Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Retail<\/p>\n LatAm \u2013 Populist Collapse Cheered With Foreign Inflows MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Nov: Trade account returns to deficit as exports fall; -3.3% not -1.5% \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n NZ – Q3: Economy Grew More Than Forecast; +0.9% from +0.3% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Q3: Wage Growth Slows; +1.4% from +2.0% \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Fell; -11k to 271k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Fitch Downgrades to Junk, With Negative Outlook WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Gloom on Finances Deepens WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Farm barter is back R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Waxing and waning e<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Investors await Macri reforms FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Macri lifts capital controls FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Ecuador – Cheap Oil and Strong Dollar: Twin Troubles WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Caribbean – Struggles to attract investment FT<\/a> *<\/a> <\/p>\n Puerto Rico – Warns of Looming Default Without Bankruptcy Plan NYT<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Rousseff Administration Popularity Falls To 9% WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – On edge of political crisis FT<\/a><\/p>\n LatAm – Populist \u2018Pink Tide\u2019 Ebbing? WSJ<\/a> \/ E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n LatAm – Populist Collapse Cheered With Foreign Inflows B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Expects \u2018Gradual\u2019 Tightening Path WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Turns to new tool to lift US interest rates FT<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Banks raise prime rates after Fed move FT<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Lower end of the market adds to China\u2019s mass appeal FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Stores Feel the Heat of Lost Winter Clothing Sales NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Amazon Is Capturing Bigger Slice B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Web Sales Hum, but With Smaller Orders WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – “How is the economy hitting your holiday haul?” \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Walmart square footage per person by US state \/ motw<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – UK shops buy into \u2018Small Business Saturday\u2019 FT<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Tries to Influence Fight Over Internet Control NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n China – ‘Robolution’ Looms Over Foxconn IBD<\/a><\/p>\n China – Aims to Build Its Own Secure Smartphones WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Chips away at US, Taiwan semiconductor dominance R<\/a><\/p>\n China – Tsinghua Criticizes Opposition to Chip Ambitions in Taiwan WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n China – Tough times in store for PC makers in Chongqing N<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Becoming aggressive in LCD panel, microchip production N<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – FedEx Is Poised to Deliver WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – Holiday Online Orders Taking Longer WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – Amazon\u2019s instant gratification service aims to disrupt FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – UPS Struggles to Keep Up With Surge in Web Orders WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Wind, Solar Companies Get Boost From Tax-Credit Extension WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Wind and solar groups cheer US budget tax breaks FT<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – ‘What Happened in Solar Is Bigger Than Oil Exports’ B<\/a> \/ pvm<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Solar Industry battles ‘white privilege’ image problem R<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Pharma – Groups turn to asset swaps to boost growth FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Pharma – Combination drugs engulf India R<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Santa Shaming: Toronto mall has younger, thinner ‘Fashion Santa’ UPI<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Retail LatAm \u2013 Populist Collapse Cheered With Foreign Inflows China \u2013 Chips away at US, Taiwan semiconductor dominance Alt \u2013 \u2018What Happened in Solar Is Bigger Than Oil Exports\u2019 MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Nov: Trade account returns to deficit as exports fall; -3.3% not -1.5% \/ AP \/ R NZ – […]<\/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\/55306"}],"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=55306"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55334,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55306\/revisions\/55334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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