Today’s Issue Cluster: US Labor & Monetary Policy
Hotels – New York Industry Goes on Offensive Against Airbnb
US – The Long Decline in Church Construction May Soon End
Alt – Wind: TX Utility Offers a Nighttime Special: Free Electricity
China – Oct: Exports Drop for Fourth Month; -3.6% from -1.1% / B / FT / WSJ
China – Oct: Imports fall in sign of battered domestic demand; -16% from -17.7% / AFP / AP
US – Stock Investors Position for Rate Increase WSJ
US – Stock Outlook Turns Murkier WSJ *
US – Dash for debt ahead of rate rise FT * * *
US – Entitlements crowd out investment, Greenspan argues B *
US – Average household income per county / ds *
US – Ryan’s promotion lifts hopes for tax reform FT * *
Fed – Debate shifts to pace of lift-off FT / WSJ / B / AP / R * * *
Fed – One of Yellen’s Labor Market Measures Looks Better B * *
US – First-Time Home Buyers Falls to Lowest Levels in Three Decades WSJ
US – The Long Decline in Church Construction May Soon End wsj *
US – Construction Spending Up 14.1% YoY / cr *
US – Jobs Report in Charts / wsj * *
US – Climbing Death Rate for Middle-Aged Whites wsj / FT / NYT *
US – Falling participation raises conundrum for Fed FT *
US – Count the Long-Term Unemployed as ‘Slack’? B *
US – What We Know About the 92m Not in Labor Force wsj * * *
US – Economist Throwing Cold Water on Sinking Jobless Claims B * *
US – Shift to Benefits From Pay Helps Explain Sluggish Wage Growth WSJ *
US – Retailers Work Harder to Lure Holiday Employees WSJ *
US – ‘Gig Economy’: Why Are So Few People Self-Employed? wsj *
US – Prepare for the Great Moderation B *
US – ND has largest percentage increase in employment since 2007 / BLS *
Hotels – Accor and Hyatt to the fore in deals rush FT * * *
Hotels – New York Industry Goes on Offensive Against Airbnb B
Hotels – China Business Travel Spending Poised to Overtake US in 2016 B *
Alt – Wind: TX Utility Offers a Nighttime Special: Free Electricity NYT *
Alt – Solar: Poised to shake up the electricity industry FT * *
Alt – Solar: Say Goodbye to Subsidies BW
Alt – Biofuel: Needs $70 oil to compete, says DuPont FT *
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