China
- Fear and retribution in Xi’s corruption purge – Reuters
- China offers fresh support for outbound investment – Reuters
- China adding 13 million jobs in 2014 despite slower growth: Xinhua – Reuters
- Cheap Oil Bonanza Eludes Overextended Chinese Refiners – Bloomberg
- China to End Geographic Restrictions on Overseas Yuan-Bond Sales – Bloomberg
- Ling Jihua ‘to face same fate as Bo Xilai’ – SCMP
- HK$4.8m recovered of missing HK$15m cash spilled from security van on Christmas Eve – SCMP
- Investors rush to cash in shares linked to Ling family – SCMP
- China’s growing shadow banking sector adapts as rules tighten – SCMP
- China challenges IMF with rouble swap – SCMP
- China’s anti-graft officials could monitor assets of officials using new centralised real estate database – SCMP..I’m told this will drive offshore RE purchases…
- Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Beset by Bad Loans, Banking Sources Say – Caixin
- Registration Rule Brings Property Tax Closer – Caixin
- China ignores EU, offers to help Russia – EU Observer
- A friend in need during hard times – China Daily
- MOF cracks down on preferential taxes – Global Times
- China helping build Panama alternative – Nikkei Asian Review
- Ling Jihua’s fall doesn’t signal danger for other ‘tigers’: Boxun – Want China Times
- China’s ENN receives first LNG cargo – Platts
- Outbound investment curbs to be relaxed – China Daily
- How Russia’s currency depreciation could impact the Chinese market – CEER
Asia
- Japan $29 billion stimulus seeks quick boost for regional economies – Reuters
- BOJ’s Kuroda says Japan benefits greatly from oil price fall – Reuters
- Sumitomo Mitsui to buy Citigroup’s Japan retail operation – Japan Times
- Japan 10-Year Yield Falls to Record; Topix Declines as Yen Gains – Bloomberg
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Europe
- Volatile Russia could be bad news for everyone – Telegraph…good read…
- France has never had this many unemployed people before – Telegraph
- Russia’s finance minister insists currency turmoil is over – Telegraph ...he must have some fine psychotropics…
- Europe’s Make-or-Break Year – Project-Syndicate
- Russia’s Crisis Is Europe’s Crisis – Financial Sense ...it is…
- Greece to the Eurozone’s Rescue – Bruegel
- Deflation in France hidden behind tax hikes? – Bruegel
- Kohl’s Euro – Bruegel
- Combatting Eurozone deflation: QE for the people – Vox
- How can Europe escape recession in 2015? – Bruegel
- Why Russia will halt the ruble’s slide and keep pumping oil – Fortune
- Russia Says Currency Crisis Over, But Inflation Set To Soar – IB Times
- Italian government steps in to save Ilva steel plant – BBC
- IMF holds back Cyprus bailout funds – Guardian
United Kingdom
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- UK living too high on the hog (again) – BBC
- How the Bank of England is failing its transparency test – CEER
- Blows for Osborne as growth revised down and current account deficit soars – Guardian
United States/Americas
- U.S. jobless claims fall to seven-week low – Reuters
- U.S. minimum wage hikes to affect 1,400-plus Walmart stores – Reuters
- These two states had the same basic information about fracking. They made very different decisions – Washington Post
- Robust economic growth in third quarter raises hopes that a boom is on horizon – Washington Post
- Housing’s Wobbly But The Economy’s Strong… Huh? – Capital Spectator
- The US doesn’t have a good way of determining who’s poor – Quartz
- Canadian economic strength surprises, but clouds loom over energy prices – Vancouver Sun
- Inquiry Into Foreign Bribes at Biomet Hangs Over $13 Billion Merger – NY Times
- Will U.S. Win or Lose From the Oil Price Plunge? – Think Advisor
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Commodities
- Russia’s grain exports stop: farm lobby – Reuters
- Iron-Ore Miners Cut 140 Million Tons of New Capacity – Bloomberg
- Chart of the day: Platinum prepares – SCMP
- Chinook salmon at risk of ‘catastrophic loss’ under global warming, new study reveals – Vancouver Sun …the fish John West reject?…
- Deutsche Bank open to offers for London gold vault: sources – Reuters
- Chart of the Day: Commodities Make a 20 Year Roundtrip – Pragmatic Capitalism
Energy
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- U.S. crude stocks jump to seasonal record as glut sets in – Reuters
- Oil prices and Saudi diplomacy – Reuters
- Arab OPEC sources see oil back above $70 by end-2015 – Reuters
- Russia Raises Forecast Deficit for Next Year as Recession Looms – Bloomberg
