Global/Macro/Markets
- Reserve Banks of the world 2014 Outlook – WSJ
- The Relative Efficacy of Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the ZLB – Brad DeLong
- Where Ben Bernanke made a difference – Gavyn Davies
- Taiwan’s Government Says No To Bitcoin ATMs – TechCrunch
Australia & New Zealand
- Fed Govt leaves open option of privatising Australia Post – PM
- No Penalty for Carbon Polluters – TheOz
- $A poised to outperform euro in 2014 – AFR
- Australian-made car sales dive to record low – AFR
- Drivers face more tolls – TheOz
- Chevron gets conditional approval from EPA – AFR
- BP,Shell Assets on the block – AFR
- Pilbara perks in firing line as resources boom cools – AFR
Europe
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- Eurozone economic recovery accelerates at end of 2013 – Markit Economics PMIs
- Spain service activity at 77-month high , as France rolls over
- Spanish Bond Yield Falls to 3 1/2-Year Low as Unemployment Drops – Bloomberg
- The State of the Euro, In One Graph – Krugman
- Japan hits back at China over Voldemort comparisons – Guardian
- Bank of England decision attracts more interest – FT
- US to press Germany over domestic demand – FT
- British companies ‘most optimistic for 20 years’ – Telegraph
- Watchdog slams Deutsche Bank for Libor probe response – report – Reuters
- Wanted: Crusaders for ’more Europe’ as voters grow disillusioned with the European project – WSJ
- In Europe, deflation risks raise concerns – WSJ
Asia
- China makes fresh bid to curb shadow banking, contain debt risk – Reuters , FT
- Toyota and Honda post record China sales – FT
- Effectiveness of Japanese industrial policy – Vox
- Bangladesh ruling party wins poll marred by deadly violence – France24
- Palm Drops Most in Three Weeks as Malaysian Exports Seen Falling – Bloomberg
- India’s service sector contracts for six straight months – FT
- Rising tensions in Thailand pit urbanites against rural poor – Globe and Mail
- Iraq faces all-out war in Falluja – Guardian
Americas
- Entrepreneurs, Con Artists, and the American Dream – James Surowiecki
- Study Suggests Recovery in U.S. Is Relatively Vital – NYT
- The case for economic optimism in 2014. – Econbrowser
- Why is US productivity growth slowing? – SoberLook
Other/Interesting
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- Google Announces Open Automotive Alliance To Drive Android Into Connected Cars – TechCrunch
- Homs, Syria. Before and after shot – TwitPic via @_amroali
- Selling social media clicks becomes big business – Asian Correspondent
- J.P. Morgan to Pay Over $2 Billion to U.S. in Penalties in Madoff Case – WSJ