Global Macro/Markets:
- Demand for stock funds plummets over Cyprus fears: Lipper – Reuters
North America:
- US February oil demand down 4.1 pct from year ago -API – CNBC
- Older Households Loading Up on Debt – Wall Street Journal
- Baby Boomers Less Fit Than Last Generation, Study Finds – New York Times. And their kids are probably less fit again.
- Is sequestration is here to stay? – Washington Post
- Congress Is About to Make Financial System Even WORSE – Barry Riholtz
Europe:
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- How the UK’s ‘help to buy’ scheme will work – The Guardian. This will be a policy disaster.
- The Osborne Files: Britain’s Mr. Austerity Goes Socialist – New Yorker
- Wealthy homeowners could use state backed loans to buy second homes – The Telegraph
- Berlin is right to say no gain without pain – Financial Times
- Is Cyprus the Canary in the Coal Mine?: Video – Bloomberg
- Cyprus’s last-ditch plan – Wall Street Journal
- Martin Wolf: Homes ruse will not rebuild the economy – Financial Times
Asia:
- Good FT piece praising higher inflation as a tool to redistribute wealth from old rich savers in Japan to young/poor – Financial Times
- HK home prices facing 20% drop as banks lift mortgage rates – Bloomberg
- The “Fracking” Revolution Comes to China – Zero Hedge
- As Pollution Worsens in China, Solutions Succumb to Infighting – New York Times
- Indonesia’s Economy to Grow 6.2% in 2013: World Bank – thejakartaglobe.com
- Singapore’s 2013 “Robin Hood” Budget – The Diplomat
- Fixing China’s property prices – Financial Times
- Asian Stocks Head for Largest Weekly Drop Since October – Bloomberg
- OECD report sees China investment boom continuing, clear sailing ahead for China growth – Reuters; OECD
Local:
- BIS Shrapnel talks BS on FHBs – The Age. Argues for more demand pumping whilst ignoring negative gearing.
- Big business calls for expanded GST to boost infrastructure – ABC News. Paying for endless population growth.
- Understanding transition to retirement pensions – SMSF Coach
- Preview for this weekends auction market – REIV
- Banks will go it alone on rate cuts: ACCC – The Age
- Ferguson almost quit over bungled mining tax – The Australian
- Power prices tipped to peak – The Australian
- Rising debt will tie Swan’s hands – The AFR
- Panic buying hits home in Perth – The AFR
- Housing construction revives in Sydney, while Melbourne wilts – The AFR
- APRA rejects tools to lean on housing boom – The AFR
Other:
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- Why the Rich Don’t Give to Charity – The Atlantic
- Income inequality is increasingly “permanently” – Reuters
