Global Macro/Markets:
- “The [US] Stock Market Is Looking Like 2000 And 2007 All Over Again” – Comstockfunds.com
- Is the commodity sell-off overdone? – FT Alphaville
North America:
- Canadian house prices to keep growing – TD Bank
- Canadian brokers seek mortgage break for first-time home buyers – The Globe & Mail
- Canadian Real Estate Association report to ramp-up housing anxiety – The Globe & Mail
- Bernanke Provokes Mystery Over Fed Stimulus Exit – Bloomberg
- What’s Fueling the Housing Boom in Vegas? – CNBC
Europe:
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- UK’s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards criticises proposed new laws esp on 3% leverage ratio as too weak – Financial Times
- The economic depression in Greece is frightening, and getting worse – Yiannis Mouzakis
- One in four Germans would back anti-euro party – Reuters
- German Exports Increased More Than Forecast in January – Bloomberg
- Banks saved, but Europe risks losing a generation – Reuters
- ECB: The nature and significance of Banking Union – European Union
- British Proposal to Rein In Banks Is Faulted – New York Times
- Germany’s anti-euro party is a nasty shock for Angela Merkel – The Telegraph
Asia:
- Market Wheels in Motion for Chinese Railway Reform – Caixin
- China’s sluggish, narrow-based recovery – FT Alphaville
- “China’s Economic Data Show Weakest Start Since 2009” – Bloomberg
- Lower GDP Target Is Necessary, CASS Economist Says – Caixin
- New rules may ease China pollution, but won’t solve steel overcapacity – Reuters
- Productivity improves but no one notices – Ross Gittens
- Chinese working to develop shale gas, but problems abound – Reuters
- China instructs its media “not to report on structural reform of State Council without permission” – China Digital Times
- Future of China Railways Ministry’s US$426bn debt unclear – Want China Times
- “Spot China’s ‘Hot Money’ Time-Bomb” – Zero Hedge
Local:
- Aust labour underutilisation – Bill Mitchell
- RBA dismisses claims about successful hacking of its systems – RBA
- “Jobs have wearied the aged worker” – Business Spectator
- The professor vs the banks – The SMH
- CSR to close Sydney glass factories – Yahoo Finance
- Wage rises are a cost to jobs – The Australian
- Super won’t be enough – The AFR
- Bloxo bats for the RBA: High dollar driving lean corporates – The SMH
Other:
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- How financial markets are growing detached from well-being – Project Syndicate
- Research ties economic inequality to gap in life expectancy – Washington Post