Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Real Estate<\/p>\n Fed \u2013 Rate hike fears make Asia vulnerable to capital outflows MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – May: Consumer Spending Rises; +0.9% from +0.1% \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Tick Up; +3k to 271k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Euro – Greek drama poses long-term risk FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Euro – Paradox Lies at Heart of Eurozone\u2019s Plight WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Rate hike fears make Asia vulnerable to capital outflows N<\/a> \/ N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Warning signs are already popping up as the rate hike looms N<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Pensions – OECD warns over solvency as low rates bite FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Pensions – Hedge-Fund Bet Hits Portfolios WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – New and Existing Home Sales at Multi-Year Highs WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Call It a Comeback for Risky Home Buyers WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – More Renting, and Paying More, as Homeownership Falls NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Middle-Aged Americans Causing Red-Hot Rental Market B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Housing Recovery Leaving Poorer Neighborhoods Behind WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Architecture Billings increase \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Investors Gird for Storage Wars WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Ahold, Delhaize Agree to a Merger WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Wal-Mart\u2019s Big Box Shows Cracks WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Trouble Brews for \u2018Imported\u2019 Beers Made in US WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Will the Corona Flow Fast Enough to Meet Demand? WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Carlsberg beats foreign brewers to Myanmar N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n F&B – BRICs have significant increases in alcohol consumption \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Campus bottled water ban didn’t work aei<\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Nestl\u00e9 Taps Into Bottled Water On-Demand WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Auto – Driving is making a comeback in the US r<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Auto – Drivers Log Record Miles Sending Gasoline Imports Higher B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Truck – ATA Index increased 1.1% in May \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – Uncertain future for global trade as profits vanish R<\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – Producers Form Group to Fight Synthetics WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – Japan’s exports surge to record levels N<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Boom Sends Propane Prices to 13-Year Low B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Propane Prices Feel Heat of Supply Glut WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – ‘US Industry Could Be Swallowed By Its Own Debt’ B<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Refracking: Act Two for the Revolution b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – UK Panel to Decide on Fracking WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n H5N2 – Egg report reveals depth of impact of bird flu AP<\/a> \/ q<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n MERS – SK Retailers Pinched NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Medical Gloves – Share valuations of world’s top makers surge R<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Best-selling beers in the world bi<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Real Estate Fed \u2013 Rate hike fears make Asia vulnerable to capital outflows Auto \u2013 Driving is making a comeback in the US Diamonds \u2013 Uncertain future for global trade as profits vanish MAJOR DATA POINTS US – May: Consumer Spending Rises; +0.9% from +0.1% \/ AP \/ B \/ R […]<\/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\/52485"}],"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=52485"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52504,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52485\/revisions\/52504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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