Weekend Links – Aug 31 – Sept 1

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Global Macro/Markets:

  • Investors are fleeing muni bond funds – WSJ
  • Putting the bond market decline in perspective – Prag Cap
  • Krugman at war, mostly with himself, as usual

North America:

  • Larry Summers and the politicization of the Fed – Reut ers
  • United States’ 2nd-Quarter Growth Is Revised Up to 2.5%, From 1.7% – NYT
  • Teen employment hits record lows, suggesting lost generation – McClatchy
  • Zillow: Negative Equity declines in Q2 – CalculatedRisk

Europe:

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  • European unemployment stable, at nose bleed levels – Eurostat
  • Back to the future: Greece needs more cash, Europe and IMF at odds. – WSJ
  • U.S., Switzerland strike bank deal over tax evasion – Reuters
  • EU’s Rehn sees European recovery strengthening in 2014 – Reuters
  • Credit growth remains the weakest link in the eurozone’s recovery. – SoberLook

Asia:

  • Japan Prices Rise at Fastest Pace Since ’08 in Boost for Abe – Bloomberg
  • Kim Jong-un’s ex-lover ’executed by firing squad’ – The Telegraph
  • Fukushima Fishermen Ruined by Tepco Now Key in Radiation Fight – Bloomberg
  • Lots of trouble ahead for India – Quartz , Alpha Now

Local:

  • Austerity Test Looms in Australia as Abbott Pledges Cuts –Bloomberg
  • Why is Sydney University on strike? Because students are not our ‘clients’- Guardian
  • Regulatory risks property investors need to understand – CJ
  • Turn gas tap on or crisis looms – TheOz

Other

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  • JPMorgan Hiring Put China’s Elite on an Easy Track – NYT
  • Ackermann Quit Zurich After Being Named in Suicide Note – Bloomberg
  • Huge canyon discovered under Greenland ice – BBC
  • Obama strike plans in disarray after Britain rejects use of force in Syria – Guardian.
  • Al-Qaeda Links Cloud Syria as U.S. Seeks Clarity on Rebels – Bloomberg
  • Administration Tells Lawmakers of Evidence Linking Assad to Attack – WSJ
  • Gay Spouses in All States Now Married Under U.S. Tax Law – Bloomberg