Here’s a list of things Reynard read overnight.
Global Macro/Markets:
- Time to End the ‘Monetary Ritalin’: Fed’s Fisher – CNBC
- Central banking: Doomed to fail? – The Economist
North America:
- Recessions Aside, Canada’s Economy at its Weakest Since The Mid-1990s – Wall Street Journal
- Canada’s economy still ‘sickly’ – The Globe & Mail
- Canada’s economy moves at crawl speed – Business News Network
- No sign of Canadian consumer debt crunch as banks report blowout quarter – Financial Post
- Bernanke’s Credibility on ‘Too Big to Fail’ – New York Times
- Consumer Spending in U.S. Climbs Even as Taxes Hurt Incomes – Bloomberg
- Personal Income declined 3.6% in January, Spending increased 0.2% – Calculated Risk
- Government-backed mortgages are a good thing – LA Times
- Household Debt and Credit: Student Debt – New York Fed
- Gas Boom Projected to Grow for Decades – Wall Street Journal
- The pessimism bias on U.S. debt – Foreign Policy
Europe:
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- Euro area unemployment hits new record high of 11.9% in January – Eurostat
- European Economic Disaster – Business Insider
- Britain heads for new recession – Reuters
- Italy’s Stalemate Jeopardizes Resolution of Crisis, Finland Says – Bloomberg
- German PMI Continues – Business Insider
- Sterling tumbles on triple-dip fears – Financial Times
Asia:
- Shinzo Abe’s phaser – FT Alphaville
- China plans bond overhaul to fund $6 trillion urbanization – sources – Reuters
Local:
- Department of Climate Change under budget firing line – The Australian
- Expensive housing turns Australia into nation of renters – The AFR
- Cash rate is king and RBA still holds the cards – The Age
Other:
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- Mapping future food inflation – FT Alphaville
- What do you want? The Volcker Rule! – FT Alphaville
- Russia’s oligarchs are ditching oil and gold in favor of piles of cash – Business Week
- Bankers’ bonuses: Europe right, Britain wrong – The Guardian
- Why Argentina will default in 2013 – Reuters