Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Tobacco<\/p>\n World \u2013 US, China Economic Role Reversal Roils EMs MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Nov: Exports Slow Despite Weak Yen; +4.9% from +9.6% \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ ft<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Nov: Oil Drives Decline in CPI; -0.3% from flat \/ AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Ruble: State Media Says Crisis Under Control B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Ruble: Markets Take Wild Ride WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Ruble: Russia Takes Ukraine\u2019s Spot in Currency Abyss \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Ruble: Picking Through the Ruble with Banks WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Ruble: EMs grapple with crisis FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Ruble: EM sell-off claims bigger scalps FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Oil Dragging Down Prices Faster Than Official Price Index Can Capture wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Oil plunge sparks credit market fears FT<\/a><\/p>\n World – Bond Investors Are Skittish Over EMs NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – US, China Economic Role Reversal Roils EMs B<\/a><\/p>\n World – Saudis punishing two rivals, Russia and Iran r<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Ruble Drop Sparks Broader Russian Worry WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ IBD<\/a> \/ RT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Central bank accused of doing too little to halt ruble crisis FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – The Politics of IMF Crisis-Country Growth Projections cfr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – New Russia Sanctions Bill Will Be Signed by Obama, White House Says NYT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Decline in Ruble Starting to Hurt Western Multinationals WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n UK – Stress Test Gives Major Banks Clean Bill of Health WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Surpass regular cigs in teen use AP<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Have not been a gateway to traditional smoking \u2013 ONS g<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Tech takes off as regulation looms AP<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Contain up to 10 times the carcinogens: Japan research AFP<\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – China\u2019s tobacco monopoly gasps over smoking curbs plan FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – A Growing Trend: Graphic Warnings statista<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Snus – A Lesser Warning? Maybe NYT<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Air – Shortage of pilots grounds China general aviation CD<\/a><\/p>\n Air – Single-Pilot Cockpit Idea Floated in NASA Study WSJ<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Aluminum – US Primary Imports Surge R<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Aluminum – Dominant holder highlights problems in market FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Price falls below $60 FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Price fall threatens $1t of projects FT<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – The squeeze on \u2018supertankers\u2019 FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Prices Need More Than a Crisis WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Early slowdown signs emerge for US producer states R<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Past price slumps show US drillers’ inertia r<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Industry twitches ears in anticipation of potential deals FT<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Winners and losers of price plunge FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Asian Consumers See Little Trickle-Down WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Cheap Price Won\u2019t Drive China\u2019s Sluggish Cars WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Geography of Top-Level Domain names nesensa<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Tobacco World \u2013 US, China Economic Role Reversal Roils EMs Aluminum \u2013 US Primary Imports Surge Oil \u2013 Asian Consumers See Little Trickle-Down MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Nov: Exports Slow Despite Weak Yen; +4.9% from +9.6% \/ R \/ WSJ \/ B \/ ft * US – Nov: Oil Drives Decline […]<\/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\/49539"}],"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=49539"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49569,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49539\/revisions\/49569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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