Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor
Fed – Simulations Call for Rate Hikes Soon
Greece – Best GDP Performer In Third Quarter
Oil – Shipping Can Thank Opec for $29b in Savings
Japan – Q3: GDP Worse Than Initially Reported; -1.9% was -1.6% / WSJ / R / B / AP *
China – Nov: Export growth slows; +4.7% from +11.6% / WSJ / R / FT / B / NYT *
Germany – Oct: Industrial Output Expands Less Than Expected; +0.2% from +1.1% / WSJ / AP / B de *
Stocks – Consumer Stocks Draw Fans as Oil Sinks WSJ *
Stocks – ‘Sizing Up the New Tech Bubble’ Bn * *
Greece – Turns Triumph Into Tragedy WSJ *
Greece – Hopes of waving goodbye to bailout appear to be dashed FT
Greece – Great Depression / B *
Greece – Best GDP Performer In Third Quarter / b *
Australia – Faces Painful Choices in Economic Slowdown WSJ *
Australia – Review promises shake-up of banks FT / WSJ / ABC / SMH *
Fed – Bullish employment report puts Yellen under spotlight R / B
Fed – Hiring Picks Up Broadly, but Wages Growth Is Muted WSJ / R / B
Fed – Stresses Data Over Dates as Case for Rate Increase Builds B
Fed – Inflation Below 2% Target for 30th Consecutive Month wsj / R *
Fed – Simulations Call for Rate Hikes Soon wsj *
Sugar – US Soars Above World Prices WSJ *
Hazelnuts – Stir Trouble in the Land of Sweets WSJ *
Oil – Saudi Arabia Cuts Prices WSJ *
Oil – Extreme bears bet on $40 FT
Oil – Poll: To rebound to $80 next year R *
Oil – More than $150b of projects face the axe in 2015 R *
Oil – Falling Prices Spur New Bets on Global Economic Growth WSJ / B *
Oil – Who Should Be Thankful For OPEC’s Decision? IBD
Oil – Small Drillers Feel Brunt of Crude’s Decline WSJ *
Oil – Leniency expected from creditors FT *
Oil – Will Cheap Prices Lead to Big Mergers? WSJ *
Oil – Shipping Can Thank Opec for $29b in Savings B *
Oil – US reserves at highest since 1975 FT / IBD *
US – Heads for best jobs growth year since 1999 FT / WSJ / AP / B / R / NYT *
US – Unemployment holds at 5.8% / r *
US – Discouraged down, UE duration up, participation rate steady / r *
US – Unemployment by race, ethnicity / r *
US – November Jobs Report / wsj * * * * * *
US – Visualizing Recovery, State By State wsj *
US – Number Starting and Quitting Jobs Highest in More Than Six Years wsj * *
US – New Jobs Worry: Workers Staying Put WSJ *
US – Men Make Employment Gains NYT *
US – Nearly half of new federal employees are military veterans E *
US – Growth Benefits Spread B *
US – Millennials Role in Labor Force Overstated wsj * *
US – Are Wages Finally Snapping Back? wsj / B *
US – Falling Wages at Factories Squeeze the Middle Class NYT *
US – Minimum wage fight hits the streets of nearly 200 cities R *
James Bond finally falls for a woman his own age wapo *
