Weekend links

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Global Macro:

  • Game Theory and Euro Exit – Italy before Greece, Bloomberg
  • Golden Rules of Banking – Buttonwood, Economist
  • What markets want, QE – but does it work. The Economist
  • Economists are overconfident and so are you – Justin Fox HBR Blog
  • Market Wrap from Bloomberg of overnight trade – MacroBusiness Morning will be back Monday

United States:

  • This is the global untold story of our times – youth unemployment, LA Times
  • It’s not all bad news in the US as some see signs of pick up in latest data – NYT
  • US Postal service not far away from defaulting – USA Today
  • JP Morgan losses climb to $5.8 billion – Reuters
  • Part of the reason why Ag Commodities are through the roof – Drought in 26 US States. The Guardian US
  • Albert Edwards from Soc Gen is super gloomy on the US economy – Business Insider
  • Chicago Fed look at US manufacturing, where it was, where it is – Chicago Fed
  • Meredith Whitney might be right in the end. Buffett says that Muni bankruptcies will climb – Bloomberg

Europe:

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Asia:

  • Chinese data yesterday wasn’t terrible but check out this electricity chart – Lead Indicator? Scott Barber, Reuters
  • Chinese economy cools – Reuters
  • Bloomberg reckons the Chinese data was good – here
  • Shanghai Daily – Factory output less than expected
  • China boost generates soft landing – AFR

Local:

  • The Australian economy is a conundrum – GDP data shows consumption but retailers saying no. Speciality Fashion Group via The Oz
  • Tinkler swings for the fences with $5.2 billion bid for Whitehaven Coal – The Oz
  • Melbourne House Prices fall 5% – The Age
  • Cashed up buyers piling into property – SMH
  • Rental pain replaces mortgage pain – AFR

Other:

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  • Belting up the gold bugs – Business Insider
  • I like retail FX – it lets me get really tight spreads and liquidity when I otherwise couldn’t with my size. But there are pitfalls in leverage, let alone for the untrained and uninitiated – FT on a move to regulate this space