Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Over a Fifth of Global GDP is Now Covered by a Central Bank With Negative Rates – WSJ
- Invest like a legend: Steve Eisman – Globe & Mail
- For Mining Chiefs, Doomsday Scenarios Could Become Reality – WSJ
- El-Erian says countries weakening their currencies in fight for global growth – Reuters
- Is it time to halt the rise of the ETF machine? – FT
- A New Theory of Why Global Financial Collapse Is Coming Soon – Gawker
- Are we heading for a crash? – The Guardian
- These 5 Facts Explain the Unstable Global Middle Class – Time
- IMF Changes Lending Rules To Avoid Exacerbating Debt Crises – WSJ
- Economic Growth Isn’t Everything – Bloomberg View
Americas:
- Republican Activists Think Donald Trump Is Their Best Shot To Win – Huffington Post
- The U.S. is not in a recession – EconBrowser
- Advance Estimate of GDP for the Fourth Quarter of 2015 – WhiteHouse
- U.S. GDP Advances 0.7% in Fourth Quarter – WSJ
- Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem – Politico
- Elizabeth Warren: One Way to Rebuild Our Institutions – NY Times
- Fed will be patient on U.S. policy given global risks: Kaplan – Reuters
- Odds of Fed Hike This Year Are Practically a Toss-Up After BOJ’s Surprise Move – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Forty percent of Germans say Merkel should resign over refugee policy: poll – Reuters
- UK’s £1bn destroyers need refit after engine trouble – FT
- Ending the Refugee Deadlock – NY Times
Asia:
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- Negative bond yield universe hits $5.5tn after Japan eases – FT
- BOJ stuns markets with surprise move to negative interest rates – Reuters
- Bank of Japan’s Negative Interest Rate Decision Explained – Bloomberg
- Japanese economic policy just got weird. And America might be next – VOX
- Bank of Japan Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rate Below Zero – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Why it’s a bad time to be a republican – Canberra Times
- Turnbull boxed in on gay marriage – Canberra Times
- PM says triple-A rating is not at risk – Canberra Times
- BusinessDay Economic Survey: Share market flat all year, economic outlook bleak – Canberra Times
- The mining industry’s drag on the economy won’t last forever – Canberra Times
- Economists have absolutely no idea what is going to happen to the global economy – Canberra Times
- Healthcare is no safe haven – The AFR
- West Australian premier Colin Barnett looks to swing back voters by opening boom-time projects – The AFR
- Where Australia’s economy is headed – The AFR
- National Construction Code change opens way for timber buildings up to 8 storeys – The AFR
- Retirees forced to withdraw too much from superannuation – The AFR
- Palmer faces ‘$1.4bn clean-up’ – The Australian
- PM, Morrison must take risks – The Australian
- Libs with little room to move – The Australian
- Treasury chief serves it straight – The Australian
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