Welcome to 2014.. still haven’t got a personal flying car, but hey maybe this is the year for it.
Now links..
Global/Macro/Markets
- In 2013 I Learned That… – The Reformed Broker
- 2013: The FT’s year in charts – FT
- 266 and all that – Krugman
- Ten facts you should know about global economic inequality -Inequality Matters
- South Sudan oil production slumps – Sky News
- Paulson Gets $490 Million as ‘Mooch’ Rotates to Equities – Bloomberg
- Winners of 2013: Boring Investors – WSJ
- Bitcoin Is a High-Tech Dinosaur Soon to Be Extinct – Bloomberg
- What 2013 Taught Economists About Infant Mortality and Austerity – Bloomberg
- Hello 2014: the tricks of trade – weak global growth isn’t the only problem – FT
- Slow Growth and Short Tails – Nouriel Roubini
Australia & New Zealand
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- Bob Hawke and Keating tell Tony Abbott to slash spending – TheOZ , AFR
- SQM Stats – Sunshine Coast looking bottomie, Karratha and Gladstone looking toppie – SQM research
- The most important graphs of 2013 Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3 – Mat Cowgill
- The men behind the ABC, News Corp intelligence row – AFR
- Prime Minister Tony Abbott seeks media deal over VIP jets – News
- Growth in Those Persons not in the Labour Force … – Mark the Graph
- Cyclone Christine: Port Hedland miners count the cost – SMH
- Confidence to lift as commercial sales reach $17b – BusinessDay
- A year of talking the Australian dollar down – AFR
- Tom Allard: Negative gearing not biggest culprit in rising house prices – SMH
Europe
- EU jobs open to Romanians, Bulgarians – Sky News
- Latvia becomes 18th member of eurozone – Sky News
- Latvia reluctantly joins euro after shock therapy, but controversy rages on – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Daily Telegraph.
- ‘Success story’ Spain exits eurozone support – Telegraph UK . ESM
- The Eurozone’s Crossroad – Project Syndicate
- Bulldozers move in to knock down the last of Ireland’s ‘ghost’ estates that were built during Celtic Tiger economic boom – Daily Mail
- François Hollande in New Year pledge to cut spending and taxes – FT
Asia
- Is Japan Now Finally a Normal Country? – The Diplomat
- China’s factory growth slower but resilient at year end – Reuters , Investing
- North Korean leader warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US – SMH
- China market shift hits home for local firms – Chicago Tribune
- Thai PM returns to Bangkok as protest showdown looms – Reuters
- Making the Chinese Dream Come True – The Diplomat
- Japanese Minister Follows Abe in Visit to War Shrine – NYT
- Japan’s population falls by a record 244,000 in 2013 – Japan Times
- Putin vows to annihilate ‘terrorists’ after suicide bombings – Reuters
Americas
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- Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in November, Lowest since December 2008 – Calculated Risk
- Which Policies Reduce Income Inequality? – Project Syndicate
- Buenos Aires protests over outages – BBC
- Market update: Happy New Year! – Calculated Risk
- Reasons to be cheerful, despite the threat in the shadows – FT
- The Strange Case of American Inequality – Brad DeLong, Project Syndicate.
- Hillary Clinton calls for unemployment benefits extension – Politico
Other/Interesting
- Thinking Outside the (Big) Box – NYT
- President Obama claims the NSA has never abused its authority. That’s false – Guardian
- Sounds under the ice – So Much useless beauty