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In other news ….
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Global/Macro
- Mainstream Economists Finally Admit that Runaway Inequality Is Hurting the Economy – The big picture
- Someone needs to fight the selfish, short-sighted old – Gaurdian
- When Even Bloomberg Is Saying The TPP Is A Dangerous ‘Corporatist Power Grab’ That Everyone Should Avoid… – Tech Dirt
- Gold miners are sitting at support. – The Short Side of Long
Australia & New Zealand
- NZ low deposit home lending halves in Nov: RBNZ – Business Recorder
- Dividends may be hit as APRA changes capital rules for ‘too big to fail’ banks – SMH
- SA premier wants $375m for Holden loss – Sky News , shame about those ads
- Newman government to lose 20 seats – Sky News , but at least he gets to keep Flegg – TheOz
- Why Australia must avoid austerity – Steve Keen
- Economic outlook for 2014 is sobering, but that shouldn’t lead to pessimism – Guardian
- Australia’s billion dollar a day Christmas shoppers – AFR
- ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from National Australia Bank – ASIC , rouge trading at NAB ?
- UBS in trouble too – SMH
- Sydney property to keep shining as first-home buyers ‘give up’ – AFR
- Shell’s Woodside stake on block in $US30b asset sale – SMH
Europe
- It was great while it lasted, Ireland, but it’s time to say goodbye – Irish Times
- Italy’s president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy – Ambrose
- An exercise in prolonging a credit crunch – Wolfgang Münchau FT
- Delay and Pray Is the European Union’s Specialty – Bloomberg
- Germany Right to Hold Out on Banking Union – WSJ
- The Fox and the ECB – Project Syndicate
- Italian consumer confidence drops in December – MarketWatch
Asia
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- Q&A: Cash crunch in China – FT
- China cash squeeze worsens despite central bank efforts – FT , Bloomberg , Reuters and more here
- Russia 1998 crisis haunts Deutsche Bank analyst seeing China bust – Live Mint
- No end in sight for bad-debt malaise at mainland Chinese banks – South China Morning Post
- Dubai Offices Vacant With Multiple Owners Structure – Bloomberg
- The Philippines is devastated as much by unfair debt as typhoon Haiyan – Guardian
- Korean rail strike intensifies – WSJ
Americas
- 2 Years – The contrarian corner
- IMF says it will raise US economic growth forecast – Irish Times
- Banks Squealing Over Volcker Rule Exposing Their Dirty Laundry. Will Regulators Capitulate? – Naked Cap
- The Fed celebrates its 100th birthday – WSJ
- LPS: Mortgage Delinquency Rate increased in November, Down almost 10% year-over-year – Calculated Risk
Other/Interesting
- South Sudan Refugees Swell As Americans Are Evacuated – WSJ
- Hi-tech revamps of classic toys dominating Christmas market – France24 video
- From the streets of Kiev – Twitpic via @FGoria
- Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina set free, slam release as ‘PR stunt’ – ABC
- Unwanted Memories Erased in Electroconvulsive Therapy Experiment – WSJ
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