Today’s Issue Cluster: Shale
Brazil – Heads for Worst Recession Since 1901, Economists Forecast
Ship – Renting a Ferrari Costs More
Zika – WHO issues warning over ‘explosive spread’
SK – 2015: Export growth slows to trickle as China demand wanes; +0.4% / FT
US – Nov: Case-Shiller Home Price Growth Picks Up; +5.3% from +5.1% / WSJ / AP
US – Jan: ConfBd Consumer Confidence Increased; 98.1 from 96.3 / WSJ / B *
Brazil – Junk Bonds in Europe Find Greatest Losses B * *
Brazil – Heads for Worst Recession Since 1901, Economists Forecast B *
Brazil – Inflation Won’t Hit Target Anytime Soon B* *
Brazil – Political tension inflames market malaise FT * *
Brazil – Biotech blossoms as state aid dries up FT *
Venezuela – Fears of Default Grow Amid Drop in Oil Prices WSJ / FT / AP *
Venezuela – Central bank curbs fuel fears over hyperinflation FT
Venezuela – Heading for a crash E / e * *
Puerto Rico – Debt restructuring falls apart FT / NYT
LatAm – Faces longest recession since 1980s FT *
LatAm – To Stagnate on Venezuela, Brazil, World Bank Says B *
BCB – Surging inflation leaves Brazil’s rate setters with headache FT * *
BCB – Brazil Signals Rate Rise on the Radar B *
Brazil – Economy shed 1.5m payroll jobs in 2015 AP
Ship – Rates for very large crude carriers fall FT *
Ship – Renting a Ferrari Costs More B *
Ship – Investors seeking the bottom should bring scuba gear FT / WSJ *
Ship – Maersk Coping With Trade Slump WSJ *
Ship – Long Beach Imports Rise WSJ / cr *
Shale – Downturn brings reckoning to the industry FT / FT / R * *
Shale – ‘Running Out of Survival Tricks as Opec Ramps Up Pressure’ B *
Shale – About to Lose Oil Output Equivalent to OPEC Member B *
Shale – Saudis ‘will not destroy the US industry’ DT
Shale – ND oil-by-rail shunned on East Coast R / B *
Shale – More quakes rattle OK but state avoids tough measures AP *
Shale – Firm Resists Call to Shut Down Amid Earthquakes WSJ / NYT *
Sands – Canada’s Carbon Cap May Crimp Reserves WSJ / FT *
Zika – Virus Continues to Expand in Brazil WSJ
Zika – WHO issues warning over ‘explosive spread’ FT / R *
Zika – Anticipating the international spread of virus lancet *
Languages of South America motw *
