Global Macro / Markets:
- Only the ignorant live in fear of hyperinflation – Financial Times
- Bitcoin Price Drops 10% as Chinese Exchanges Stop Bank Deposits – Coin Desk
- Bitcoin Mining Boom Sputters as Prospectors See Real Cash Losses – Bloomberg
- Are Speculative Bubbles Good? – New Yorker
North America:
- U.S. budget deficit narrows sharply in March Economic Report – Market Watch
- The Next America – pewresearch.org
- American subprime lending is back on the road – Financial Times
Europe:
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- ECB preparing to unleash unconventional monetary policy – Financial Times
- Ukraine prepares armed response as city seized by pro-Russia forces – Reuters
- No, France Did Not Just Ban Workers From Answering Emails After 6 P.M. – Slate
- Europe has subjected the Greek people to a cruel experiment – The Telegraph
- Draghi Seen Easing Policy by June as ECB Readies Rate Cut – Bloomberg
Asia:
- China Takes On Big Risks in Its Push for Shale Gas – New York Times
- The U.S. Embassy recently released a trove of data on Beijing pollution. Five takeaways – Wall Street Journal
- Alibaba, Weibo and China’s potential for growth – Reuters
- Property Trust Sales Drop 49% as Vicious Loop Seen: China Credit – Bloomberg
- Japan’s Nikkei suffers worst week since Fukushima – CNBC
Local:
- Hockey must work an economic miracle – Business Spectator
- Big banks backing a moral hazard – The AFR
- Side deal might open doors for China state-owned firms – The AFR
- Asset rich but pension poor – The AFR
- We’ll block FTA on foreign investment: Greens – The Australian
- Abbott Government to freeze NRAS – The Australian
- Warning over coal industry’s future – The Australian
- Coal sector hit by 12,000 cuts – The Australian
- Economist’s flattened by coal mine – The Brisbane Times
- Abbott to cut ABC funding – The Age
- All’s not free in love or trade – The Brisbane Times
- Foreign property buying just warming up – The Brisbane Times
- How banks get away with it – The Brisbane Times
- Coalition “breaking pension pledge” – The Guardian
Other:
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