Links 26 September 2013

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Global Macro / Markets:

  • Economist Wins Genius Grant For Proving That Most Traders Are Idiots – Business Insider
  • Wall Street’s High-Frequency Trading Technology Arms Race – pcmag.com
  • Bubbles, Regulation, and Secular Stagnation – New York Times

North America:

  • Fed’s Q2 Flow of Funds: Household Mortgage Debt down $1.3 Trillion from Peak, Record Household Net Worth – Calculated Risk
  • Wal-Mart Cutting Orders as Unsold Merchandise Piles Up – Bloomberg
  • Comments on New Home Sales – Calculated Risk
  • Household Net Worth in U.S. Increases by $1.3 Trillion – Bloomberg
  • Americans in Poll Doubt Economy Rebound in Defiance of Forecasts – Bloomberg

Europe:

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  • Toward a Fiscal Union for the Euro Area – imf.org
  • EBA publishes results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of end 2012 – View press release – European Banking Authority – European Union
  • How did Greece mask its debt? – BBC
  • Austerity measures push Greek universities to point of collapse – theguardian.com

Asia:

  • China’s wealthiest families score $720 billion in undeclared “gray income” – Quartz
  • Chanos Undeterred by China Growth as O’Neill Bullish – Bloomberg
  • Street Vendor’s Execution Stirs Anger in China – New York Times

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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.