Links 19 April 2013

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Global Macro/Markets:

  • Reinhart/Rogoff and Growth in a Time Before Debt – Next New Deal
  • How a student took on eminent economists on debt issue – and won – Reuters
  • What’s causing sharp declines in crude oil prices? Sober Look
  • Fed and Bank of Japan caused gold crash – The Telegraph
  • Trading houses go cool on commodity prices – Financial Times
  • A map of the world’s growth forecasts in 2013 – The Economist

North America:

  • SEC to Move Past Financial Crisis Cases Under New Chairman White – Bloomberg
  • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 352,000 – Calculated Risk
  • Fed Officials Say Big Banks May Need Higher Capital Levels – Wall Street Journal
  • A Senate in the Gun Lobbys Grip – New York Times
  • Canadians Now More Affluent Than Americans – Wall Street Journal. Yeah because Canada’s housing is twice as expensive!
  • Low- and middle-income households hit hardest by Great Recession – Calculated Risk

Europe:

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Asia:

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Other:

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  • Wake up to the Twitter effect on markets – Financial Times
  • CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Fertilizer Plant Explosion Near Waco, Texas – YouTube
  • The Great Challenge of Macroeconomics – Abnormal Returns
About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.