China
- Beijing denies blocking G20 graft initiative on shell companies and hidden assets (SCMP)
- Puzzle Surrounds a Chinese Official’s Suspect Fortune (NY Times)
- China’s stock connection: a guide to the perplexed (Reuters)
- China’s New World Order (Project-Syndicate)
- Shanghai’s role shrinks as Hong Kong scraps yuan cap (SCMP)
- Graft Busters Find another Cash Pile, but Family Denies Corruption (Caixin)
- Visa, MasterCard Confront China’s Stacked Deck (Caixin)
- Mainland investors to sit out first dance on Hong Kong stock connect (Reuters)
- China Busts Underground Banks With $23 Billion Transactions (Bloomberg)
- US companies draw back from investments in China (SCMP)
- Rise of protectionism in China a threat to commodities imports (CNBC)
- Slowing, Not Crashing Understanding China’s Property Market (Think Advisor)
- Slow growth without domestic consumption a recipe for China’s demise (Want China Times)
- Local govs in China offer stimulus to boost slumping property market (Want China Times)
- Shanghai eases definition of ‘ordinary’ apartments (China Daily)
- China’s graft inspection to target state-owned groups (China Daily)
- Demographics and downturn combine to spark a spike in strikes across China (China Economic Review)
- Chinese lending drops amid housing downturn (FT.com)
Asia
- IMF urges Japan to impose second tax hike, welcomes BOJ easing (Reuters)
- U.S.-India Agreement on Stockpiles of Food Revives a Trade Deal (NY Times)
- Spreading deflation across East Asia threatens fresh debt crisis (Telegraph)
- China offers more incentives to Asean investors in planned trade pact (SCMP)
- Singapore Condo Drop Makes City Carry-Trade Source: Asean Credit (Bloomberg)
- Chinese Developers’ Projects in Malaysia Run into Series of Snags (Caixin)
- Yen plumbs seven-year trough on likely Japan sales tax delay (Reuters)
- Japan’s QE-driven inequality will continue to grow (SoberLook)
- Monetary vs. fiscal credibility in Japan (Bruegel)
- Adverse selection and moral hazard in the Japanese public credit guarantee schemes for SMEs (Vox)
Europe
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- Ukraine and Russia take center stage as leaders gather for G20 (Reuters)
- Germany just escapes recession, France beats low expectations (Reuters)
- David Cameron compares Russia to Nazi Germany on eve of Putin meeting (Telegraph)
- ECB warned euro zone inflation, growth to be lower than expected (Reuters)
- Soon, there won’t be a Europe to be part of (Telegraph)
- Ukraine faces economic breakdown as war returns (Telegraph)
- Putin stockpiles gold as Russia prepares for economic war (Telegraph)
- Sir John Major tells Germans: Britain has a 50-50 chance of quitting EU (Telegraph)
- Ukraine’s Debt Dilemma (Project-Syndicate)
- Germany’s Secret Credit Addiction (Turner, Project-Syndicate)
- Monte dei Paschi Reports Nearly $1 Billion Loss in Third Quarter (NY Times)
- JPMorgan Chase Bankers Said to Lead Moscow Exodus (Bloomberg) …that they are…
- ‘Double trouble’ for Russia; ratings outlook ‘darkens’ (CNBC)
- Euro zone GDP beats, Greece emerges from recession (CNBC)
- Merkel says no new Russian sanctions planned (BNE)
- Russia’s economy obviously isn’t doing well but neither is it “collapsing” (BNE)
- How can Europe avoid secular stagnation? (Bruegel)
- Defining Europe’s Capital Markets Union (Bruegel)
- A safe asset for Eurozone QE: A proposal (Vox)
- Russia Risks Up, but No Panic, yet (Gurdgiev)
United Kingdom
- UK hands fraud agency all funds needed for forex probe: source (Reuters)
- Bank of England Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing in Currency Manipulation (NY Times)
- Don’t abandon the Barnett formula (Prospect)
- Where now for UK tax avoidance? (World Finance)
United States
- Most Americans aren’t enjoying the recovery (CNBC)
- Economy not yet strong enough to lift interest rates, Fed’s Dudley says (LA Times)
- Obama Plan May Allow Millions of Immigrants to Stay and Work in U.S. (NY Times)
- Sliding Oil and Gas Prices Give Americans More Money to Spend (NY Times)
- Why the Fed is Flummoxed by the U.S. Labor Market (Economonitor)
- Foreclosure filings climb 15% in October (MarketWatch)
- Jobless Claims Rose Last Week, But Bullish Trend Persists (Capital Spectator)
- Number of People Starting and Quitting Jobs Climbs to Highest in More Than Six Years (Real Time Economics WSJ)
- Hiring in U.S. Picks Up as Workers Gain Confidence to Quit Jobs (Bloomberg)
- More than half of America’s poorest households still don’t get the Internet at home (Washington Post)
- Jobs and wages graphapalooza! (Bonddad)
- Home Ownership Unaffordable For Most Americans As Wage Growth Stagnates: Report (IB Times)
Americas
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- Mexico’s Growth Problem (Project-Syndicate)
- Canada’s best-kept secret: 14 cool and innovative clean-tech companies (Financial Post)
Terra Incognita
- Property market: Underquoting accepted as the new norm (Fairfax)
- Labour calls for building competition (NZ Herald)
- Reserve Bank crackdown on landlords ‘impractical’ – economist (NZ Herald)
- Australia PM Abbott accuses Putin of bullying on eve of G20 (FT.com)
- When fiscal policy is misrepresented (Bill Mitchell)
- Heritage matters win for planning minister interventions (Fairfax)
- Woolworths eyes hot food deliveries for elderly (Fairfax)
- ASIC appoints KordaMentha to probe Commonwealth Bank financial planning (Fairfax)
- Gail Kelly quits: Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer’s real pay detailed in annual reports (Fairfax)
- Prime Minister Tony Abbott describes Sydney as ‘nothing but bush’ before First Fleet arrived in 1788 (ABC)
- How a shirtfront became an own goal (ABC)
- News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch expresses interest in Ten, slams Kim Williams (ABC)
- Will growth mean more jobs? Not necessarily (ABC)
- Sydney’s house prices race up, but homeowners aren’t feeling any richer (Jericho, Guardian)
- As G20 host, Australia wants to stick to economy agenda (Macleans)
- Rent rises of up to 125 per cent are the dark side of the housing boom (Fairfax)
- Chappypie China Time: a ‘Chinese Disneyland’ for the Central Coast (Fairfax) ..looks like a top of the boom marker?…
- MUCH OBLIGED (The Monthly) …good look at Bariatric Joe’s double standards…
- Japan-Australia initiative to counter China infrastructure bank (Nikkei Asian Review)