cluster: Shale
China – Drop in Yuan Caught Businesses Off Guard
China – Questions over Li’s future amid market turmoil
China – ‘Weirdly stable unemployment rate’
China – Traders Increase Bets Against Yuan WSJ *
China – Drop in Yuan Caught Businesses Off Guard WSJ / b * *
China – Market slide is vindication for growling bears FT *
China – Challenges spark fears, but not panic FT *
China – The World Struggles to Adjust to ‘New Normal’ WSJ *
China – Economy a Black Box WSJ *
China – Questions over Li’s future amid market turmoil FT
PBOC – China Eases but Stench of Crisis Remains WSJ *
PBOC – Bank Under Pressure to Do More B / WSJ / WSJ
China – ‘Weirdly stable unemployment rate’ ft / ft
China – Trying to count the jobless e *
China – Consumers appear unfazed by market rout FT
China – Fears about spending have driven luxury stocks down FT *
Asia – Consumer Spending Won’t Come to Rescue WSJ *
World – This year is worst for trade since crisis FT
China – Remains a Key Commodities Player, Despite Waning Appetites WSJ *
China – Glut of Steel Looms Large WSJ *
Shale – Firms turn to private equity R *
Shale – Firms slide deep into the red on low prices r *
Shale – The impact low prices are having on output / b *
Shale – ‘Frack now, pay later,’ top services companies say R
Shale – Oil at $30 No Problem for Some Cost-Cutting Bakken Drillers B
Shale – Low Prices Pose Threat to Texas Fracking Bonanza NYT
Shale – ‘Producers lack the majors’ ability to remain afloat in glut’ BW *
Shale – Frackers turn to toilet water in drought-prone TX R
Shale – ‘Sewage flow becomes Williston’s bust indicator’ R *
Shale – UK Offers New Onshore Blocks for Shale Development WSJ
Shale – Total drops well in Denmark AP
Sands – Canadian Producers Struggle WSJ / FT / WSJ
Sands – 1st US mine set to open for business in UT AP
The new religious breakdown in China bi *