Links – 3rd October 2013

Global Macro/Markets:

• Spain Is Expected to Extradite Ex-Trader in JPMorgan Case – Dealbook.
• What I saw as a Wall Street trader: a culture of bad behaviour – The Guardian
• The IMFs next test – Project Syndicate

North America:

• U.S. Government Shut Down With No Quick Resolution Seen – Bloomberg
• Collision course: CR and debt ceiling – Politico
  
• America flirts with self-destruction – Martin Wolf
• MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey, Mortgage Rates Decline – Calculated Risk
• Fed Said to Review Commodities at Goldman, Morgan Stanley – Bloomberg
• Foreign Firms Tap U.S. Gas Bonanza – WSJ

Europe:

• Berlusconi faces revolt over Italy confidence vote – Reuters
• Italian prime minister faces crunch confidence vote – Guardian
• Golden Dawn leaders brought to court to face charges of murder and assault- The Guardian , Irish Times
• Italy deficits – Twitter @fwred
• UK housing construction growing at fastest pace in nearly a decade – Markit
• Spanish jobless claims rise again in September – BBC
• Euro area MFI interest rates stats – ECB
• ECB opening statement – ECB, and web cast – ECB

Asia:

• Japan Awaits Abe’s Third Arrow as Companies Urged to Invest – Bloomberg

Local:

• Coalition vows FTA with Japan, Korean and China – TheOz
• ANZ sees bubble risk – Business Day
• Mining magnate to share balance of power – Reuters
• ACCC probes TV network tie-up talks – AFR
• Hockey mulls separate debt for infrastructure – AFR
• Ban on drilling sparks NSW energy shortage fears – AFR , TheOz
• ATO in brawl with asian billionaire Li Ka-shing – TheOz
• Australians pay off NBN FoI request – TheOz

Other:

• 3D printing enter new growth phase says Gartner – TechCrunch
• Time for Gates to go, some top Microsoft investors tell board – Reuters
• M$ hands user data to the Australian government – TheOz