Today’s Issue Cluster: US Monetary Policy
E-Cigs – The latest investigation of vaping suggests it can help you quit smoking
Rail – Snarls sends grain back through Great Lakes
Cocoa – Chocolate Shortage Spurs Revival in Amazon
EZ – Nov: Retail Sales Rose Again; +0.6% from +1.5% / WSJ / eu *
EZ – Nov: Confidence Unchanged as Deflation Risks Damp Outlook; 100.7 / B / b *
Germany – Nov: Factory Orders Plunged; -2.4% from +2.9% / WSJ / B / b *
US – Week: Jobless Claims Fall; -4k to 294k / WSJ / R / AP / B *
Bonds – Yield lows highlight deflation fears FT *
Bonds – Eurozone Surges on QE Hopes WSJ *
Brazil – Rousseff honeymoon wavers as wages dispute highlights challenges FT
Brazil – Retreats on Cheap Loans, Posing Risks to Economy WSJ *
Brazil – Tries to fix nation’s ‘sugar daddy’ problem FT * *
Brazil – Leader Starts Term on Shaky Ground WSJ *
Brazil – Tech-Talent Shortage Crimps WSJ
Fed – Unlikely to raise rates before April FT / WSJ / NYT / R / B / AP / WSJ *
Fed – Policy-Setters Likely to Be More United WSJ *
Fed – Rate Increase Seen Mid-Year Even as Inflation Is a No-Show B / WSJ *
Fed – Inflation Reading Misses Target for 31st Straight Month / wsj *
Fed – Baby Step Toward Higher Interest Rates BW *
Fed – ECB spread 10-year bonds widest since 1999 / B *
E-Cigs – The latest investigation of vaping suggests it can help you quit smoking E
E-Cigs – Sales surge in UK supermarkets FT
E-Cigs – Growing provincial regulation in Canada CBC
E-Cigs – Race to Deliver Nicotine’s Punch, With Less Risk NYT
Pipeline – White House says Obama to veto Keystone FT / WSJ / NYT / AP / R / G&M / AP *
Pipeline – Falling oil prices fuel debate over Keystone FT * *
Rail – US taxpayers help fund oil-train boom R / r * *
Rail – BNSF lifts container ban for US west coast ports FT
Rail – Snarls sends grain back through Great Lakes FP *
Cocoa – Chocolate Shortage Spurs Revival in Amazon B
Cocoa – Three companies will dominate processing sector FT
Coffee – Arabica Rises as Traders Worry About Brazil Rains WSJ *
Carbon – Power-Grid Officials Criticize Plan for Cutting Emissions WSJ / NYT / AP / WSJ *
Carbon – Electric Utilities Brace for New EPA Rules WSJ / WSJ / AP / NYT
Carbon – Climate change groups split on fossil fuel divestment FT * *
Carbon – Coal Stokes Dispute at Climate Negotiations WSJ / FT *
Pharma – Scientists hail antibiotic to foil resistance FT / B / WSJ *
Pharma – FDA paves way for biosimilar drug approval FT / WSJ / NYT
Global Carbon Footprints scienceblogs *
