Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why Saudis Decided Not to Prop Up Oil – Wall Street Journal
- Seven Questions About The Recent Oil Price Slump – IMF
- Is There a Future for Credit Default Swap Futures? – New York Fed
- The $6.3 Trillion Bidding Frenzy That Vanquished Treasury Bears – Bloomberg
- Why Bitcoin’s Erratic Price Doesn’t Matter – Wall Street Journal
- Ready for $20 Oil? – Bloomberg View
- Oil Shakes Venezuelan Debt to Its Foundations – Wall Street Journal
- Saudis See Oil Recovery as U.A.E. Urges Non-OPEC Cuts – Bloomberg
North America:
- If energy prices remain near current levels, Canada’s economy is in trouble – Sober Look
- Republicans weigh big changes at U.S. budget referee agency – Reuters
- Top Economic Stories of 2014 – Brookings
- As Fed Shines Light on Shadow Banking, Its Regulatory Limits Get Laid Bare – Wall Street Journal
- Existing-Home Sales Lose Momentum in November as Inventory Slightly Tightens – realtor.org
- Fresh Doubt Over the Bailout of A.I.G. – NY Times
Europe:
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- Russia faces full-blown crisis, says Kudrin – Financial Times
- Bank of Russia Pledges to Bail Out Trust as Ruble Crisis Hits – Bloomberg
- Russia Is Bailing Out Its First Bank Of The Ruble Crisis – Business Insider
- Russian central bank to bail out Trust Bank with up to $530 million – Reuters
- Greece’s radical left could kill off austerity in the EU – The Guardian
- CME pursues EU wheat plan as Euronext dogged by harvest fallout – Reuters
- Falling inflation will not push BoE to change course on rate rises – Telegraph
Asia:
- China Offers Russia Help With Currency Swap Suggestion – Bloomberg
- Uber business model faces legal scrutiny in Taiwan, Chinese mega city – Reuters
- North Korea’s internet appears to be under mass cyber attack – VOX
- What BMW’s China sales really say about the country’s slowing economy – VOX
- China steel data masks scale of overcapacity – SCMP
- China central bank survey: more bankers think economy cooled in fourth quarter – Reuters
- Turning point for coal? Japanese trading firms snap up coal assets – Reuters
- China eases rules on foreign banks in branch openings – SCMP
- Chinese investors target property assets abroad – SCMP
Local:
- Scott Morrison confronts welfare squeeze – The Australian
- Lets hope the PC can reform workplaces – The Australian
- WA plans on cheaper government workers – The Australian
- Dodgy investors in O’Dwyer’s sights – The Australian
- Billions in planned LNG projects at risk – The AFR
- Economy ‘front and centre’ for new cabinet – The AFR
- Are workers’ penalty rates on the way out? – Canberra Times
- Crisis housing groups lose funds – Canberra Times
- Goldman Asset Sees Zero Aussie-U.S. Yield Gap – Bloomberg
- Sydney’s Shopping Spree Helps Brighten Australian Gloom: Economy – Bloomberg
Other:
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- An Autopsy for the Keynesians – Wall Street Journal