Global Macro / Markets:
- BIS veteran says global credit excess worse than pre-Lehman – The Telegraph
North America:
- Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike – New York Times
- Five years after Lehman, Americans still angry at Wall St. : Reuters/Ipsos poll – Reuters
- 3 Democrats Say They Will Oppose Summers for Fed – New York Times
- Canadian household leverage still growing – Sober Look
- The Totally Unfair Financial Crisis Recovery, In 12 Charts – Huffington Post
- Can ’Generation Next’ find any jobs? The 2008 crash proves hard on younger adults – Wall Street Journal
Europe:
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- A Plea for Caution From Russia – New York Times
- Britain Seen Heading for Fastest GDP Growth Since 2007: Economy – Bloomberg
- Germany’s ‘boring’ election is vital to the eurozone – Financial Times
- Bank of England to tackle housing boom fears – The AFR
Asia:
- Japan Retakes Top Spot for Overseas Bank Lending: BIS – New York Times
- Asia, Credit and the End of Stuff – nemoincognito.wordpress.com
- Corruption and the world’s biggest building – The Telegraph
- Shanghai lines up first foreign hedge fund entrants – Financial Times
Local:
- Retailers looking for a bouyant Christmas – The AFR
- Hedge funds once again bet against Oz banks – The AFR
- Banks jostle for slice of mortgage market – The AFR
- Hockey may delay bad Budget news so as not to dampen Christmas confidence – The AFR
- Infrastructure spending holds potential for economy – The AFR
- Abbott’s egg shell path to reform – The AFR
- Coalition’s fiscal backflip risks losing Budget balancing act – The AFR
- Housing lots shrink by up to one-third – The Australian
- Jobs slowdown to dominate debate – The Australian
- Housing boom lifts pressure on loans – The Australian
- How business lobbyists block reform – The Age
- Banking boom and taxpayer guarantee – The Age
Other:
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- What I saw during the financial crisis – Washington Post
- Lehman Brothers five years on: ’I think we were singled out’ – theguardian.com
- Remembering the families at the center of the financial crisis: – Fortune
- ’Follow the Money’: NSA Spies on International Payments – Der Spiegel
- The Arguments of the Great Recession Are Over. Hooray. – New York
