Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Insurance<\/p>\n Africa \u2013 $30b Rail Renaissance Holds Ticket for Trade MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Mar: Existing Home Sales UpL +5.1% from -7.3% \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ R<\/a> \/ AP<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Discovers the downside of foreign borrowing E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – For outsiders in particular, investing is strewn with hurdles E<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Africa – GDP growth sliding towards 17-year low FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Market of 1.2b people still holds huge promise E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – The middle class: A matter of definition E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Trade suffers from dismal infrastructure E<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Manufacturing: Not making it E<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – $30b Rail Renaissance Holds Ticket for Trade B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Food Costs Soar Amid Worst Drought in Decades B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Farms are prospering E<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Big Men Are Reverting to Type B<\/a> *<\/a> MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Much hangs on mobile money E<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Africa – Cement industry is expanding fast B<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Pot – Big Tobacco’s Pot of Gold b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – Legalization in New England Is Stalled by Opiate Crisis NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – In CA, Marijuana Is Smelling More Like Big Business NYT<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – Wall Street banks not willing to go long the bong FT<\/a><\/p>\n Pot – World split in fight over drugs FT<\/a> MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n PCs – Intel Cuts 12k Jobs B<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n PCs – Global Market Shrinking Further statista<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n PCs – How Thin, Pricey Laptops Compute WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – UnitedHealth quits most ACA exchanges NYT<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – Companies warn ACA losses are unsustainable Hill<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – The short and chaotic life of an ACA darling Crain’s<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – ACA Enrollee Spending Is Increasing WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – Sales of Short-Term Policies Surge WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n Insurance – Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Under ACA NYT<\/a> *<\/a> ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Americans stand out on religiosity pew<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: US Insurance Africa \u2013 $30b Rail Renaissance Holds Ticket for Trade Pot \u2013 Legalization in New England Is Stalled by Opiate Crisis PCs \u2013 Global Market Shrinking Further MAJOR DATA POINTS US – Mar: Existing Home Sales UpL +5.1% from -7.3% \/ WSJ \/ R \/ AP MARKETS Africa – Discovers the […]<\/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\/57188"}],"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=57188"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57201,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57188\/revisions\/57201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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