Global Macro:
- US dollar share of global CB reserves falls. Aussie and Loonie up. – Reuters
- Gold heading for best quarterly gain since 2010 – Reuters
- Sovereign Debt restructures 1950-2010 – BigPicture
North America:
- How Bernanke pulled the Fed his way – WSJ
- Chicago PMI really weak – WSJ Blog – BI
- ChicagoFed’s take – here
- Gas prices hit consumers – Reuters
- US “drowning” in unemployment says Plosser – Reuters
- Bloomberg reports US State economic health at 9 month low
- American Industrial Renaissance or a tale of working poor, which ever you prefer – Richard Bernstein via BI
- This is really interesting – Most astonishing fact about the stock market rally – BI
Europe:
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- Europe needs to share more of Greece’s pain – FT
- Spain inches toward bailout – Businessweek
- France unveils tough budget – Reuters
- Roubini reckons the outlook is getting darker in France and social unrest is coming – via BI
- Spain’s banks need €59.3 billion bailout – BBC
- Italy’s south nears economic meltdown – UK Telegraph
Asia:
- Bo Xilai kicked out of the Party – BBC
- Coming collapse of China – NOT! Forbes
- Cracks in China’s shiny buildings – Businessweek
- Yuan hits record – Marketwatch
Local:
- Katter’s Mob courting Barnaby – ABC
- Property market “desperate” for revival – SMH
- House prices not out of line with incomes – Bassanese in the AFR yesterday arvo.
- Malcolm Maiden on the chances of an RBA cut next week – Business Day
- Labor to crack down on SMSF – this one is locked but interesting if you have an AFR subscription
- Don’t change super – Kelty in the Oz
- Two of the majors classify biz debt as home loans – AFR (locked again)
Other:
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- Tibetan Buddha made of meteorite – the Guardian
- Go Swans and Dogs in the AFL and NRL Grand Finals this weekend