Here’s a list of things Reynard read over night.
Global Macro/Markets:
- Fed’s Financial Stress Index falls to pre-recession 2007 level – aei-ideas.org
- Time to Revive the Financial Transaction Tax – New York Times
North America:
- British Columbia (Vancouver) home sales plunge – Ben Rabidoux
- Shadows creep over Canadian house prices – Financial Times
- Canadian consumer debt on track to follow housing’s decline – The Globe and Mail
- Echo Boomers Will Save The US Economy – Business Insider
- Great US oil boom risks going bust – Financial Times
- Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey – mbaa.org
Europe:
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- Government plans to liquidate Anglo in bid to cut debt – The Irish Times
- Italian polls suggest Berlusconi just 4% behind Bersani – The Big Picture
- RBS fined £87.5 million for significant failings in relation to LIBOR – gov.uk
- The RBS Libor fixing files – FT Alphaville (here and here)
- Parties in Poland Battle Over Whether to Introduce Euro – Der Spiegel
- EU plans lost generation fund to fight youth unemployment – Reuters
Asia:
- A gesture, at least, towards Chinese redistribution and rebalancing – FT Alphaville
- China flags peak in coal usage – The SMH (discussed yesterday on MB)
- But Aussies have their doubts – The Age
- China’s challenges, explained in three easy charts – FT Alphaville
- Will China’s demographic shift force a fall in investment share? – FT Alphaville
Local:
- Australia’s economic outlook: the Nauru option – Satyajit Das
- Managing the demographic megatrend mayhem – Bernard Salt
- Affordable housing lifts economic growth for all – AHURI Evidence Review
- Solving the housing crisis – South Sydney Herald
- Abbott aims for population decentralisation – Nine News
- No super tax for over 60s: Gillard – The AFR
- Swan still has his sights set on tax breaks – The Australian
- Maybe higher tax for super earnings? – The Age
- Non-mining sector weak – The AFR
- Australians should brace for an economic shock – The Australian
Other:
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- Unemployment and inflation – Bill Mitchell
- Baby Boomers Are Fatter And Lazier Than Their Parents’ Generation – Business Insider
- Why the Ratings Agencies Deserve the Death Penalty – The Big Picture