Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: China<\/p>\n China \u2013 Expects to lay off 1.8m workers in coal, steel sectors MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Feb: Official services sector PMI slipped; 52.7 from 53.5 \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n China – Feb: Official manufacturing PMI falls; 49.0 from 49.4 \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n China – Feb: Caixin Manufacturing conditions at 5-month low; 48.0 from 48.4 \/ m<\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Feb: Nikkei manufacturing PMI drops to 8-month low; 50.1 from 52.3 \/ m<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Jan: Jobless rate drops to lowest since August 2011; 10.2% from 10.3% \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Feb: Markit Manufacturing PMI falls to 12-month low; 51.2 from 52.3 \/ m<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Feb: Markit manufacturing plunged to a 15-month low; 50.5 from 52.3 \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: Final Markit Manufacturing PMI up slightly; 51.3 was 51.0; m<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: ISM Services Index Climbed; 49.5 from 48.2 \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jan: Construction spending jumps to eight-year high; +1.5% from +0.6% \/ R<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Stocks stage a quiet recovery WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Foreign Exchange Reserves Dwindling Rapidly NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Has problems, but it won\u2019t run out of reserves FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Foreign Money Could Be Slow to Enter Bond Markets WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Services stall; no option but industrial sector FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Resurrected Minxin manufacturing gauge suggests weakness B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Rush of Corporate Bonds Inflames Worries About Debt WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Moves to Dispel Doubts on Economy WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – OECD downgraded everyone except Beijing \/ oecd<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – State-owned Zombie economy FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Overproduction Swamps Smaller Cities WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Excess capacity harms economy and riles trading partners E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – Europe Urges China to Fight Industrial Overproduction WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – SOE acquisitions in Europe raise concern FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – A Clash of Cultures at Alabama Factory WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Urged to Stomach Much Higher Fiscal Deficit WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n China – The Washington insiders who work to get deals approved R<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n PBOC – Cuts Reserve Requirement Again WSJ<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – How Big Lending Push Comes Up Short WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Expects to lay off 1.8m workers in coal, steel sectors R<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n China – The one-child policy is gone, but its legacy bites deep N<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Media – China Could Beat US Movie BO by 2017 BW<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Zika – Expected to infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans WaPo<\/a><\/p>\n Zika – CDC: 14 more US reports of possible spread through sex AP<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China could become a major power in club football FT<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: China China \u2013 Expects to lay off 1.8m workers in coal, steel sectors Media \u2013 China Could Beat US Movie BO by 2017 Zika \u2013 Expected to infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans MAJOR DATA POINTS China – Feb: Official services sector PMI slipped; 52.7 from 53.5 \/ FT \/ WSJ China […]<\/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\/56477"}],"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=56477"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56497,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56477\/revisions\/56497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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