Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Currencies<\/p>\n US \u2013 Defaults Have Already Spread Outside Commodities MAJOR DATA POINTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Apr: New-Home Sales Surge to Highest in 8 Years; +16.6% \/ B<\/a> MARKETS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – PBOC Shows Slackening Resolve to Revamp Yuan WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Dollar set for its best month in half a year FT<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Japan Heading for Standoff on Yen with US WSJ<\/a> \/ FT<\/a> \/ WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Risk-on, risk-off is back B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Bitcoin Catches On With Gold Bugs WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Currencies – Zloty is the ‘world’s cheapest currency’ \/ bi<\/a> *<\/a> ECONOMICS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Companies\u2019 cash pile hits $1.7t FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Triple-A quality fades as companies embrace debt FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Defaults Have Already Spread Outside Commodities B<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n US – Manufacturers That Sell at Home Fare Better Than Exporters WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MONETARY POLICY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n FINANCE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Credit-Card Debt Nears $1t as Banks Push Plastic WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> REAL ESTATE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – AIA Billings Index Shows “Continued Modest Growth” \/ cr<\/a> *<\/a> LABOR & EDUCATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n US – Population Surge in Cities Eases WSJ<\/a> *<\/a> SERVICES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n MANUFACTURING<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TECH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n TRADE & TRANSPORTATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n COMMODITIES<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Water – Brazilian drought may perk up your coffee FT<\/a> *<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Water – El Ni\u00f1o Wreaks Havoc Across Southeast Asia WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Water – As El Nino Exits, La Nina Looms B<\/a> *<\/a> ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Venezuela is the next big wild card bi<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Discoveries Have Shrunk to a Six-Decade Low R<\/a> \/ B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Deals: Don\u2019t Hold Your Breath WSJ<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Iran fulfils pledge to raise production FT<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – New Saudi Plan Shows It\u2019s Just Not That Into Opec B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Tankers Run in Circles Off China B<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Ballooning OECD Stockpiles \/ b<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Opec cost of production is lowest \/ bi<\/a> *<\/a><\/p>\n Oil – Booming petrol demand from US to India buoys price FT<\/a> *<\/a> HEALTH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n ENDNOTE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n 40% of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today nyt<\/a> *<\/a> Today\u2019s Issue Cluster: Currencies US \u2013 Defaults Have Already Spread Outside Commodities Water \u2013 As El Nino Exits, La Nina Looms Oil \u2013 Venezuela is the next big wild card MAJOR DATA POINTS US – Apr: New-Home Sales Surge to Highest in 8 Years; +16.6% \/ B MARKETS Currencies – PBOC Shows Slackening Resolve to […]<\/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\/57720"}],"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=57720"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57742,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57720\/revisions\/57742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bznwz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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