Macro & Markets
- Global finance faces $9 trillion stress test as dollar soars – Telegraph, AEP
- Iraq builds up arrears to majors as oil price drops – sources – Reuters
- Flood of aluminum seen heading for market as financiers eye exit – Reuters
- Who benefits from the iron ore supply glut? Nobody? – Reuters
- Reimagining the state must start with healthcare – soon – Telegraph
- Oil market shrugs off worries about crude stocks – Reuters
- Interest rate cuts: It’s US versus the world – Fairfax
- Euro-dollar parity just a ‘matter of time’ as single currency plunges to 12-year low – Telegraph
- A Crusader Against the Common View of the Financial Crisis – NY Times
- Inflation in the 21st century: Oil, not wage growth or unemployment, is the issue – Bonddad
Asia
- PBOC Pledges to Press on With Rate Liberalization Amid Slowdown – Bloomberg
- China central bank chief says to maintain prudent policy as economy slows – Reuters
- China Credit Growth Beats Estimates as Easing Spurs Lending – Bloomberg
- U.S. Founding Father Invoked as China Debates $4 Trillion Debt Pile – Bloomberg
- For Chinese Economy, Strengths Are Now Weaknesses – NY Times
- BlackRock plays China, India growth story through corporate debt – SCMP
- The eye-watering spending power of Chinese tourists – SCMP
- China’s economy sees weak start to 2015, spurring calls for more policy easing – SCMP
- As China Sneezes, is Asia Catching a Cold? – Bloomberg
- China’s economic evolution causes small town upheaval – NZ Herald
- China prepares mergers for big state-owned enterprises – Market Watch
Americas
- Why Finance Minister Joe Oliver isn’t intervening in Canada’s housing market – Financial Post
- Detroit’s rebirth as ‘America’s Great Comeback City’ hits roadblock as taxes kill homeowners’ dreams – Financial Post
- Point Grey mansion gets $51.8M: How Vancouver’s most exclusive real estate is drawing Chinese buyers – Financial Post
- Treasury Urged to Scrutinize Foreign Real Estate Buyers for Money-Laundering Risk – NY Times…is Australia’s recent stance on this part of a global push?…
- U.S. economy’s surprise risk: The dollar’s surge could weaken growth – Washington Post
- Fed slashes payout plans of large Wall Street banks – Reuters
Europe
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- Goldman’s president is ‘freaked out’ by tanking European bond yields – Market Watch
- Strong pound could keep UK in deflation, warns Bank of England rate setter – Telegraph
- Draghi-Backed Report Says Sovereign Debt No More a Risk-Free Bet – Bloomberg
- Greek finance minister says ECB policy on Greece ‘asphyxiating’ – Reuters
- Silver entrepreneurs behind Britain’s self-employment boom, says Bank of England – Telegraph…lipstick on a pig?…
- Why Europe will be the source of global low bond yields for years to come – Financial Post
- Greek Debt Talks Are Tested by Fraying Ties With Germany – NY Times
- EU law breaks deadlock on GM crops – Reuters
- Glencore to take 49 percent stake in Russian in oil firm-owner – Reuters…keep an eye on this one…
- Greece demands Nazi war reparations and German assets seizures as creditor squeeze continues – Telegraph
- IMF signs off $17.5bn loan for Ukraine in second attempt to stave off bankruptcy – Guardian
Australia/New Zealand
- China to Increase Scrutiny of New Zealand Milk – NY Times
- People with $10m homes shouldn’t get the age pension, says former government adviser John Freebairn – Fairfax
- Liberal MPs back Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott on their calls for a radical rethink of super – Fairfax
- Lower Australian dollar won’t stop rate cuts, say economists – Fairfax
- Unemployment falls, but pressure still on RBA – Fairfax
- ASIC wants new power to curtail bad banks – Fairfax
- Gas boom running out of steam but consumer price shock intact – ABC
- Federal Government ‘jeopardising’ research jobs in funding threat, says Business Council of Australia – ABC
- Australian dollar’s fall below 76 US cents still not enough – ABC
- Fake fruit in China leaves sour taste for Aussie growers – ABC
- We need more houses, not super-sized bandaids – ABC, Kohler….there has been a sea change on house prices…
- The interest rate mantra has hit a wall – ABC, Greg Jericho…good analysis: he is right, the budget needs to be a gem…
- Labor signals shift from demand-driven funding system for university places – Guardian….the start of an ALParatchik policy position?…..
- Allowing first-home buyers to access their superannuation is another harebrained Hockey idea – Guardian, Greg Jericho….’Bubbles’ Hockey could you take a look at this?…
- Southern Hemisphere’s Largest Solar Power Plant Set to Start – Bloomberg
- MSL Capital Markets gets money laundering warning – NZ Herald
…and furthermore…
- Electric cars could cut oil imports 40% by 2030, says study – Guardian…and this is why the Saudis moved…..
- The untold story of how the sugar industry shaped key government research about your teeth – Washington Post
- Russia Is Hacking Your News Feed – Bloomberg…this is why RT keeps popping up in your google and youtube searches…
- The Passport King – Bloomberg…everyone should read this…
- The implications of Google ranking sites based on accuracy – NZ Herald