Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor
Fed – A Single Indicator Explains Reaction Function
Space – Private Spending Is Headed for a New Record
Trade – Presidential campaign roils Obama’s free-trade plans
EZ – Feb: Jobless rate falls marginally; 10.3% from 10.4% / AFP / WSJ
US – Feb: Factory Orders Down; -1.7% from +1.6% / CNBC
US – Investors Turn More Negative on Dollar WSJ *
Fed – Jobs Report Gives Yellen Only Half of What She Wants B * *
Fed – Upbeat employment figures allow a wait-and-see approach WSJ *
Fed – Higher Participation Takes Heat Off WSJ *
Fed – A Single Indicator Explains Reaction Function B *
US – Why Banks Are Better Off Than You Think, And Real Estate Isn’t WSJ *
US – Another Condo Bust Looms in Miami WSJ
US – How Tech Figures Into Fast-Changing REIT Markets IBD
US – Impact on home furnishers from rising competition B *
US – Maintains solid jobs growth FT *
US – Fewer Got Hired or Quit Their Jobs WSJ * *
US – Change in Participation Rate Since 2000 By Race & Age / b *
US – Growing labor force belies grim mood FT *
US – ‘Wages Are Imperfect Window Into Health of Labor Market’ B *
US – Payrolls Climbed in 36 States B *
US – Contract Workforce Outpaces Growth in ‘Gig’ Jobs WSJ *
US – The Entire Online Gig Economy Might Be Mostly Uber wsj * *
US – NY Path to $15 Minimum Wage: Uneven, and Bumpy NYT / R / WSJ *
US – CA $15 Minimum Wage Has Some Worried NYT / AP / wapo *
US – Illegals Are More Likely to Work Than Natives, For Less WSJ *
US – ‘Manufacturing Jobs Are Never Coming Back’ 538 *
US – Carrier Workers See Costs, Not Benefits, of Global Trade NYT *
US – The Coming Extinction of the Video Store Clerk wsj * * *
Space – Bezos’s Blue Origin Is a Step Closer WSJ
Space – Private Spending Is Headed for a New Record B *
Autos – US: Sales Pace Drops to Slowest in 13 Months B / WSJ * *
Autos – Tesla: Reservations for Model 3 Surpass $10b WSJ / FT / R / B *
Tech – ‘There are going to be lots of dead unicorns’ FT
Tech – Goldman: There’s a Huge Difference Between the Bubble and Today B *
Trade – Forces of Globalization Are Sputtering WSJ *
Trade – Presidential campaign roils Obama’s free-trade plans AP
Trade – Business Lobby: Election-Season Opposition Will Blow Over WSJ
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