Global Macro/Markets:
- The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency – medium.com
- The problem with Bitcoin – Financial Times
- When memory becomes money; the story of Bitcoin so far – Financial Times
- Four Reasons You Shouldn’t Buy Bitcoins – Forbes
- Banks take bearish view on yellow metal – Financial Times
North America:
- How the Fed fueled an explosion in subprime auto loans – Reuters
- Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit – Washington Post
Europe:
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- Kid gloves approach for Swiss regulation – Financial Times
- BofE reports Q1 rise in availability of credit to both households and corporates – Bank of England
- UK considers cut in minimum wage – Financial Times
- Number of Britons on ‘zero hours’ contracts hits record high – The Telegraph
- Euro area inflation down to 1.7% – European Union
Asia:
- WMPs and China’s shadow banking whack-a-mole game – FT Alphaville
- Korean tension and the market: charted – Financial Times
- Andy Xie Column: The BRICS Countries Take Their Turn at Bat – Caixin
- China confirms more bird flu cases – Financial Times
- China regulator wants stronger supervision of financial products – Reuters
- China’s fishy data exposed – The Age
Local:
- Will Abbott really ‘axe the tax’? – Business Spectator
- WTF? Rail freight industry pays carbon tax but road freight doesn’t – ARA
- Stopping leakage of funds to rich is a super idea – The Age
- Super pain, little gain for Labor – The Australian
- Rio to sell coal operations – The Australian
- Mining tax a mystery: Treasury – The Age
- Housing recovery far from home and hosed – The AFR
Other:
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- The Great British class calculator: What class are you? – BBC
