Weekend Links – 5th-6th October 2013

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Global Macro/Markets:

  • U.S. default seems unthinkable but investors have options – Reuters
  • Coal Use Falling, Proof of Progress to Low-Carbon Future – Oil Price
  • IMF sees epic change in world economy – FT
  • Global population growth will soon come to a stop. – FT Alphaville
  • It’s not just people. Corporations are getting more unequal, too. – WonkBlog
  • Hedge Funds Used Obscure Bond Bet to Win in GM Bankruptcy – Bloomberg

North America:

  • The government shutdown could end today. All it would cost is John Boehner’s speakership – WaPo
  • Government shutdown: Why many Republicans have no reason to deal- Politico
  • GOP Begins Search for Broad Deal on Budget – WSJ
  • US default by another name – Gavyn Davies
  • Most Americans Disapprove Of Shutting Down The Government Over Obamacare: Poll – Huffington Post
  • Fed’s Lockhart: No Jobs Report, Fed “more cautious” – Calculated Risk
  • No Jobs Report Means Economists Chew on Football Instead of Data – Bloomberg
  • Weekly initial unemployment claims are at pre-crisis levels. – Calculated Risk
  • The most often repeated fact about US debt is wrong – Quartz
  • Economic Confidence Plummets as Gov’t Shutdown Begin – Gallup

Europe:

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  • German Construction PMI expansion slows – Markit
  • The Hostage-Taker: Berlusconi Pushes Italy to Brink – Der Spiegel
  • Italian Senate committee starts Berlusconi expulsion process – Reuters
  • Swiss Regulator Probing Banks Over Foreign-Exchange Manipulation – WSJ
  • Handelsblatt asks, “Where is the inflation”? – Open Europe
  • The legacy of austerity in the Eurozone – ceps.eu

Asia:

  • Indian private sector output contracts at fastest rate in four-and-a-half years – Markit
  • Bank of Japan warns of severe global impact from U.S. fiscal standoff – Reuters
  • BOJ Refrains From More Stimulus as Business Confidence Rises – Bloomberg

Local:

  • Wal King demands apology from fairfax on bribe claims – TheOz
  • Planned Qld coal ports in doubt – TheOz
  • Sydney and Melbourne Auction previews – APM
  • Red ink blots home sales – AFR
  • Hockey off to NY to explain when debt is good – AFR
  • Probe on collapsed builder – BusinessDay

Other:

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  • Walking ‘cuts breast cancer risk’ – BBC
  • The 9 Ways That Twitter Could Fail, According to Twitter – The Atlantic
  • One winner from the US government shutdown, Netflix? – Wonkblog