Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Economy & Real Estate<\/p>\n Fed \u2013 Inflation Undershoots the 2% Target for the 35th Month MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Mar: Machinery orders rise; +2.9% from -1.4% \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – May: NAHB Home Builder Sentiment Falls for Fourth Time in Five Months; 54 from 56 \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Tight Mortgage Market Keeps Lid on Debt Levels WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Why the Economy Keeps Getting Knocked Off Track WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Consumers Are Spending Again B<\/a> \/ wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Don\u2019t Expect Cheap Gasoline to Fuel Retail Sales WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Where Americans Spend Their Money wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Firms Shoulder Rising Debt WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Philly Fed Coincident Indexes Increased in 41 States \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Inflation Undershoots the 2% Target for the 35th Month wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Probability of a rate hike \/ t<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Weak Housing Data Don\u2019t Deter Builders WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Democrats raise the roof over mortgages FT<\/a><\/p>\n US – Homebuyers face a tough spring AP<\/a><\/p>\n US – Home Prices Start to Heat Up WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Home Sales to Hit Highest Level Since 2006, Realtors Say wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – ‘Indefinitely postponing the dream of homeownership’ wapo<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Strong Dollar Makes Real Estate Less Attractive to Foreigners WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Low oil prices have cost tens of thousands of jobs r<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Online – Can Google Outsell Amazon and eBay? WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Online – Itochu, partners preparing to take on Alibaba N<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ships – Maersk, DSME Reach Agreement in Principle on Container Megaship Order WSJ<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Regulators to Discuss Alliance Delay, Cost Problems WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Growing Alliances Are Straining Major US Gateway Ports WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Ship – UN Agency Adopts Polar Code to Prevent Sea Pollution WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Coffee – Less From Brazil Is Expected WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Coffee – Bears feast on strong crop forecasts FT<\/a><\/p>\n Coffee – Artisan drinkers provide perk FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Cocoa – Asia Loses Its Sweet Tooth WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Cocoa – World Production \/ *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Saudis Poised To Block Ramp-Up By US Firms IBD<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – ‘Russia Was Right: Europe Has Proved a Dud’ B<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Continental Resources\u2019 chief vows bounce back FT<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The Top Exported Good in Each State fixr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n The Top Imported Good in Each State fixr<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Economy & Real Estate Fed \u2013 Inflation Undershoots the 2% Target for the 35th Month Online \u2013 Itochu, partners preparing to take on Alibaba Shale \u2013 Saudis Poised To Block Ramp-Up By US Firms MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Mar: Machinery orders rise; +2.9% from -1.4% \/ R US – May: […]<\/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\/51933"}],"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=51933"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51953,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51933\/revisions\/51953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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