Links 8th August

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Global Macro:

  • Convertibility risk: Acknowledged by not addressed Yanis Varoufakis
  • Gross to Investors: Stay away from Europe CNBC
  • Taiwan’s July exports: dismal BeyondBrics
  • German factory orders fall twice as much as forecast Bloomberg
  • Rice hoard offers world respite as food costs surge Bloomberg

United States

  • Housing inventory down 23% YoY in August Calculated Risk
  • Weekly hotel occupy rate above 75% for first time since 2007 Calculated Risk
  • Fed official calls for bond buying WSJ

Europe:

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  • Italian Q2 GDP falls 0.7% BBC , IP down too, while Monti wins approval for more cuts Reuters
  • Greece sells 6mth T-bills as yields ease Ekathimerini
  • Monti clarifies his statements on national parliaments Spiegel
  • Germany and Italy near blows on euro Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
  • German opposition backs fiscal union FT
  • IMF pushes Europe to ease burden on Greece WSJ
  • Greece agrees with Troika on strengthening policy BusinessWeek

Asia:

  • Indonesia to allow currency hedging for banks: Islamic Finance Jakarta Globe
  • Rare earths banks roll North Korea’s future Asia Times
  • Electricity use seen overstating China economic slowdown Bloomberg
  • PBOC to strengthen monetary policy fine tuning China Daily
  • Get more China Links later in the daily “China Links” post from Sinocism

Local:

  • From South Pacific peso to Southern franc FTAlphaville
  • Tech giants hoard reserves in AUD AFR
  • Swan uses Costello rule on NBN costing AFR
  • Threat of new water front war over automation TheOZ Locked
  • Warning on PM’s powerplay TheOz
  • Barrick says MRRT makes no difference Herald Sun
  • Senators to judge post-GFC impact on banks SMH

Interesting/Different

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