Links December 19th

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Global:

  • MSM figures out big banks are criminal enterprises The Big Picture
  • Cyprus gives warning of going insolvent NZweek

North America:

Europe:

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  • Spanish PM defends 1st year of austerity as protestors hit streets Washington Post
  • The eurozone growth problem The Economist
  • Draghi’s introductory statement at Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs ECB
  • SNB opens branch in Singapore to better defend cap TD Waterhouse
  • Draghi predicts ECB policy will foster Euro-are recovery Bloomberg
  • Sweden lowers interest rate to 1% Irish Times
  • Struggle mount for Greeks as Economy faces winter WSJ

Asia:

  • BoJ mulls 2% inflation target as Abe turns up heat Reuters
  • IMF economists see perils in China’s investment binge Japan Times
  • Economy key issue in Sth Korea elections Al Jazeera
  • Tokyo electric shares soar on reactor restart hopes Japan Times
  • Nth Korea may see few buyers despite rocker success AP

Local:

  • RBA’s Stevens warns of growth gap AFR , full transcript here
  • Qld looks into major IR changes AFR , but NSW says no.
  • Uranium opportunity ‘at risk’, says secret report The Oz
  • Solar panel breaks may be cut again AFR
  • China puts foot down over Huawei AFR

Other:

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  • High-tech classrooms reviving aboriginal languages France 24