Today’s Issue Cluster: Autos
Japan – The Force of Exports Is Weakening
US – More and more are buying homes with pure cash
Pharma – Ten Drug Companies Form Pact With NIH to Find Paths to New Medicines
EZ – Dec: Producer Prices Rise; +0.2% from -0.1% / WSJ
UK – Dec: Markit Construction Expands at Fastest Since 2007 on Homes; 64.6 from 62.1 / B / bi *
Spain – Jan: Jobless Claims Rise at Slower Pace; +113k to 4.8m / WSJ / AP *
South Africa – Jan: Business confidence lower; 90.5 from 91.9 / R
Brazil – Jan: Suffers record trade deficit; -$4.1b / FT
US – Dec: Transportation weighs on factory orders; -1.5% from +1.5% / R *
Stocks – Factory Weakness Hits Dow WSJ *
Stocks – Investors turn wary on US earnings growth FT *
Japan – Backward Recovery wsj *
Japan – The Force of Exports Is Weakening NYT *
Japan – Risk appetite still plays out in yen trade FT *
Japan – Utilities Offset Idled Reactor Losses by Lifting Rates B
Japan – Some Toyota suppliers come up dry R *
Japan – In danger of missing 2020 budget target FT
Japan – Monetary easing drives bank margins to record low FT / R
RBA – Australia Signals End to Cuts WSJ / R / B / Aus / ABC / SMH
BNR – Romania Cuts to New Low WSJ / B
US – Housing Market Hits Headwinds WSJ
US – Americans Boost Spending on Remodeling WSJ *
US – Rental Housing Grows More Scarce, Driving Rents Up wsj *
US – More and more are buying homes with pure cash npr *
Dairy – New Zealand Milks China WSJ *
Autos – January US Sales Chilled by Winter Weather WSJ / FT / NYT / AP / BR * *
Autos – Canadian sales rise despite weather woes, ‘troubling’ January FP / R
Autos – Car-Sharing, Social Trends Portend Challenge WSJ
Autos – Foreign carmakers seek to ride US revival FT *
Autos – Honda becomes net exporter of cars from the US FT / WSJ
Autos – Toyota’s production / *
Autos – More of America’s new cars will come from Mexico than Japan this year q *
Autos – Fiat builds Italian future on delivering premium export cars FT / WSJ * *
Autos – Luxury Makers Fill Lineups With Dizzying Array of Models WSJ *
Autos – Makers Pack New Cars With Technology, but Younger Buyers Shrug NYT
Autos – US Used Car Prices Expected To Decline This Year WSJ
Autos – Ford’s Aluminum F-150 Poised to Test Repair Shops’ Mettle B / WSJ / R
Autos – Carmakers are seeing a recovery, but suppliers may benefit more FT *
Autos – Cadillac Chief’s Challenge: Clear Dealer Lots WSJ *
Autos – UK sector cars up for another year of robust sales FT
Autos – An increasingly popular way to finance has helped to boost EU sales E *
Autos – China’s carmakers have yet to make their marque FT *
Autos – China Demand Fuels Dealership Deals WSJ
Autos – Makers look for dream market in rural India R / WSJ *
Apple – Quietly Builds New Networks WSJ *
Air – Pilot Shortage Arrives Ahead of Schedule WSJ * *
Air – Contentious Iberia revamp emblematic of European lines’ woes FT *
Water – Amid drought, California agency won’t allot this spring AP / NYT / WSJ / NYT
Water – Dry, hot weather pressures Brazil’s reservoirs R / FT *
China – Factories act to keep staff in saddle in Year of the Horse FT
China – Labor markets holding up b *
Pharma – Ten Drug Companies Form Pact With NIH to Find Paths to New Medicines WSJ *
Map of Europe showing literal Chinese translations am *
