Global Macro / Markets:
- Markets are parched for liquidity despite flood of cash – FT
- Euro Economy’s Managers Aren’t Blinking in Market Rout – Bloomberg
- Saudi Arabia tests US ties with oil price – FT
- Beware of calls for QE4 Mohamed El-Erian
- Fears That Pimco and Other Big Firms Could Be Unable to Unload Risky Bonds – NYT
- Yields in Germany and Japan are converging. – Sober Look
- High-Speed Traders Put a Bit Too Much Gravy on Their Meat – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Housing Starts increase to 1.017 Million Annual Rate in September – Calculated Risk
Europe:
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- BOE Official Says Rate Could Stay ‘Lower for Longer’ – WSJ
- World braces as deflation tremors hit Eurozone bond markets – Ambrose
- Before a Bailout, E.C.B. Minutes Showed Doubts Over Keeping a Cyprus Bank Afloat – Deal Book … and the ECB response.
- ECB’s Weidmann criticises asset-backed securities purchasing – BS
- Merkel Said to Shun Sarkozy Return as French President Candidate – Bloomberg
- Kremlin: Putin’s Talk With EU and Poroshenko ‘Full of Misunderstandings’ – Moscow Times , France24
- Putin Threatens EU Gas Squeeze Raising Stakes for Ukraine – Bloomberg
- Russia Spends $13 Billion Defending Ruble – WSJ
- European energy security is a delicate balancing act – FT
- Has the Greece Success Story bubble burst? – Yanis Varoufakis
- Wind blows away fossil power in the Nordics, the Baltics next – Reuters
Asia:
- Hong Kong Protesters Are Digging In – Foreign Policy
- China’s Banks Are Getting Ready For A Debt Implosion – Reuters
- The Endgames For Hong Kong: None Of Them Look Good – Forbes
- The great hole of China – The Economist
Local:
- Don’t blame foreign buyers: NAB busts first home buyer myths – Pascometer
- No shirt-front: Bishop buttonholes Putin – SMH
- Joko Widodo’s blunt warning to Prime Minister Tony Abbott – SMH
- Virgin eyes international shake up with tiger deal – AFR
- ANZ chief plays down housing fears – Business Day
- Coles ethics will be proven in court – AFR
- Iron ore flood to continue if profitable, says BHP – TheOz
Other:
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- A compact fusion reactor ? – Marginal Revolution , ars technica
- New poll: Massive support for Cycle Superhighways from residents and businesses – Cycling works
- Haunting homes: Ohio’s abandoned country houses – in pictures – Guardian
- The Mixed International Picture on Poverty and Inequality – Naked Cap
- Why Did the CDC Let Infected Ebola Nurse Fly? – Alternet