Links 25 October 2012

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Global Macro:

  • Hedge Funds Belt Few Home Runs – Wall Street Journal
  • Today’s deficit cut could hurt tomorrow’s growth – AFR

North America:

  • Canadian house prices dip -0.4% in September but up 3.6% YoY – Teranet
  • Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement – Federal Reserve
  • White House seeks removal of Fannie regulator – Financial Times
  • Federal Prosecutors Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Program – New York Times
  • Why the Fed Should Buy Munis — Not Mortgages – New York Times
  • Moody’s: Echo boomers to reverse declining homeownership – Sober Look
  • Fed to keep buying bonds despite firmer U.S. growth – Reuters
  • Housing Was a Huge Headwind; Now It’s a Small Tailwind – jaredbernsteinblog.com
  • New Home Sales and Distressing Gap – Calculated Risk
  • New home sales jump to near 2-1/2 year high in September – Reuters

Europe:

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  • Draghi Defends Bond Purchases With Warning of Deflation Risk – Bloomberg
  • Germany proposes Greece pay primary surplus into trust account – ekathimerini.com
  • Euro area government debt up to 90.0% of GDP – European Union
  • German Ifo Business Confidence Unexpectedly Fell in October – Bloomberg
  • Greece says has finalised austerity package – Reuters
  • Eurozone downturn deepens in Sep as PMI hits 40-month low – Markit

Asia:

  • JP Morgan gets burned in China property deal – buyhometoday.com
  • Beijing to Launch 70 Bln Yuan Plan to Rescue Solar Industry – Caixin Online
  • China flash PMIs are up, but there’s a catch – FT Alphaville
  • Chinese Banks’ Credit Risks to Emerge – S&P – Fox Business
  • China to Speed Reforms of Some State Sectors – Wall Street Journal
  • Gee, the bullish spin on China’s tepid Q3 numbers is just amazing – Shanghaiist

Local:

  • BoQ toughens up on bad debts – AFR
  • Cost of carbon tax less than estimated – Peter Martin
  • Foreign property investment still smoke and mirrors – The Age
  • Inflation may quash housing recovery – AFR
  • Government inflation puts rate cuts at risk – AFR
  • Mining tax raises zero revenue in first three months – The Australian
  • 1,400 jobs on line at remote NT mine – The Australian
  • Curb spending to return to surplus – The Australian

Other:

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  • In U.S., Obesity Up in Nearly All Age Groups Since 2008 – gallup.com
  • The case for nominal GDP targeting – Mercatus Center