Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Currencies<\/p>\n Russia \u2013 Tough budget rhetoric masks laxer reality MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Q3: Household real income per capita up; +0.5% from +0.1% \/ eu<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jan: NAR Pending home sales almost flat; +0.1% from -1.1% \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Dec: Durable Goods Orders Tumbled; -5.1% from -0.5% \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Fell; -16k to 278k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Market in thrall to Fed FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – China mouthpiece warns Soros against shorting renminbi FT<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – China Trying to Allay Global Concerns WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – China Can\u2019t Paper Over Policy Contradictions WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Yuan\u2019s Fall Is Just \u2018Noise\u2019 Amid Deeper Woes WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Risk matters for China\u2019s property sector FT<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Breaking the HK dollar peg FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Stronger yen casts shadow over equities FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Investors Betting on Continued Yen Strength WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Bitcoin Breaking Up? WSJ<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Russia – Problems move from the acute to the chronic E<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Russia – Tough budget rhetoric masks laxer reality R<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – March Rate Hike Less Likely B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EU – Bank debt sales 18% down FT<\/a><\/p>\n Italy – Investors cool on bad loans accord FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Italy – Offloading bad debt to private buyers could go awry FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Italy – Scrambles to Resuscitate Banks WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Spain – Santander: No Margin for Error WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Cautious Savers Find New Taste for Risk WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n UK – Property shows no sign of cooling B<\/a><\/p>\n UK – Property insolvencies rise as \u2018zombies\u2019 are killed off FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n UK – Landlord housing wealth eclipses owner-occupiers with mortgages FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n UK – Skills shortage slows housebuilding FT<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Smaller Sizes Add Pop to Soda Sales WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n F&B – Energy Drinks, Bottled Water On Tap For Soda Giants IBD<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Streaming – Why Apple Hasn\u2019t Won the TV War WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Streaming – So Far, Amazon and Netflix Are Sundance\u2019s Top Buyers NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Streaming – Netflix Adds More Subscribers Than Expected WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Streaming – Netflix Investors Like What They See B<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Streaming – Netflix’s Utopian Plan to Conquer the World B<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Building heights in London motw<\/a>*<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Currencies Russia \u2013 Tough budget rhetoric masks laxer reality Italy \u2013 Investors cool on bad loans accord UK \u2013 Property shows no sign of cooling MAJOR DATA POINTS EZ – Q3: Household real income per capita up; +0.5% from +0.1% \/ eu * US – Jan: NAR Pending home sales almost flat; […]<\/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\/55969"}],"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=55969"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55987,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55969\/revisions\/55987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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