Here’s a list of things Reynard read overnight.
Global:
- Loan data piles pressure on ECB Irish Times , and the data ECB
North America:
- The ‘Uncertainty’ con WSJ
- Fiscal Deal: A few things to like Calculated Risk
- QE3 and beyond Econobrowser
Asia:
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- Abe hoopla aside, key economic challenges loom Japan Times
- What’s moving Japanese markets? The Economist , WSJ
- A cautious return to nuclear power Japan Times
- Japan’s Aso targets Myanmar markets amid China rivalry Bloomberg
- Ministry of Truth: Holiday leftovers China Digital Times
- A New Year’s greeting gets the axe in China China Media Project
- Low South Korean birth rate raises fears FT
- China sees red over uni paper TheAge
Russia:
- Putin grants Depardieu russian citizenship ABC
Europe:
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- Germany’s downward trend NYT
- Germany ILO Employment recovered in Nov, Jobless rate stable MNI
- Barclays: Why Spain might not be forced into an ESM program in Q1 after all eFXnews
- Latvian austerity fervor outstrips IMF after loan payback Bloomberg and a but more on Latvia Krugman
- Greek bad loans increase by 50 percent in 2012 Ekathimerini
- Lagarde list probe unveils large-scale tax evasion Ekathimerini
- UK house prices fall in 0.1% as property market ends fragile year Bloomberg
- UK construction PMI tanks in December Markit
- Italian car sales continue to fall Cigilo
- French funding cost hits record-low despite gloomy outlook WSJ
- Spanish UE sinks at record rate in December Telegraph UK
- Spanish city’s locksmiths say they’ll no longer assist with evictions PRI.org
- Portugal warns EU-IMF troika to back off on austerity demands Ambrose
Local:
- John Brumby calls for reform timetable as ex-premier defends COAG TheOz
- Qld government considers scrapping compulsory voting ABC
- CBA shares at record high AFR
- ‘Bed tax an option’ for tourist hot spots SMH
- Smokers set to be taxed out of habit TheOz
- New power for ATO ‘puts business at risk’ TheOz
- Tinkler could face supreme court over debt AFR
Other:
- To thwart hackers, firms salting their servers with fake data Washington Post
- Benjamin Netanyahu losing support ahead of election Telegraph UK
- Paying with ‘kisses’ as Brazil social currencies spread BBC