(Bloomberg) -- Good morning Americas. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get you through to the weekend:
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- President Donald Trump’s pick for the Federal Reserve Board, Judy Shelton, came under fire from Republican lawmakers on Thursday, signaling trouble ahead for her nomination
- Millions of Americans are seeing little return from their expensive college degrees -- even in today’s hot jobs market
- Germany entered 2020 with a flatlining economy and manufacturers in distress, leaving it ill prepared for continued trade uncertainty and the new coronavirus threat.
- Less than a month before a U.K. budget intended to set out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit economic vision, the reset button has been hit
- Meanwhile, euro-area finance ministers are poised to acknowledge their economy faces the danger of protracted malaise, though they may stop short of calling for wholesale stimulus to address it for now
- The Swiss National Bank is in a bind about how to rein in the franc’s unwanted strength without being labeled a currency manipulator by the U.S.
- The weak link in eastern Europe’s economic advance is being exposed by the malaise afflicting its richer neighbors
- Finally, check out our big economic reads for the week
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