Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: South Africa<\/p>\n Fed \u2013 The taming of the balance sheet MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Apr: Slides Back into Trade Deficit; -\u00a553b (-$439m) \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a> \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Singapore – Q1: Economy Expanded More Than Estimated; +2.6% from +2.1% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n US – Apr: US new-home sales jump; +7% from -10% \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Mar: Case-Shiller Home Price Index Rose; +4.1% from +4.2% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Apr: Orders for durable goods drop; -0.5% from +5.1% \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – May: ConfBd consumer confidence rises; 95.4 from 94.3 \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – May: Markit services sector growth slows; 56.4 from 57.4 \/ R<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Bonds – Junk-rated Chicago to test market FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Bonds – China Embraces Foreign Investors WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Zuma: Power failure FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Zulu king condemns attacks on immigrants FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Weak rand fails to ease manufacturers\u2019 woes FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Power Outages Mar Economic Expansion WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Struggling power utility suspends its CEO FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Power cuts persist, utility races to fix plants R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Foreign Businesses Face Backlash WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Miners accelerate job cuts to 35k FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa – Staking a claim FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Greece – Will default on June IMF repayment FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Greece – Struggle for Elusive Deal WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Greece – Governing Left Divided Over Debt Terms WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Yellen: On Track to Raise Rates This Year WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Weak spell puts Yellen at crossroads over liftoff plans R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – The Core of the Inflation Problem WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – The taming of the balance sheet FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – EMs ready themselves for acid test FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Negative rates pose corporate conundrum FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Misconduct bill tops $235b R<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Productivity: It\u2019s a drag FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – Charter Communications Nearing Deal for TWC WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – Charter Strikes $55b Deal for TWC WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ q<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Oil tankers: tanked up FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Panama Canal unlikely to return to 2007 pre-crisis boom levels FT<\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Los Angeles Port Reports Steep Cargo Decline WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ethanol – The end of the road? N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ethanol – As boom fades, ADM sees bright future for corn in grocery aisle R<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Occasions Behind Countries\u2019 \u201cNational Days\u201d wiki<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: South Africa Fed \u2013 The taming of the balance sheet World \u2013 Misconduct bill tops $235b Ethanol \u2013 As boom fades, ADM sees bright future for corn in grocery aisle MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Apr: Slides Back into Trade Deficit; -\u00a553b (-$439m) \/ WSJ \/ AP \/ B \/ AFP \/ […]<\/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\/52025"}],"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=52025"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52057,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52025\/revisions\/52057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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