Europe
Europe’s Fast Track to Youth Employment (Project-Syndicate)
ECB’s Weidmann: Euro Level Not a Policy Target (WSJ Real Time Economics)
Global Investing and the European Enigma (Pragmatic Capitalism)
Irish economy in surprise decline, threatens debt-cutting plan (EU Observer)
Slovakia deflation puts more pressure on European Central Bank (Euronews)
Russia Ukraine.
Russian debt deal could haunt Ukraine’s economy (CNNMoney)
Will the IMF Lose Ukraine? (Project-Syndicate)
Turkey’s Crimea Quandary (EU Observer)
China
Latest data confirm China slowdown (SoberLook)
Don’t Get Fooled by China’s Tricky FDI Numbers, It is Still Number One (PIIE)
The Chinese Dream, Beijing’s Reforms and Global (Economonitor)
Stress In China’s Property Market A Risk To Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFV) (IB Times)
China NPC 2014: Shifting Rhetoric On Property Market (IB Times)
11 ugly signs that confirm China’s dramatic slowdown (Financial Post)
Why There Is Good News in the Bad News on China’s Economy (Time)
Another Chinese Default – But It’s Still Not A Bear Stearns Moment For China (Forbes)
Yuan Dive? (Project-Syndicate)
China wants you to want its money, but there’s just one really big flaw in that plan (Quartz)
United States
What the US Economy Really Needs to recover (CBS MoneyWatch)
Fed Nominee Fischer Says Exit Has Started (WSJ Real Time Economics)
Housing recovery loses momentum in California as February sales fall (LA Times)
Aerospace, Aviation Industries See Threats in Aging Workforce (Money News)
Global Macro
…commodities…
Copper: China Financing Business May Cause Further Price Falls (IB Times)
Copper Narrows Weekly Retreat as Nickel Heads for Bull Market (Bloomberg)
Majors Versus Minors: China and the Sell-Off in Copper (Financial sense)
China Copper Premiums Point to Weak Demand (WSJ MoneyBeat)
IEA Raises 2014 Oil Demand Estimate as World Economy Recovers (Bloomberg)
Investors Flee Oil ETFs As US Output Surges (ETF.com)
…other things…
In a tech bubble with a twist, the big danger is bonds (FT.com)
Silicon Valley is turning our lives into an asset class (FT.com)
The furtive folk of global finance (FT.com)
It is time to stand up for the European Union (FT.com)
China eyes opportunity to drive up euro (FT.com)
…the cretinist side of capitalism…
Obama was right: To boost the economy, spread the wealth (Washington Post Wonkblog)
Economic Myth Busters – The Minimum Wage (Market Oracle)
Redistribution, inequality, and sustainable growth: Reconsidering the evidence (VoxEU)
…odds and sods…
The “Made in China” Fallacy (Slate)
The 17 Equations That Changed the Course of History (Slate)
Mind your wallet: why the underworld loves bitcoin (Reuters)
Computers dethrone humans in European stock trading (Reuters)
Why no amount of cross-selling can make corporate lending profitable (Euromoney)
Lehman wisdom from beyond the grave
…coquing up recruitment…
Why companies shouldn’t focus on hires who will hit the ground running (Quartz)
…cronyism…
The new age of crony capitalism (Economist)
…catastrophes…
The Next Financial Catastrophe You Haven’t Heard About Yet: Puerto Rico (Time)
…macroprudential…
Macroprudential stress tests should not rely on regulatory risk weights (VoxEU)