Weekend Links – 19th-20th October 2013

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Global Macro/Markets:

  • Unemployment, labour-market flexibility and IMF advice: Moving beyond mantras – Vox
  • How to Profit from the Shutdown Aftermath – A Dash of Insight
  • Barclays, Citigroup, RBS FX Messages Said to Be Examined – Bloomberg
  • U.K. judge orders Wall Street Journal not to divulge names in Libor probe – WSJ

North America:

  • What A Drag – Krugman
  • Ted Cruz Won’t Rule Out Another Government Shutdown – Talking Points Memo
  • Republican Civil War Erupts: Business Groups v. Tea Party – Bloomberg
  • Budget fight leaves Boehner ‘damaged’ but still standing – Reuters
  • Geithner, Paulson Deposed in AIG Case – Fox
  • Zillow: Home Value Appreciation slows in Q3 – Calculated Risk
  • NY Fed’s Fired Goldman Examiner Makes Weird Case – Bloomberg

Asia:

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  • China’s economy speeds up, but Sept. data weakens – Market Watch
  • China reverses first-half slowdown – FT

Europe:

  • Troika sees €2bn fiscal gap in Greek budget – FT
  • Mario Monti, former Italian premier, quits party he founded – FT
  • Spanish banks’ bad loan ratio rises to 12.1 pct in August – Reuters
  • The Bank Of England Holds Question TIme On Twitter – BI
  • ECB: Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates) – EU
  • ELA Procedures – EU

Local:

  • Woolies pulls out of ParknShop bidding – AFR
  • Throwing cash at schools hasn’t helped kids to learn – TheOz
  • Bushfire crisis to last ‘for weeks’ – TheOz
  • RBA Stevens aims to halt the creep of global regulation – AFR
  • Tony Abbott confuses himself with myself, says Bill Shorten – SMH

Other:

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  • Has the Yeti mystery been solved? New research finds ‘Bigfoot’ DNA matches rare polar bear – Independent
  • How science goes wrong – Economist