Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Economy<\/p>\n MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Jun: Industrial Output Suffers Worst Fall in Over 3 Years; -3.3% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Jul: Business Confidence Holds Up; 102.2 from 102.1 \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Q2: Economy grows; +4.0% from -2.9% \/ FT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jul: ADP Private Sector Slows Pace of Hiring; +218k from +281k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Stocks – Chinese Market Takes Off WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Stocks – Investors Sift Through China’s Discount Bin WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Stocks – HK Finally Joins Rally WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Stocks – China Explains \u201cConfused Signals\u201d in US Asset Prices cfr<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Federal Government the Lone Star of Dreary Q1 wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Economy Heating Up During Summer WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n US – Americans Paying Bills on Time at a Historically High Rate wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – The productivity puzzle FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Potential Stagflation? Bloomberg GDP forecast vs. CPI b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – The Typical Household, Now Worth a Third Less NYT<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – EU, US set Russia sanctions FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russia sanctions threaten to blow EZ off course R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – BP flags concerns about impact of sanctions FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ q<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russia Risk Propels Europe Bonds to Record Highs WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – EU Ban Targets Russian Banks $15b Debt B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Financial window closes for Moscow businesses FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russian state banks and corporate sector likely to suffer FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russia bans Polish fruit and veg R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russians\u2019 Alarm Grows Over Putin’s Tactics NYT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EU – Investment banks bounce back FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EU – Lloyds Pays \u00a3226m to Settle Rate Probe FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Housing Slowdown? The Case-Shiller Index in Five Charts wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Millennials: forever renters or delayed homeowners? r<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – NMHC Survey: Apartment Market Conditions Tighter in Q2 2014 cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Is the Private Mortgage-Bond Market Dead or Dormant? wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Zillow to Buy Rival Trulia WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Retail – US Shoppers Open Up Their Wallets\u2014Selectively WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Battle for Poor Shoppers Fuels Dollar-Store Deal WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ships – Increased Oil Imports Spur Plans to Build More Vessels C<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Twitter – User Growth Picks Up WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ q<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon – Ambitions, lack of profits, unnerve investors R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook – Answers Critics With Mobile-Ad Surge WSJ<\/a> \/ bi<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Inspur – NSA Concerns Give Chinese Server Maker a Boost WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Shale – US: Forecasts for higher oil prices misjudge the boom r<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – US: ‘Fracking could turn out to be a bubble’ q<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – US: Exxon Says It Is Getting Singled Out Over Fracking WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – US: Denton rejects fracking ban AP<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Mexico: Japan eager to join development YS<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – UK: Britain reopens way for fracking AP<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Google trends for \u2018peak oil\u2019 and \u2018fracking\u2019 cd<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ebola – Africa Strains to Contain Virus WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ r<\/a> \/ E<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The Most Common Items Lost on NYC Transit 538<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Economy MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Jun: Industrial Output Suffers Worst Fall in Over 3 Years; -3.3% \/ WSJ \/ FT \/ B * EZ – Jul: Business Confidence Holds Up; 102.2 from 102.1 \/ WSJ \/ R \/ B * US – Q2: Economy grows; +4.0% from -2.9% \/ FT […]<\/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\/47346"}],"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=47346"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47369,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47346\/revisions\/47369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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