Today’s Issue Cluster: Asian Aviation
Currencies – Pegger thy neighbour
Russia – USSR Alive to Bond Traders for Wrong Reasons
Metals – Iron: Record low ore price forecast looks optimistic
US – Dec: Trade deficit largest since 2012; -$47b from -$40b / R / WSJ *
US – Q4: Productivity Falls in Last Months of 2014; -1.8% from +3.7% / WSJ / R *
US – Week: Jobless claims rise less than expected; +11k to 278k / R / WSJ / cr *
Currencies – Strong dollar revives old currency angst FT * *
Currencies – Gold, Dollar Buck Trend to Shine Together WSJ * *
Currencies – Pegger thy neighbour e *
World – Debt mountains spark fears of another crisis FT * *
World – Why Cheaper Oil Doesn’t Always Lead to Economic Growth WSJ *
Russia – Foreign exodus gathers pace FT / bi *
Russia – Creeping awareness that economic crisis will last AP
Russia – USSR Alive to Bond Traders for Wrong Reasons B *
Russia – CDS, bond yield premiums higher than Pakistan R *
World – Big banks eye peer-to-peer lending push FT * *
World – Mobile phones revolutionise access FT * *
World – Big data homes in on insurance FT
World – Banking on big data FT
World – Botín charts Santander’s digital course FT / FT *
World – Vision for bitcoin is beginning to fade FT *
Net Neutrality – FCC plan upsets providers FT / WSJ / NYT / B / IBD / WSJ * * *
Air – TransAsia: Two Plane Crashes in Seven Months WSJ / WSJ * *
Air – Crowded skies shake up Asia’s industry N *
Air – Chinese and Indian carriers are soaring on investor love N*
Air – Budget players rewriting the rules n *
Air – Spring Air’s surge lures investors R *
Air – Asian Aviation Sector to Benefit From Fuel-Price Plunge WSJ / FT *
Air – Qatar Airways has acquired 10% of IAG FT / WSJ / R / B *
Metals – Aluminum: China supply could limit gains FT / r *
Metals – Copper: Bearish bets begin to fade FT
Metals – Iron: Keeps Heading Down WSJ *
Metals – Iron: China’s Steel Demand Falls WSJ
Metals – Iron: Record low ore price forecast looks optimistic r *
World – Unemployment rate by country / motw *
Air Force Roundels of the World reddit *
