Today’s Issue Cluster: Japan
US – May: Case-Shiller Home-Price Growth Slows Sharply; +9.3% from +10.8% yr / WSJ / R / B * *
US – Jul: ConfBd consumer confidence jumps; 90.9 from 86.4 / AP *
Currencies – Euro stamina challenged by Draghi’s mettle FT *
Currencies – Trading Falls Into Torpor WSJ *
Japan – After Tax Increase, Signs of Recovery in Consumption wsj *
Japan – Demand Exceeds Supply for First Time Since 2008 B
Japan – In corporate tax reform, Abenomics giveth, and taketh away R *
Japan – Abenomics picks up speed E * * *
Japan – Households say worse off under Abenomics / b *
Japan – Seeks to Lure Investors With Improved Corporate Governance WSJ *
Japan – Boosting Growth: Some Low-Hanging Fruit wsj *
Japan – Companies outside metropolises performing well N *
Japan – ‘Export-Champ Days Are Left Behind’ B *
Japan – Sees Record Number of Foreign Travelers wsj * *
Japan – Abe’s Support Dips Below 50% in Fallout Over Easing Pacifism B / N
Japan – Abe faces rising disenchantment FT *
Japan – Ruling Party Lost Regional Election WSJ *
BOJ – Slower Japan Inflation Highlights Reflation Task B / wsj
Japan – Going it alone is no longer an option for stagnant banks FT
Japan – Housing loan demand collapses ft *
Japan – Office market bottoms out N *
Japan – Construction costs at 21-year high N *
Japan – Tokyo to get an Olympic facelift N *
Media – Turner TV Tops Time Warner’s To-Do List WSJ *
Media – Fox Bolsters Cash with BSkyB Deal FT / WSJ / NYT / q * * * * * * *
Media – Riches and Risks for Fox in Time Warner Takeover WSJ / NYT / FT / B / WSJ / FT *
Japan – Electronics companies are starting to turn themselves around E * *
Japan – Sony’s Walkman Makes Comeback WSJ *
Rail – Albany Nears Hub Status as 100-Car Trains Jam Port B
Oil – OPEC’s Two-Decade Ride on Global Growth Stalls B *
Oil – Saudi market reforms invite access to growth FT *
Oil – Kurdish Gambit Hits Troubled Waters WSJ *
Oil – Cuba’s vast untapped reserves still untapped AP *
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Oil – Prospectors Shift Back to Wealthy Lands WSJ * *
Japan – Midnight Hours Thwart Abe’s Plans for More Working Moms B
Japan – Plenty of demand, not enough hands N / FT *
Where cats are more popular than dogs wapo * *
