Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: EU Economy<\/p>\n Currencies \u2013 Rouble leads emerging-market currency rout MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n UK – Q2: Economy grows; +0.7% from +0.4% \/ AP<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jul: ConfBd consumer confidence drops by most since 2011; 90.9 from 99.8 \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – May: Case-Shiller home price growth stalls; +4.9% \/ R<\/a> *<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Rouble leads emerging-market currency rout FT<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Commodities slump testing resource-driven economies WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Plenty of good reasons to think weak Aussie dollar here to stay FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – EM Asian currencies flag rising stress FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Malaysia lets ringgit fall below 1998-2005 peg R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Yuan Pushes Deeper Into Global Financial System WSJ<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EU – 2015 GDP forecasts for France, Italy & Spain revised up \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – The Graying of Small Business Managers WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Spain – GDP per capita is set to overtake that of Italy ft<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Portugal – On Road to Recovery Post-Bailout, But Scars Remain WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Greece – Tsipras pressured by covert drachma plan R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ K<\/a><\/p>\n Greece – Fear of the Unknown Binds a Deal With Few Believers WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Greece – More than one way to skin the loan FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Greece – Tide Turns for Shipping Industry WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EU – France\u2019s Hollande Proposes Creation of Euro-Zone Government B<\/a><\/p>\n EU – Italy\u2019s Padoan calls for \u2018political union\u2019 to save euro FT<\/a><\/p>\n Puerto Rico – Bondholders present rival recovery plan FT<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECB – IMF urges bank to use firepower aggressively FT<\/a><\/p>\n Fed\/BOE – Take pole positions in rate race FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed\/BOE – Hint at rate rises in spite of unclear figures FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Economic Forecasts Released Early WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ ft<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Strengthening economy bolsters case for rate rise FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Closer to Hitting Its Inflation Target B<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Italy – Legal reforms may chip away at non-performing loans E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Crowdfunders fear new risk rules FT<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EU – QE feeding house price bubble, says study FT<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EU – A Monetary Culprit for Europe\u2019s Unemployment? WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n EU – ‘Large increases in minimum wage could have severe effects’ E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Rising Costs Strike at Competitiveness WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Incomes Leaving Rest of Eurozone Behind wsj<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Media – News business has the wind in its sails FT<\/a><\/p>\n Media – The future of news: Stop the presses! FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n PCs – Microsoft Changes Its Script With Free Windows 10 WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n PCs – Market Drop Is Picking Up Pace \/ statista<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Air – Pilot Shortage Halves Republic Airways Stock WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Air – Wanted: Pilots to Fly Looming $5.6t Jet-Order Surge B<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n El Nino – Likely to hit coffee, chocolate and sugar AP<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n El Nino – Asia grappling with a bigger, badder cycle N<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n UK Projected to Become The Largest Country In Europe dv<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: EU Economy Currencies \u2013 Rouble leads emerging-market currency rout Air \u2013 Wanted: Pilots to Fly Looming $5.6t Jet-Order Surge El Nino \u2013 Likely to hit coffee, chocolate and sugar MAJOR DATA POINTS UK – Q2: Economy grows; +0.7% from +0.4% \/ AP \/ AFP \/ R \/ B * US – Jul: […]<\/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\/52976"}],"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=52976"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52998,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52976\/revisions\/52998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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