Here’s a list of things Reynard read over night.
Global Macro:
- Central banks walk inflation’s razor edge – Financial Times
North America:
- Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement – Federal Reserve
- The Fed holds – FT Alphaville
- Fed Says That growth in Economic Activity Fell in Recent Months – Business Insider
- Comments on Q4 GDP and Investment – Calculated Risk
- U.S. Economy Contracts in Fourth Quarter – Wall Street Journal
- It’s Too Soon to Celebrate a Recovery – Bloomberg
- Deep spending cuts likely, no sequester deal in sight: lawmakers – Washington Post
- Student Loan Bubble Update: “This Situation Is Simply Unsustainable” – ZeroHedge
- US Household Debt has Fallen by $833 billion since 2008 – owenzidar.wordpress.com
Europe:
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- Germany won’t stand in Cyprus’ way, apparently – FT Alphaville
- Irish banks to be hit by wave of lawsuits – Business World
- Europe’s robust financial-transactions tax – Reuters
- Wider euro ‘Tobin tax’ will net €35bn – Financial Times
Asia:
- Analysts Debate Meaning of Central Bank’s Newest Regulatory Tool – Caixin
- China’s smog slideshow – Caixin
- Here’s why: China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined – Washington Post
- China’s M2 money supply has grown to world’s largest, 1.5x that of US, 1.3x Eurozone’s – Global Times
- China Banking Regulator Warns over Default Risks – Caijing
- Buildings vanish into hole in China subway construction site collapse (pics) – Shanghaiist
Local:
- The case against the case for negative gearing – Tunswblog
- Business fears paralysis over policy – AFR
- Super tax may sting the wealthy – AFR
- Glut of new Melbourne units a downer – AFR
- House prices recover in Dec quarter – The Age
Other:
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- Backloading the carbon markets – FT Alphaville
- Exploring directions in fiscal policy – Bill Mitchell