Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Shale<\/p>\n World \u2013 Prospects still slim for major pickup MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n UK – Q3: Economic Growth Weaker Than Expected; +0.4% was +0.5% \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Nov: New home sales rise 4.3%, momentum slows; 505k from 470k \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Nov: Consumer Spending Rose; +0.3% from +0.4% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Nov: Capital Goods Orders Drop; -0.4% from +0.6% \/ B<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Dec: UMich Sentiment Highest Since July; 92.6 from 91.3 \/ WSJ<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Oil Bettors Seek Safety in Proxies WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Prospects still slim for major pickup R<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Economy grew by 2.7% \/ E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – A Little More Inflation Would Be Good for Everyone B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Poverty has fallen below 10% for the first time bi<\/a> \/ A<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n World – Relative economic impacts of water insecurity \/ bm<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Thousands more bank jobs under threat FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – USPS on Track to Gain Larger Share of Holiday Market WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Delivery – Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – Festive season will have to go well to brighten outlook FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – De Beers Shuttering Canada Mine B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – Why It’s So Hard to Put a Price on the Biggest B<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Shale – USGS Doubles Barnett Reserves Estimate TT<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Clues to future lie in Permian basin FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – ‘Producers Drool Over West Texas Tiramisu’ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Biggest US gas field finally succumbs to downturn R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Gas Driller Hits a Gusher\u2014and Sinks Its Own Stock WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – IEA: Opec Strategy Hurts Output But Doesn’t Lift Prices WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Low commodity prices have failed to gut US oil FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – ‘OK Earthquakes Are a National Security Threat’ B<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Banks (So Far) Escape Bust BW<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – EU gas exploration on ice as boom turns to bust FT<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – Dozens of companies awarded UK fracking licences FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – A Saudi fracking boom could be a tectonic shift G&M<\/a><\/p>\n Shale – China needs more than goals to tap gas n<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Sands – ‘Now a Weakness, Not Strength’ B<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Air – China Faces Balancing Act to Reduce Pollution WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Air – Companies in South China See Opportunity in Beijing\u2019s Smog NYT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Air – New diesel car sales banned in Delhi as pollution war intensifies FT<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n 76 Viral Images From 2015 That Were Totally Fake giz<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Shale World \u2013 Prospects still slim for major pickup Diamonds \u2013 De Beers Shuttering Canada Mine Air \u2013 Companies in South China See Opportunity in Beijing\u2019s Smog MAJOR DATA POINTS UK – Q3: Economic Growth Weaker Than Expected; +0.4% was +0.5% \/ WSJ * US – Nov: New home sales rise 4.3%, […]<\/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\/55411"}],"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=55411"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55436,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55411\/revisions\/55436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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