Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Telecoms<\/p>\n Mexico \u2013 Remittances Top Oil Income MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Australia – Jan: Unemployment Spikes; 6.0% from 5.8% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Exports Drop Most Since 2009; -12.9% from -8.0% \/ B<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Dec: Current Account Surplus Declines; +\u20ac25b from +\u20ac27b \/ WSJ<\/a> <\/p>\n US – Jan: Leading Indicators Fell for a Second Month; -0.2% from -0.3% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless claims fall; -7k to 262k \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – On collision course for default crisis FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Venezuela – Faces Test on Debt WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina – Reaches Deal to Settle Bond Default Lawsuit WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – How low can Real go? FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico – Remittances Top Oil Income AP<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Banxico – Mexico delivers unexpected rate rise with eye on inflation FT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Pot – Cannabis shifts from outlaw weed to mainstream commodity FT<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – As Sales Grow, Start-Ups Step In for Wary Banks NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – Power Demands Tax US Electricity Grids B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – Reeferegulatory challenge E<\/a> \/ e<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – The disjointed states of America e<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – European towers find their range FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – Race Is On to Deliver Internet From Space WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – The Future of Public Wi-Fi FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – T-Mobile US adds 1m lucrative customers FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Telecoms – More smartphone users to switch from talking to tapping FT<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Farms – US hit by dollar\u2019s strength FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Farms – Banks Feel the Pain of Dairy Downturn WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Farms – UK prices head back to earth FT<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Shale Gas Exports Near at Cheniere B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – US exports start as overseas demand for LNG is slowing WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Total Starts North Sea Project Despite Low Prices WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Global market braced for price war FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – As Ukraine Looks Elsewhere, Gazprom Sees No Let Up in Sales B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Threatens Brazil\u2019s Olympic boost FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – 20 US states \/ DM<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Birth Defects in Brazil May Be Over-Reported Amid Virus Fears NYT<\/a> \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – New Study Links Virus to Microcephaly WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Fighting the \u2018Cockroach of Mosquitoes\u2019 WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – WHO Says Vaccines at Least 18 Months Away From Broad Trials WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – UN: Stopping virus may require GM insects AP<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World\u2019s Stock Exchanges by Size vc<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Telecoms Mexico \u2013 Remittances Top Oil Income Pot \u2013 Reeferegulatory challenge Zika \u2013 UN: Stopping virus may require GM insects MAJOR DATA POINTS Australia – Jan: Unemployment Spikes; 6.0% from 5.8% \/ B Japan – Exports Drop Most Since 2009; -12.9% from -8.0% \/ B \/ FT EZ – Dec: Current Account […]<\/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\/56314"}],"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=56314"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56334,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56314\/revisions\/56334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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