Global/Macro/Markets
- Still unclear exactly how QE eases conditions: Fed’s Dudley – Reuters
- Gross’s Mistake on Fed Taper Echoes Across Pimco Funds – Bloomberg
- Grow up, change your mind. – The Reformed Broker
- It’s true! The FT – and social media – really do move markets – FT
- 2014 outlook: Market melt-up – FT
- Job Flexibility Seen as Key to Equal Pay – WSJ
- Why current accounts fell post-crisis? – VOX
Australia & New Zealand
- No bubble but Sydney needs house-building boom – AFR
- Sydney 11th-priciest city in the world – SMH
- WiFi plan a boon for mobile users – TheOZ
- Investors’ demand for housing brings risks – TheOZ
- Abbott dropping the ball on reform, warns business – AFR
- ACCC calls for big asset sell-off – AFR
- Warning on Asia food bowl from CBH chief – AFR
Europe
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- Number of first-time buyers grows as UK housing market gains pace – FT
- EU musical chairs – DW
- Mitterrand’s shadow looms as Hollande seeks to revive France – Reuters
- Early spotlight on Portugal, France credit ratings – AFR
Asia
- Renewed violence in Bangladesh ahead of disputed election – FT
- Thousands Rally For Democracy In Hong Kong – The Diplomat
- China Promises To Support Its Bloated Solar Panel Industry – BI
- China’s growth and manufacturing output decline as property prices soar – Guardian
- China gives local governments go-ahead to roll over debt – FT
- In India, a Spectre is Haunting Us All – Counterpunch
- Fukushima meltdown: 2 underground nuclear explosions at crippled plant on Dec 31 – Examiner
- Why Japan Isn’t Back– The Diplomat
- Predictions For 2014–The Sinocism China Newsletter 01.05.14 – Sinocism
Americas
- “Is the U.S. economy really about to go boom?” – Econbrowser
- Anatomy of an Obamacare ‘horror story’ – HI
- The top 10 destination cities for Chinese buyers – CNN
- Worrisome Spike in Student Loan Write-Offs – American Banker
- Where in the United States are the largest shadow economies? – Marginal Revolution
- Bankruptcy Filings Fall 13% in 2013 – Credit Slips
- Five Takeaways from the American Economic Association meeting taking place this weekend in Philadelphia – WSJ
Other/Interesting
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- Time ticking for India’s Jarawa tribe – Aljazeera
- The social animal – FT
- Cyclists: The Next Great Source Of Tax Revenue? – Forbes
- Smartphones set to become even smarter – FT
- Vodafone Egypt questioned over alleged puppet ‘coded bomb plot’ in advert – Independent
- Read this if you want to be happy in 2014 – WaPo, Dilbert guy
- What does it take to get girls interested in coding? – A VC, TechCrunch, some of the best coders I know by far are women
- Netflix ain’t what it used to be. – Felix Salmon
- How can we outwit our lazier selves? – FT