Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Latin America<\/p>\n Ukraine \u2013 Merkel says Russia sanctions remain \u2018unavoidable\u2019 MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Nov: Home Prices Fall at Slower Pace; -0.6% from -0.8% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Dec: Ifo Business More Bullish as Euro Weakens; 105.5 from 104.7 \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Fall; -6k to 289k \/ B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Cuba – US Companies Consider the Possibilities of Trade WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Cuba – As economy stagnates, economists press for deeper reforms R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico – Offers First Oil Blocks to Private Firms WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico – Oil price plunge raises energy reform concerns FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico – Security woes threatening Nieto\u2019s record of success FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Panama – Building Boom Leaves Glut of Hotels, Offices WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Default risks spike R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Fears grow amid falling oil prices FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – ‘On borrowed time’ E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Investors weigh debt default FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Why it’s looking at a world of pain gp<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Trims Oil Diplomacy WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Loses faith in socialist government FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Investors Cheer Next Economic Czar WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Braces for austerity FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Rousseff back on path to economic orthdoxy FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Dilma changes course E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Drought Unleashes Flood of Sales for Some Firms WSJ<\/A><\/p>\n Brazil – Gherkin acquisition shows growing appetite for M&A FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Stocks Get Boost From Investors With Taste for Risk WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Seeks its own shale boom FT<\/a><\/p>\n Chile – Economy still ‘moribund’ as growth remains weak R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Chile – Rethinks its free market experiment FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n LatAm – The great deceleration E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n LatAm – Pacific pumas E<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Putin\u2019s Year of Defiance and Miscalculation WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Merkel says Russia sanctions remain ‘unavoidable’ AFP<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russians Quit London Luxury Homes as Only Super-Rich Stay B<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Ruble Strengthens After Central Bank Acts WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Foreign ‘speculators’ say it wasn’t us R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Russian Controls Would Risk Capital Chaos WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Traders Betting Russia\u2019s Next Move Will Be to Sell Gold B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Ruble collapse hits Asian carmakers’ ambitions in Russia R<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine – Major country exports to Russia are of ‘negligible importance’ bi<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Signals tightening by mid-2015 FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – What Did Greenspan Do with \u201cConsiderable Time\u201d Pledge in \u201904? cfr<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – Amazon Confirms Rollout of One-Hour Service WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – Port Delays Leave Retail Goods Stuck in Transit WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – FedEx breaks run of better results FT<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Air – The low-frills, long-haul gamble FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Air – Discount carriers take off in Southeast Asia N<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Sands – Canadian exporters narrowly survive EU \u2018dirty oil\u2019 vote CP<\/a><\/p>\n Sands – Fort McMurray yields to caution R<\/a> \/ G&M<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Sands – Canada\u2019s US Oil Imports Dwarf Saudis\u2019 Share B<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Currency names around the World reddit<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Latin America Ukraine \u2013 Merkel says Russia sanctions remain \u2018unavoidable\u2019 Air \u2013 Discount carriers take off in Southeast Asia Sands \u2013 Canadian exporters narrowly survive EU \u2018dirty oil\u2019 vote MAJOR DATA POINTS China – Nov: Home Prices Fall at Slower Pace; -0.6% from -0.8% \/ WSJ \/ NYT \/ B * Germany […]<\/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\/49571"}],"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=49571"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49595,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49571\/revisions\/49595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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