Global Macro:
- There is only so much central banks can do (Financial Times)
- Welcome to the next financial crisis (marketplace.org)
- Regulators Weigh Easing of Global Bank Rules (Wall Street Journal)
- “A Global Perfect Storm” by Nouriel Roubini (Project Syndicate)
- Hedge fund closures hit 2-year high in 1st quarter (Reuters)
- Russia’s Northern Sea Route cuts the normal distance between Europe and Asia by more than a third (The Economist)
- GLOBAL regulators are poised to relax tough new banking rules (the Australian)
United States:
- Inflation Expectations Are Dropping Fast (Uneasy Money)
- Can Microsoft take a bite out of Apple? (Financial Times)
- US banks take advantage of capital rules (Financial Times)
- In America, the rise in uncertainty between 2006 and 2011 reduced real GDP by 3.2% and cost 2.3m jobs (The Economist)
Europe:
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- Greek Election Results (Business Insider)
- How Would Greece Leave the Euro? (Wall Street Journal)
- Greece vote set to end in stalemate (Financial Times)
- Greece Still Stuck in Euro Labyrinth (Wall Street Journal)
- How 10 million Greeks Vote on Future of 500 million Europeans (Bloomberg)
- Greek exit would be ‘catastrophe’, says former Greek PM (BBC News)
- Secret EU summit document shows ‘roadmap’ to banking union (The Telegraph)
- Italy Will Overcome Economic Crisis Without Aid, Monti Says (Bloomberg)
- The Bang! Moment is Here (John Mauldin)
- Economic history: Germany, Greece and the Marshall Plan (The Economist)
- Denmark warns over pressure on krone (Financial Times)
- Why the rescue plan for Spain is not enough (The Economist)
- Europe doing too little too late in crisis (Zero Hedge)
- Germany pledges to defend euro (Australian Financial Review)
- Pro-bailout party claims victory in Greek election (Australian Financial Review)
Asia:
- US-China audit dispute may lead to forced delisting of Chinese stocks from US markets (Patrick Chovanec)
- Beijing forbids ‘negative’ news ahead of leadership transition (China Times)
- China’s banks have no choice but to embrace new financial freedoms (The Economist)
- WTO strikes down China tariffs on US-made specialty steel (Forbes)
- Japan ends its nuclear shutdown (Financial Times)
Local:
- The iron ore lady: Why the world’s richest woman – Gina Reinhart – is mired in controversy (The Independent)
- Resource investment hits record on Asian demand (Fairfax)
- Interest rates put big squeeze on small business (Fairfax)
- Panel rejects height restrictions for SouthBank skyscrapers (Fairfax)
- Gittins!: Mired in gloom but outlook’s good (Fairfax)
- Gail Kelly warns on threat to banks returns (Australian Financial Review)
- Banking’s future is nothing like in the past (Australian Financial Review)
- Council bonds to fund infrastructure works (Australian Financial Review) – works in Texas!
- Central banks lining-up for Aussie assets (the Australian)
