Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Geothermal<\/p>\n EMs \u2013 Turns Out a \u2018Lie\u2019 Lurked Beneath the Bookends of the BRICS MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EZ – Mar: Markit composite PMI rose; 53.7 from 53.0 \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Mar: Markit Manufacturing PMI Slowest in 16 Months; 50.4 from 50.5 \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Mar: Ifo Business Confidence Rebounds; 106.7 from 105.7 \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n Germany – Mar: ZEW Investor Optimism Rebounds; 4.3 from 1.0 \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n US – Mar: Markit Flash PMI Subdued; 51.4 from 51.3 \/ m<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EMs – Debt high and getting higher FT<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n EMs – Turns Out a ‘Lie’ Lurked Beneath the Bookends of the BRICS B<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Central Banks Creep Toward Role of Central Planners WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – Low Rates Are Tormenting Customers WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – Negative Rates: Be Afraid WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n World – Low wages are both a cause and a consequence of low productivity E<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Prisons – US: Guards Are Hard to Capture as Jobless Rates Fall WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Prisons – US: How Local Governments Got Burned BW<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Prisons – UK: To build 9 prisons and sell outdated ones for housing FT<\/a><\/p>\n Prisons – UK: Old crimes, older inmates FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Prisons – Japan: Silent screams E<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Mobiles – Small iPhone Gets Upgrade WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Mobiles – Apple Chips Away at iPhone Weakness WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Mobiles – How a Tweaked iPhone Can Serve Up Growth WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Transport – Stocks Signal Markets on Track WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Transport – Delivers hope for equities rebound FT<\/a> *<\/a> COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Food – GMO Labeling Law Roils Companies WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Food – Protein For Young: They Want It Convenient And Clean IBD<\/a><\/p>\n Food – World’s Import Bill Shrank $9b to Five-Year Low B<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: Salton Sea could get huge new power plant USAT<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: Industry Grows, With Help From Oil and Gas Drilling NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: ‘Is the new fracking’ E<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: A Mile Below Paris Drillers Hit Hot Pools to Warm Houses B<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: Pitched as Alberta’s next big energy source CBC<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: Builds up head of steam in Japan N<\/a><\/p>\n Alt – Geothermal: Indonesia, the slow boil superpower N<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Champagne Machine Gun MiamiNT<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Geothermal EMs \u2013 Turns Out a \u2018Lie\u2019 Lurked Beneath the Bookends of the BRICS World \u2013 Low wages are both a cause and a consequence of low productivity Food \u2013 World\u2019s Import Bill Shrank $9b to Five-Year Low MAJOR DATA POINTS EZ – Mar: Markit composite PMI rose; 53.7 from 53.0 \/ […]<\/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\/56768"}],"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=56768"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56782,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56768\/revisions\/56782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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