Links 6 February 2013

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Here’s a list of things Reynard read over night.

Global Macro/Markets:

  • All’s fair in love and currency wars – FT Alphaville
  • S&P killer, qu’est-ce que c’est? – FT Alphaville
  • Roubini Global Economics – The View From Davos: Too Bullish? – roubini.com

North America:

  • The US v S&P – FT Alphaville
  • US government has not exhausted its fiscal options – Bill Mitchell
  • Outlook: debt to stabilize; low growth, high jobless; sequester would hit GDP – Congressional Budget Office
  • Name the largest credit market in the US – Sober Look
  • Service sector grows in January: ISM survey – Reuters
  • Year-on-year house price gain hits six-year high – MarketWatch
  • Home prices post biggest jump in over six years: CoreLogic – Reuters

Europe:

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  • UK productivity puzzle possibly solved? – FT Alphaville
  • Hollande warns on euro strength damaging Europe’s economy – Financial Times
  • ECB to hold rates, Draghi faces Monte Paschi grilling – Reuters
  • Euro zone economy shows signs of recovery – Reuters

Asia:

  • The Japan Story – New York Times
  • China & Japan on the brink of war – The Age
  • War with Japan means disaster, win or lose – Global Times
  • With China’s working age population declining, is it time to end the old-child policy? – The Diplomat

Local:

  • Michael Pascoe nails the problem with the Victoria (and post mining-boom) economy – The SMH
  • Reserve Bank on standby to cut interest rates again – Peter Martin
  • Investing returns of the decade – The SMH
  • Aussie Builders: “We can’t give it away” – Canberra Times
  • What the Reserve thinks… – The Age
  • Car subsidies are a state secret – The AFR
  • Warning of superannuation backlash – The Australian
  • Why your home is not worth as much as you thought it is – Property Observer
  • Real estate agents back RBA decision – The SMH

Other:

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  • Standard & Poors accused of fraud – New York Times
  • McGraw-Hill, S&P Sued by U.S. Over Mortgage-Bond Ratings – Bloomberg