(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. )  BIG MISS ON INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, CHINA GDP FUELED BY DEBT AND IMPORTANT WEEKEND AHEAD April 15, 2016 This is what you need to know today. In the U. S., Industrial Production fell by -0.6% vs. 0.0% consensus.  This is a big miss.  Capacity Utilization fell to 74.8% vs. 75.5% consensus. These numbers indicate that manufacturing in the U. S. is not doing well.  From an investing perspective, it is important  to remember that manufacturing is

  (The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. )    STOCKS TO GAIN AS YEN RALLY STOPS AND OIL MOVES UP April 8, 2016 This is what you need to know today. At least temporarily, stocks are set to gain as yen rally stops and oil moves up. It appears that incessant selling in Japanese stocks by dollar based investors has exhausted itself.  Japanese stocks rallied overnight.  This has reduced buying of yen to take off hedges.  Yen retreated overnight. Oil is rallying

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. )  LABOR MARKET RESILIENT, SAUDI KILLS OIL RALLY, HEAVY SELLING IN SILVER April 1, 2016 This is what you need to know today. March Employment Report shows that the labor market in the U. S. is resilient.  Most of the data is in line. Non-farm Private Payroll came at 195K vs. 195K consensus. Unemployment rate inches up to 5.0% vs. 4.9% consensus. Hourly earnings rose 0.3% vs. 0.3% consensus. Average work week came at 34.4 vs.