Today’s Issue Cluster: EU
Germany – Jan: Ifo Business Confidence Rises as Growth Pickup Seen; 110.6 from 109.5 / AP / WSJ / B / FT / q *
Japan – Dec: Trade Deficit Doubles; -¥1.302t from ¥645.7b / WSJ / R / B / K
US – Dec: Sales of New Homes Fell More Than Forecast; -7% / AP / R / B / b * * *
EMs – Markets Tumble as Fear Spreads WSJ / FT / R *
EMs – Crises Squeeze Two Latin Leaders WSJ *
EMs – Turkey Stems Emerging-Markets Slide WSJ / bi *
EMs – Similarities with 1997 crash only go so far FT * *
EU – Proposals to overhaul sovereign debt raising fears FT / bi * *
EU – France: Economic Activity Contracts for Third Straight Month WSJ
EU – France: Hollande tackles ticking ‘baguette bomb’ FT *
EU – France: Hollande under pressure to deliver after policy ‘U-turn’ FT *
EU – Germany: Snubs Export Critics as Surplus Outstrips That of China B
EU – Forecasts of GDP growth in Europe to 2015 / AFP *
EU – GDP per inhabitant of subdivisions relative to the average / motw *
EU – From order to chaos, to… something in between / r *
ECB – Poised for battle to ward off deflation FT / WSJ / B / FT *
EU – Germany: Young Buoy Anti-Euro Alternative WSJ *
EU – UK: Businesses blast 50p tax plans by Labour FT / FT
EU – Bank deleveraging slows as eurozone recovers FT *
EU – Spain: Investors warm to banks FT
EU – UK: Recovery likely to widen wealth gap between London and regions FT *
EU – UK: Home buyers left behind in two-speed housing market FT *
EU – UK: Prices in London decoupling from income levels: Fitch q *
EU – UK: Housebuilders struggle to raise output FT
EU – UK: The explosion of London property prices / motw *
EU – UK: London Property-Market Growth Cools After 2013 Surge B
Online – Stores think local to grow global FT *
Small Boats – Manufacturers ‘more confident than ever’ as sales recover G&M
Data Storage – Seagate, Western Digital Ready For ‘Hybrid’ Data IBD
Rail – Crop and shale boom slows American lines FT
Rail – Accidents Surge as Oil Industry Takes the Train NYT *
Rail – US study renews focus on risks of shipping from Alberta oil sands CP
Steel – Imports Into US Surge WSJ *
Propane – Scarce in US As Cold Spell Lifts Demand, Prices WSJ / R / AP / B
NatGas – US Supplies Tighten WSJ / FT *
NatGas – BC’s multibillion-dollar path to an energy powerhouse G&M * *
EU – Italy: Euro Jobless Record Not Whole Story as Italians Give Up B
EU – Migration within the Union r *
Demog – UK: More than a quarter of young British adults live with parents FT *
Famous movie quotes as charts fd * *
