Links 17 October 2013

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North America:

  • The Beige Book – Federal Reserve
  • Senate reaches deal, House will vote first – Politico
  • Stop Fretting: The Debt-Ceiling Crisis Is Over! – New York Mag
  • The Government Shutdown Has Revealed Silicon Valley’s Dysfunction Fetish – New York Mag
  • Barack Obama vs zombies – Reuters
  • Stay Put, Young Man – Washington Monthly
  • Your Official Compilation of This Glorious Shutdown’s Best Moments – The Atlantic Wire
  • The Fed is considering a capital charge for banks owning physical commodity assets – Wall Street Journal
  • U.S. surges past Saudis to become world’s top oil supplier – Reuters
  • Sorry, Kids. We Boomers Ate It All – New York Times

Europe:

  • Putin Builds North Korea Rail to Circumvent Suez Canal – Bloomberg
  • Sweden Girds for Unprecedented Disruption to Dollar Flows – Bloomberg
  • Britain starts formal probe of currency manipulation – The AFR

Asia:

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Local:

  • Ministers told to rein in spending – The Australian
  • No plan to sell-off HECS debt: Hockey – The Australian
  • Setting fiscal targets proves impotent in averting global debt crisis – The Australian
  • Woodside renews Barnett stoush – The Australian
  • Newman plans massive QLD asset sale – The Australian
  • Nation coasts to a new lifestyle – The Australian
  • Polluters could get $4 billion if carbon tax axed – The AFR
  • Joye: Hockey reviewers (bureacrats) as important as the review itself – The AFR
  • Banks, super funds squabble over financial planning reforms – The AFR
  • NSW cuts mining red tape – The AFR
  • Rents floored by the hard reality of retail softness – Business Spectator

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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.