Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor
Fed – The Probability of Negative Rates Is on the Rise
Ship – Financial distress as dry bulk crisis deepens
Fish – California Calls In the Fish Matchmaker
Japan – Dec: 18th Straight Current-Account Surplus; +¥961b / B
India – Q4: Growth better-than-expected; +7.3% from +7.7% / AFP
EMs – Bond Investors Head to Mexico WSJ *
EMs – Central Banks Battle Capital Flight WSJ *
Asia – Surging household debt FT *
Asia – Evolving place in the world N *
Fed – Jobs Report Keeps March Rate Increase in Limbo WSJ
Fed – Can Find Positives in Details of Jobs Report B * * *
Fed – January Jobs: Right Number at Wrong Time WSJ *
Fed – Investors Cast Wary Eye on Rate Increases WSJ *
Fed – Striking Capitulation in the Futures Market / b *
Fed – The Probability of Negative Rates Is on the Rise B *
EMs – Lending comes to halt FT *
US – Jobs resilient despite global headwinds FT / wsj * *
US – Unemployment-to-Population Ratio vs. Unemployment Rate / b *
US – Lost Oil Jobs Are a Drag b *
US – Unions Added to Ranks in 2015 But Failed to Gain Market Share WSJ *
US – Union membership in WI plummets in wake of GOP measures JS *
Ship – Financial distress as dry bulk crisis deepens FT
Ship – China Cosco Expected to Kick Off Further Consolidation WSJ *
Ship – US Spends on River Fixes, Even as Coal Traffic Dwindles WSJ *
Ship – SK Firm Fights to Stay Afloat in Global Storm WSJ *
Ship – Panama Canal expansion to be complete by end of June AFP / R *
Fish – Salmon leaps past shrimp FT *
Fish – A tale of two fisheries FT * *
Fish – Congress insists on labels for GM salmon FT
Fish – Restaurants Cast a Wider Net for Sustainability NYT
Fish – California Calls In the Fish Matchmaker NYT
Meat – Global changes in consumption / NatlGeo *
A history of the Fed funds rate since 1979 t *
