Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Oil<\/p>\n World \u2013 Top of Art Market In Trouble but Middle Market Growing MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Feb: Caixin services PMI drops; 51.2 from 52.4 \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Feb: Markit Composite PMI at 13-month low; 53.0 from 53.6 \/ m<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil – Q4: Slumps to worst recession in decades; -1.4% from -1.7% \/ FT<\/a> \/ AFP<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Jan: Factory orders rebounded; +1.6% from -2.9% \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: ISM services declines; 53.4 from 53.5 \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Q4: Productivity revised to show a less steep decline; -2.2% was -3.0% \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Week: Jobless Claims Rise Slightly; +6k to 278k \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Is The Top of the Art Market In Trouble? B<\/a><\/p>\n World – Middle of art market growing B<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – US industry shaken by rock-bottom rates FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – Google a potential rival: report R<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Sales Rapidly Lose Steam WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – US bans use on airline flights AP<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Make quitting harder, contested study claims rn<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Vaping may lead teens to tobacco AFP<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Ads’ wide reach among US youth alarming: CDC R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – BAT to launch iFuse hybrid FT<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – Tobacco companies lukewarm FT<\/a><\/p>\n E-Cigs – ‘Un-Islamic’ vaping catches fire in Malaysia AFP<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Tankers Wait to Unload Cargo in Another Sign of Glut WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Rail – The New Oil Storage Space: Railcars WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Oil – \u2018Critical Mass\u2019 of Producing Countries Agree to Freeze WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Hedge Funds Turn Bullish WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – US Shale Producers Cut Back Production WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – US Shale Drillers are Finally Buckling B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Drillers in the US Ready to Party Like It’s 1859 B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – ‘US shale firms see output falling, but is it enough?’ r<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – US shale: above $40, we are coming back R<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Big Banks Slash Price Forecasts WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Stockpile surplus of 1b barrels will persist B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – The Big New Threat to Prices: A Glut of Gasoline WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Record-High Propane Shipments Leading US Energy Export Boom B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Industry tormented by latest price slump FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Crash takes heavy toll on midstream energy companies FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Sector aims for profits at $50 crude FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Beyond the Bloodbath WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Gasoline\u2019s unseasonable tumble roils US economic data B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Saudi Arabia seeks US investment FT<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – China Said to Pitch HK Listing for Aramco IPO B<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n And The Oscar Comes From ga<\/a>*<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Oil World \u2013 Top of Art Market In Trouble but Middle Market Growing Insurance \u2013 Google a potential rival: report E-Cigs \u2013 US bans use on airline flights MAJOR DATA POINTS China – Feb: Caixin services PMI drops; 51.2 from 52.4 \/ WSJ EZ – Feb: Markit Composite PMI at 13-month low; […]<\/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\/56521"}],"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=56521"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56536,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56521\/revisions\/56536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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