Global/Macro
- Copper spikes on ‘fat finger’ trade – Market Watch
- Reserve Bank of India Statement on Bitcoin Dec 2013 – Reserve of India via Scribd
- Secular stagnation risk for EU and Japan – FT
- Why Kenya’s newly discovered oil reserves should slow East Africa’s pursuit of monetary union – Project Syndicate
Australia & New Zealand
- Child labour laws needed in SA – AM
- When you buy a house, you shouldn’t buy the neighbourhood with it – Matt Cowgill
- Blindsided in the sanctuary of my home – The Age
- Hedge funds eye troubled Australian miners and farmers – SMH
- Myer sorry for Boxing Day website crash – AFR
- Retail: Boxing Day shopping splurge estimated at $1.9 billion – SMH
- NSW Urban renewal hits roadblock – SMH
Europe
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- Turkey’s Erdogan replaces 10 ministers – FT , and Turkish lira drops to record low against dollar
- ‘Hope to be bankrupt for Christmas’: Irish mortgage debtors see insolvency as way out – RT
- UK house prices expected to rise 8% in 2014 – Guardian
Asia
- Calm returns to China’s money markets – FT
- Japan’s Abe to Visit Yasukuni Shrine – WSJ , BBC Yeah, an acceleration in Japan and China pissing each other off, just what the world needs!
- and the timing .. China celebrates Mao’s birthday, but events scaled back – Reuters
- and Nissan and Toyota won’t be happy – Bloomberg
- China cabinet report sees 2013 economic growth at 7.6 percent: Xinhua – Reuters , Bloomberg has 7.5% but either way it’s a slowdown
- In The Past Three Months Doing Business In China Has Totally Changed: KPMG Chairman – BI
- Sales of Swiss-made watches slump in China – Want China Times
- Slowdown in growth a concern for some BOJ policymakers: minutes – Reuters
- The unintended consequences of Abenomics on consumers – Credit Writedowns
- Is China building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier? – Want China Times
- Lanzhou construction project pushes ahead despite risks – Want China Times
- Thailand lowers 2013-14 growth target – Nasdaq
- Thailand election commission’s call to postpone February’s elections is rejected by government – BBC , AFP
Americas
- Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 338,000 – Calculated Risk
- US credit risk appetite hits euphoria – SoberLook
- Capital Goods Demand Signals Stronger U.S. Growth: Economy – Bloomberg
- Economists press Flaherty on lack of clear data in housing sector ( Canada ) – Global and Mail
- Question #10 for 2014: Downside Risks – Calculated Risk
- Late Surge in Web Buying Blindsides UPS, Retailers, Some Christmas Packages Aren’t Delivered – WSJ
Other/Interesting
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- DogeCoins going bye byes – Dogecoin
- Fake Knee Surgery as Good as Real Thing, Study Finds – WSJ
- The global wine drought that never was – BBC
- This Is What It’s Like To Work Full Time And Still Be Poor – Huffington Post
- Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group – Reuters
- NSA Struggles to Make Sense of Flood of Surveillance Data – WSJ