Global Macro/Markets:
- Soros says gold’s safe haven status is “destroyed” – Market Oracle
- BitCult – FT Alphaville
- Fed warned to rein in QE – Financial Times
- Is the recovery dying? – Econbrowser
North America:
- Structural Employment Problems – The Big Picture
- Productivity, “reindustrialisation” and the US profit share – FT Alphaville
- Weak Jobs Report Is Sign of Weak Jobs Report. Period – Bloomberg
- Labor Force Participation Rate Update – Calculated Risk
- Fed Faces Risk of Fourth Summer Slump While Pushing QE – Bloomberg
Europe:
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- The Thatcher era in context: unemployment 1971-2013 – Twitter Pic
- Thatcher: ‘Iron lady’ who changed Britain – Financial Times
- France Has Its Own Currency Again – New York Times
- Spanish bankruptcies hit record in first quarter of 2013 – Reuters
Asia:
- Plenty of Things to Worry About in China, Bird Flu Is Not One – The Daily Ticker
- On the economic comeback trail? Japan & America – The Diplomat
- China is expected to become the world’s largest oil importer in 2014 – The Diplomat
- What Does North Korea Want? – The Diplomat
- Abenomics: now the hard part – The Diplomat
- Be excited, be, be excited: BoJ edition – FT Alphaville
- Deutsche Bank estimates China’s air quality will worsen 70% by 2025 from the current unbearable levels – Financial Times
- Japan shifting investment focus from China to India – Financial Times
- Why Japan is the most interesting story in global economics right now – Washington Post
- China May Start Yuan-Australian Dollar Direct Trading – Wall Street Journal
Local:
- Hospital projects concern as Buildplan struggles – The Age
- PM Julia Gillard hopes to deepen Australia’s ties with China – Business Spectator
- Holden “cannot guarantee jobs” – The Australian
- Automotive pride comes at a price – The Age
- Abbott’s plan too short on details – The Age
- Abbott scaled-down NBN to cost $17 billion – The AFR
- China’s urbanisation trend points to healthy iron ore outlook – The AFR
- Mining tax won’t lift budget for years – The AFR
Other:
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- Auckland property bubble worrying RBNZ – Radio NZ
- Inequality and monetary policy – FT Alphaville
- The Pacific Alliance and why it matters – Financial Times
- Where Bank Regulators Go to Get Rich – Bloomberg
- Margaret Thatcher: The lady who changed the world – The Economist
- Beware of Economists Peddling Elegant Models – Bloomberg