Morning Journal---The case for increased capex spending

Economics

   This Week’s Data

            The March Chicago PMI was reported at 55.9 versus expectations of 59.0.

            http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/03/chicago-pmi-declines-to-559.html

            The March Dallas Fed manufacturing index came in at 4.9 versus estimates of 3.0.

            http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/03/dallas-fed-texas-manufacturing.html

   Other

            The case for increased capex spending (medium):

            http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/03/28/1812892/the-capex-call/

            Update on median household income (medium):

            http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/Median-Household-Income-Update.php

Politics

  Domestic

More on government waste and fraud (medium):

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/03/military-waste-and-fraud-are-the-main-cause-of-our-problems-2/

FBI begins probe of high frequency trading (short):

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-31/here-come-feds-fbi-probing-hft

  International

            The BRICS and Russia (medium):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-31/why-did-brics-back-russia-crimea