- Saudi Arabia Sees Wider 2015 Budget Deficit as Oil Prices Plunge – Bloomberg
- Iraq Says Oil Fair at $70-$80 as Lower Oil Will Need OPEC – Bloomberg
- Natural Gas Falls to 27-Month Low on Supply Drop Below Forecasts – Bloomberg
- Please Steal Our Fossil Fuels – Project-Syndicate
- Oil, Fed Spur Global Bond Split – WSJ Moneybeat
- Did The Saudis And The US Collude In Dropping Oil Prices? – OilPrice
- Chart Of The Day: Natural Gas Suggests $33 Oil – OilPrice
- Low Oil Prices Lead To U.S. Refining Boom – OilPrice
- OPEC May Cull Weaker Members – OilPrice
- Crisis Summit To Save North Sea Oil Industry – OilPrice
- What’s next for oil as low prices extend into 2015: The five key things to watch – Financial Post
- The Oil Price Shock: Primary, Secondary and Collateral Effects – Musings on Markets …good read…
Capital Markets
- Derivatives exchanges prove resistant to regulatory change – Reuters
- Bulls Return to Russia ETF as Ruble’s Decline Halted – Bloomberg
- Dissecting Dollar Upside pdf – PIIE
- Could oil’s nosedive be the shock that will finally brings global stocks back to earth? – Financial Post
- Why so many commodity prices are down in the US, yet up in Europe – Vox
- Bank relationships: The risk of de-risking – Euromoney
- UK to extend Libor probe to oil and gold – Irish Independent
- The Future of Financial Reform: Conceiving the Financial System of the 21st Century – INET
- THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF DEBT – AND EQUITY -BASED CAPITAL INFLOWS pdf – HKIMR
- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LIQUIDITY INDICATORS AS EARLY WARNING SIGNALS pdf – HKIMR
- ’Tis the season for a stock market rally, but not for long – MarketWatch
- Investors in bullion-backed ETF sell the most in 18 months – Mineweb
- Dark pools don’t deserve shady reputation – The Conversation
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Global Macro
- Weak commodity prices boon for India, hurt Malaysia and Australia – Reuters
- The $4.3 Billion Shrug – Project-Syndicate
- The Fed Sets Another Trap – Project-Syndicate...ominous read…
- Grit your teeth and hold on, we’re headed for a sticky year – Telegraph
- The Productivity of Trust – Project-Syndicate
- Officials, Media Should Listen to Economists, Nobel Winner Says – Caixin
- Spain to China by rail: A 21st Century Silk Road riddled with obstacles – Fortune
- Recession, Recovery, and Gold – NY Times, Krugman
- Central Banks Can’t Promise Permanent Monetary Base Expansion – Pragmatic Capitalism
- Emerging markets brace for stress test – Euromoney
- Inside investment: Hobbesian option – Euromoney
- 2014: The year that nothing worked – Fortune
- The Real Story of How America Became an Economic Superpower – Atlantic …very good read…
- The Booming Economy vs. The Struggling Middle Class – Brookings Institution
- The Volcker Rule: How a Simple Idea to Rein In Banks Got Supersized – Bloomberg
- Do Higher Taxes Make Us Work Less? – Bloomberg
And Furthermore…
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- Jordanian Is First Pilot Taken in U.S.-Led Fight Against Islamist Terror Group – Bloomberg
- Race to Deliver Nicotine’s Punch, With Less Risk – NY Times
- UN Welcomes Landmark Treaty Regulating Global Arms Trade – IB Times
- A Different Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty – Atlantic
- Fast food consumption is out of control—and it could be blunting children’s brains – Washington Post
- How solar power and electric cars could make suburban living awesome again – Washington Post
- Not really cricket: Home bias in officiating – Vox
- When a Private Message Ends Up in the Wrong Place – HBR
- Vision Statement: The Birth of Modern Commercial Credit – HBR
- Framing Modern Monetary Theory – Presentation – Bill Mitchell ...a little something to keep the debate going…
- A history of banking regulation – World finance
- Little progress in fight against global corruption – World Finance....Australia positively welcomes global corruption…
- The capitalist nightmare at the heart of Breaking Bad – New Statesman
Local
- Falling China dairy demand leads plunge in New Zealand exports – China Daily
- On the road to Asia: why Germany and the Eurozone want a trade deal with Australia – The Conversation
- Woolies hits suppliers with five-year-old bills – Fairfax
- Coalition’s $1 billion Defence estate hole revealed – Fairfax
- Australian Super calls on banks to assess climate change risk – Fairfax
- Canada transparency laws force ASX companies to disclose tax bills – Fairfax
- Bumper Australian cherry crop forecast – Fairfax
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