Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Meat<\/p>\n Bonds \u2013 Fracking boom is helping bolster Treasuries demand DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Jan: HSBC Manufacturing Contracts; 49.5 from 50.5 \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Philippines – Q4: GDP Growth Slowed on Impact of Typhoon; +6.5% from +6.9% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Jan: Confidence Shows Patchy Recovery; 100.9 from 100.4 \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Jan: Joblessness Fell More Than Forecast ; -28k to 2.93m \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n UK – Dec: Home-Loan Market Rebounds to Best in Six Years; 72k from 71k \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n Spain – Q4: Economy Picks Up Pace; +0.3%, -0.1% yr \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Belgium – Q4: Economy Sees Fastest Growth in Almost Three Years; +0.4% from +0.9% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Dec: Unemployment Rate Falls to Record Low; 4.3% from 4.6% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n US – Q4: Economy Grew as Consumer Spending Picked Up; +3.2% from +4.1% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Dec: NAR Pending Sales of Existing Homes Slump Most Since 2010; -8.7% from -0.3% \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Climbed More Than Forecast; +19k to 348k \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Bonds – Markets wrestle with Reverse Rotation FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Bonds – Fracking boom is helping bolster Treasuries demand B<\/a><\/p>\n Bonds – Gilts face end of 24-year bull run FT<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EMs – Sell-off in currencies continues FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EMs – Slide Tests How Much Nations Learned From Past WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EMs – Turkey: Have equities discounted enough? FT<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Sticks with $10b taper FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Banxico – Inflation Puts Tightening on Bank of Mexico Agenda wsj<\/a><\/p>\n MNB – Hungary Hints at Further Rate Cuts Despite Sliding Forint WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n CBR – Russia Prepared to Let Ruble Slide WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n RBNZ – Expects to Start Raising \u2018Soon\u2019 B<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Four factors keeping investors nervous N<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n India – Banks seek refuge in home loans R<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – Canada Post will phase out home delivery in smaller cities and suburbs first G&M<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Planes – Boeing plans to raise deliveries by 10% FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Mobiles – Google Sells Motorola To Lenovo For $2.9b FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ nyt<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Mobiles – Apple, Samsung Confront New Rivals in China WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Reid threatens Obama\u2019s trade agenda FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n TPP – US trade debate prompts fears of delay in talks FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n EU\/US – ‘Will US-EU Trade Become Too Free?’ S<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Trade reaches new high \/ cd<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Meat – Spring thaw to briefly relieve hot US beef prices R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – China has an unexpected pork glut q<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – How People Consume Around The World bi<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – ‘A lot can be done to make consumption less bad for the planet’ E<\/a> \/ E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – Resurgent bird flu culls poultry industry X<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – Pig-killing PEDv virus moves into Canada G&M<\/a> \/ CBC<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ CBC<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – Canadian pork industry trying to forestall deadly virus G&M<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Meat – Canada warns of trade retaliation as U.S. fails to change labelling rules CBC<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n H7N9 – China halts poultry trading after new cases AP<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ q<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n H5N8 – SK expands poultry cull on bird flu fears R<\/a><\/p>\n Stem Cells – Japan team discovers a quicker source FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Energy – Icy Chill Sets Energy Prices on Fire WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Energy – Price gap with the US to hurt Europe for \u2018at least 20 years\u2019 FT<\/a><\/p>\n Energy – Gradually decoupling from economic growth ft<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Pensions – Germany: Moves to Raise WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Pensions – Obama Signs Order for Retirement Accounts WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Pensions – US: funding gap closes, driving corporate profits R<\/a> \/ bi<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ghost stations of the London Underground motw<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Meat Bonds \u2013 Fracking boom is helping bolster Treasuries demand India \u2013 Banks seek refuge in home loans Delivery \u2013 Canada Post will phase out home delivery in smaller cities and suburbs first DATA POINTS China – Jan: HSBC Manufacturing Contracts; 49.5 from 50.5 \/ WSJ \/ FT \/ B * Philippines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43658"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43683,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43658\/revisions\/43683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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