Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Mining<\/p>\n Retail \u2013 Fast-rising JD.com has Alibaba looking over its shoulder MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n China – Q1: GDP growth slows; +6.7% from +6.8% \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> \/ NYT<\/a><\/p>\n US – Mar: Industrial output falls more than expected; -0.6% from -0.6% \/ R<\/a><\/p>\n US – Apr: UMich Consumer Sentiment Falls; 89.7 from 91.0 \/ B<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – World: The Bomb Ticking Inside Bond Market WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – Japan: Experiment Is Floundering WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – Germany: Life Insurers Feel the Pain WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – Swiss: One Bank Learns to Live in Subzero World WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – Denmark and Sweden: Real estate booming WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – What Comes Next? Helicopter Money wsj<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Negative Rates – Central bank tightening risk, charted ft<\/a> *<\/a> FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Shoppers Flock to Apps WSJ<\/a> *<\/a>*<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Grocers battle to find small format success B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Retail – Fast-rising JD.com has Alibaba looking over its shoulder N<\/a> *<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Ship – Chinese Shipping Majors Splash $2.5b for 30 Giant Valemaxs WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Ship – This Yard Is So Unprofitable It’s Turning Into a Parking Lot B<\/a> *<\/a> TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Watches – Clock ticking as Swiss await recovery R<\/a><\/p>\n Watches – Swiss face another challenging year R<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – It’s a Great Time to Buy, But Fewer People Want One B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Diamonds – De Beers reports higher demand FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Gold – Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain in Decades WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Gold – China Goes Prospecting for Mines WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – Turned Into Precious Metal as Miners Loath to Sell B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – World\u2019s top producer bemoans spectre of speculators FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – China Imports Jump 36% to Record as State Buying Eyed B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – China stockpiles intrigue market FT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a><\/p>\n Copper – Miners pin hopes on electric cars as China falters FT<\/a><\/p>\n Steel – Price recovery threatened by slowing China demand FT<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Steel – Cheap imports put US under pressure FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Photos taken by locals and tourists in LA motw<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Mining Retail \u2013 Fast-rising JD.com has Alibaba looking over its shoulder Ship \u2013 This Yard Is So Unprofitable It\u2019s Turning Into a Parking Lot Watches \u2013 Swiss face another challenging year MAJOR DATA POINTS China – Q1: GDP growth slows; +6.7% from +6.8% \/ FT \/ WSJ \/ R \/ AP \/ […]<\/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\/57112"}],"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=57112"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57132,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57112\/revisions\/57132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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