Links 30 May 2013

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Global Macro/Markets:

  • US Treasury Trading Volume Hits Record – Business Insider
  • Treasuries Fall as Bonds Worldwide Drop Most in Almost a Decade – Bloomberg
  • After crunching Reinhart and Rogoff’s data, we’ve concluded that high debt does not cause low growth – Quartz
  • QE: Because Nobody’s Got Any Better Ideas – pawelmorski.com
  • Central Banks Act With a New Boldness – New York Times

North America:

  • The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy – Boston Fed
  • Real House Prices, Price-to-Rent Ratio, City Prices relative to 2000 – Calculated Risk
  • House flipping in California is back to 2005 pre-crisis levels – Wall Street Journal

Europe:

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  • ECB President Draghi Takes Criticism for Euro Policy – Der Spiegel
  • Monetary developments in the euro zone – ECB
  • Europe should embrace a financial transaction tax – Financial Times

Asia:

  • BOJ Seen Failing to Tame Volatility as Sale Slumps – Bloomberg
  • IMF cuts China growth outlook, urges cap on social financing – Reuters
  • China Credit-Bubble Call Pits Fitch’s Chu Against S&P – Bloomberg
  • China’s ambitious game changer – The Diplomat
  • Experts call for break-up of SOE monopoly on debt concerns – China Daily
  • The prospects for dramatically slower Chinese GDP growth – China Economic Review

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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.