Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Japan<\/p>\n Defense \u2013 Asia\u2019s military budgets surge as armies go high-tech MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Flash Some Warning Signs; -10k to 307k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Weak Yen Rekindles Hope for Bringing Production Back Home WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – BOJ’s bond buys dragging yields to record lows N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Inventories shrink as BoJ\u2019s bond appetite grows FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Yield on Five-Year Government Bond Falls to Zero WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – French Connection Bodes Ill for Stocks B<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Raises Long-Term Growth View WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Restructuring costs weigh down companies FT<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n BOJ – Slashes inflation forecast WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a>AFP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ N<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n BOC – Shocks With Rate Cut \u201cInsurance\u201d Against Oil Slump WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ G&M<\/a> \/ CBC<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n BCB – Brazil benchmark rate at three-year high FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a><\/p>\n ECB – Announces \u20ac60b a Month QE FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n ECB – Eyes \u20ac50b monthly bond purchases WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n ECB – Four reasons why QE will be different in the EZ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n BOE – Unanimous in holding interest rates FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Global Monetary Policy Changes in a Map bp<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Defense – Abe boosts Japan spending FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Defense – Asia’s military budgets surge as armies go high-tech N<\/a> \/ N<\/a> \/ N<\/a> *<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Net Neutrality – Amazon backs White House FT<\/a><\/p>\n Net Neutrality – Broadband Industry Backs GOP\u2019s Proposed Bill WSJ<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Sorghum – US Farmers\u2019 Latest Hot Crop WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Sugar – Is on a High at Year\u2019s Start WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Natural Gas – Takes Unseasonal Plunge WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Heating Oil – Cheaper Prices Fuel Billions in Savings in Northeast WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Government Presses Companies to Raise Wages WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – To Rescue Economy, Abe Turns to Supermom NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Female truckers move into the driving seat FT<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Demog – Japan: 2014 births fall to lowest on record FT<\/a> \/ q<\/a> \/ wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Demog – Japan: Has been too optimistic wapo<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Crop that supplies most calories motw<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Japan Defense \u2013 Asia\u2019s military budgets surge as armies go high-tech Japan \u2013 To Rescue Economy, Abe Turns to Supermom Demog \u2013 Japan: Has been too optimistic MAJOR DATA POINTS US – Week: Jobless Claims Flash Some Warning Signs; -10k to 307k \/ WSJ \/ R \/ B \/ cr * MARKETS […]<\/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\/50099"}],"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=50099"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50121,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50099\/revisions\/50121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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