Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Economy<\/p>\n MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Oct: Ifo business optimism resilient after VW scandal; 108.2 from 108.5 \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a><\/p>\n US – Sep: New-Home Sales Fall 11.5%, +\/- 11.3% WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ R<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Stocks – Tech Stalwarts Drive Market Surge WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Stocks – Anxiety Lies Beneath Advance WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Companies Warn of Slowing Economy WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Economists are starting to warn about a new recession wapo<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – GDP statistics are becoming less reliable E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – No benefit hike for Social Security next year AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Heads for Presidential Runoff in Shock Result WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Election Won\u2019t Make Investors Rush In WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – No Easy Economic Options for Next President WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Economy a poisoned chalice for president\u2019s successor FT<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Economists still see rate rise before year-end FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Betting Against a Fed Rate Rise WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – CPI Fall Clouds Rate Decision WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – What if rates never rise? FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Problem in Finding the Neutral Rate B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Emerges as potential headquarters for HSBC FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n US – Big Banks to Firms: We Don\u2019t Want Your Cash WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – S&Ls Adapting To Flatter Yield Curve IBD<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Existing Home Sales Surge WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Tech money causes waves on Silicon Beach FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Framing Lumber Prices down Sharply cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Building Materials Are Riding Real Estate’s Rebirth IBD<\/a><\/p>\n US – NMHC Apartment Market Slightly Tighter \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Strong Rebound for Architecture Billings \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Cloud – Google + Microsoft + Amazon = Cloud Burst WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Cloud – H-P Winds Down Project WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Cloud – Optical Gear Makers Groom Products IBD<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ship – US Port Exports Are Coming Up Empty WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Ship – LA area Port Traffic declines \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Water – The Strongest El Nino in Decades B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Water – California\u2019s Growers Bear Brunt of Drought Woes WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Which names were number one in 2014 by state huffpo<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Economy MAJOR DATA POINTS Germany – Oct: Ifo business optimism resilient after VW scandal; 108.2 from 108.5 \/ AP \/ B \/ AFP US – Sep: New-Home Sales Fall 11.5%, +\/- 11.3% WSJ \/ AP \/ B \/ R MARKETS Stocks – Tech Stalwarts Drive Market Surge WSJ * Stocks – […]<\/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\/54377"}],"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=54377"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54406,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54377\/revisions\/54406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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