Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Real Estate<\/p>\n Ukraine \u2013 Russian Reliance on Chinese Loans May Blunt Sanctions\u2019 Impact MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Jun: ConfBd leading indicators rose; +0.3% from +0.7% \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jul: UMich consumer sentiment dips in preliminary reading; 81.3 from 82.5 \/ R<\/a> \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – US uses capital markets sanctions to cut deep into Russian economy FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russian Reliance on Chinese Loans May Blunt Sanctions\u2019 Impact NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russia sanctions: perfect timing FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – US Business Groups Fear Russian Reprisal WSJ<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Bank Lending Accelerates After Slump WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – A Difficult Quarter Again Seen for Banks WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Blame It on the Rain: Slump in Housing Starts Driven by Record Drop in the South WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Bargain-Hunting Investors Are Spurring Surge in Home Prices NYT<\/a><\/p>\n US – Forecast Says Home Prices Are Overvalued, Will Peak In 2016 wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – More Homeowners Are Tapping Their Home Equity WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Downside of low mortgage rates? Less selling AP<\/a><\/p>\n US – All in the Family Home: Record 57m Living in Multi-Generational Households wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Homeownership Rate for Millennials Has Hit Bottom wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – China Fuels Surge in Foreign Purchases of Housing WSJ<\/a> \/ wsj<\/a> \/ 538<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Retail Rents on Rise as Space at a Premium WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Reis: Strip Mall Vacancy Rate declined slightly cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Reis: Apartment Vacancy Rate unchanged cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Axiometrics: Apartment market just had its best quarter since 2001 bi<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ads – Google searches out new forms for sales jump FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ads – Yahoo Prices: \u2018Something Went Dramatically Wrong\u2019 WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ads – Fraud lurks in shadows of changing digital advertising landscape FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Defense – Philippines Military Goes on Shopping Spree WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Defense – Life is likely to keep getting harder for makers of military equipment E<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Microsoft – Sheds 18k jobs FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ q<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Foxconn – Struggles to adjust to China\u2019s changing labor landscape FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter – Tries to Resize Itself WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Carbon – Australia Becomes First Developed Nation to Repeal Tax WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ ABC<\/a> \/ SMH<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Immigration: Life on the line FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EU – Germany Caught Off Guard By Surge in Refugees S<\/a> \/ S<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Chikungunya – Threat rises in US from mosquito-borne virus R<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Battle of the Tricolor: Horizontal vs. Vertical Flags reddit<\/a> \/ motw<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Real Estate Ukraine \u2013 Russian Reliance on Chinese Loans May Blunt Sanctions\u2019 Impact Chikungunya \u2013 Threat rises in US from mosquito-borne virus EU \u2013 Germany Caught Off Guard By Surge in Refugees MAJOR DATA POINTS US – Jun: ConfBd leading indicators rose; +0.3% from +0.7% \/ AP US – Jul: UMich […]<\/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\/47158"}],"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=47158"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47176,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47158\/revisions\/47176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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