Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: NatGas<\/p>\n US \u2013 Behind GDP Data Is Reason for Recession Worry: Weak Profits MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Japan – Feb: Weak inflation turns up heat on BoJ; flat from flat \/ FT<\/a> \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n SK – Q4: Growth Rate Retreats From a Five-Year High; +0.7% from +1.2% \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n China – Feb: Industrial profits grow fastest since 2014; +4.8% from -4.7% \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n US – Q4: GDP growth revised up; +1.4% was +1.0% \/ R<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ B<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: NAR Pending-Home Sales Jump; +3.5% \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: Consumer spending posts scant increase; +0.1% from +0.1% (was +0.5%) \/ AP<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: Income growth slowed; +0.2% from +0.5% \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Feb: Personal consumption expenditures price fell; -0.1%, +1.0% yr \/ WSJ<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Too much of a good thing: Profits are too high E<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Behind GDP Data Is Reason for Recession Worry: Weak Profits B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – JPMorgan sees 50% chance of downturn in two years B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – May be heading for stagflation-lite WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Consumer-Spending Machine Needs More Fuel to Keep Pace WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Fed – Wants Markets to Stop Taking the Dot Plot So Seriously B<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Banks face $5b hit from Fed\u2019s more dovish stance FT<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Banks Ramp Up Push for Home-Equity Lines WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – More Moving to Suburbs Than Cities WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Population Is Swelling in Almost Every State B<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – Philip Morris makes a device to heat\u2014rather than burn\u2014tobacco BW<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – Bill would make CA 2nd state with smoking age of 21 AP<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – European court paves the way for plain packaging FT<\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – Gas Prices, Vaping Boost Tobacco Firms IBD<\/a><\/p>\n Cigs – Study Shows Spread in China NYT<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Chips – China Moves to Contend WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Chips – After Moore’s law E<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Chocolate – High Cost of Keeping Cool Tempers Online Sales WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Chocolate – Processors Struggle With Factory Glut WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Chocolate – Easter bunny prices jump higher FT<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Woodside shelves $40b Browse LNG project FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ B<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Giant Indonesia Offshore Project Sunk WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Big Oil\u2019s Next Big Energy Problem WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Producers Face Painful Spring WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – New Market for US Shale Opens in Europe WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – North American LNG Exports May Reach 75 MMtpa by 2024 \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – Iraq exports first shipment in its history AP<\/a><\/p>\n NatGas – The benchmark price wallows at lows not seen this millennium FT<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The states that have produced the most US presidents bi<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: NatGas US \u2013 Behind GDP Data Is Reason for Recession Worry: Weak Profits US \u2013 Population Is Swelling in Almost Every State Cigs \u2013 Philip Morris makes a device to heat\u2014rather than burn\u2014tobacco MAJOR DATA POINTS Japan – Feb: Weak inflation turns up heat on BoJ; flat from flat \/ FT \/ […]<\/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\/56819"}],"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=56819"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56848,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56819\/revisions\/56848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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