暴跌油价has become the dominant theme in macro risk narratives for 2016. On Monday, the same day Saudi Arabian Oil Co. officials revealed no changes in the company’s strategy for new capacity investments despite weakening prices, Russian data confirmed the lowest growth rate since 2009. The Federal Statistics Office reported that Russian gross domestic product contracted by 3.7 percent for full year 2015, slightly better than consensus forecasts. Oil’s 15 percent swoon in the first weeks of 2016 have driven the ruble down by more than 7 percent. Even after a nearly 20 percent rally in front-month delivery futures pricing for West Texas Intermediate grade crude in recent sessions, the pain inflicted by global oversupply on producers appears unlikely to relent any time soon. This morning Houston energy giant Halliburton underscored this by reporting a net income loss of $0.79 per share for full-year 2015 on revenues 28 percent, or roughly $9 billion, lower than in 2014.
Johnson的控制权与泰科合并税收优势交易。周一，密尔沃基的约翰逊控股宣布宣布将与Tyco International合并的协议，该交易将看到总部位于爱尔兰的合并公司。The merger will be a stock and cash deal leaving Johnson Controls’ shareholders as majority owners, potentially courting political controversy as a so-called “tax inversion,” with a majority of its operations in the U.S., but a domicile for corporate tax purposes in Ireland.
没有Puerto Rico的电力提供者的决议。立法者波多黎各未能通过立法，以完成波多黎各电力管理局（PREPA）及其债权人之间的拟议解决方案。上周日，电力供应商和电力公司达成协议，暂时喘息的机会，将到期的2月12日选举产生的官员无法前来了提高电价，为消费者盖偿债的协议。
日本出口急剧下降。在日本银行大规模宽松措施的最新信号中没有所需的效果，日本财政部今天发布的出口数据征收了8％的收缩。跌幅近9％与2014年12月，对中国的货物需求疲软是短缺的主要司机。批判性地，每年前一年前的进口量减速了18％的减速表明，国内需求仍然疲软。
下午鸡蛋麦克马夫队在麦当劳销售利润。世界上最大的餐馆连锁店伊利诺伊州麦当劳·麦克唐纳·普通公司享用澳大利亚州的股票，经过更好的第四季度收益经过更好的第四季度盈利。快餐巨头报告了2015年最后三个月的每股1.31美元的收益，同店同店同比增加了近6％，主要归因于发射全天早餐菜单。