Links 13 Fenruary 2014

Global Macro / Markets:

• A World Unprepared, Again, for Rising Interest Rates – New York Times
• Chanos up as many shorts stumble – CNBC
• Hackers launch attacks on bitcoin exchanges – Wall Street Journal
• Emerging-Market Shakeout Putting Reserves Into Focus – Bloomberg

North America:

• This is how families go hungry – msnbc.com

Europe:

• The European Debt Crisis Visualized – Bloomberg
• Italy’s PM battles to save premiership – Financial Times

Asia:

• Do not fear a Chinese property bubble – Financial Times
• Iron Ore Imports Rise to Record in China, Swelling Inventories – Bloomberg
• China Trade Growth Defies Signs of Slowdown – Bloomberg
• Chinese villagers attack factory after reports of polluting – The Guardian

Local:

• Former Toyota boss: unions must take some blame for exit – The AFR
• Hockey firm on blame claim – The Age
• Car industry yet to justify its protection – The AFR
• China capital to pay part in Australia’s next boom – The AFR
• IMF backs Hockey on cuts – The AFR
• Australia’s economy is not all doom and gloom – Business Spectator
• Death by deflation – Business Spectator
• Thousands off new cars if protection goes – The Australian
• Call to learn car industry lessons – The Australian
• Hard for Abbott to govern – The Australian
• Tardy taxpayers threatened – The Age
• Victoria, SA weaken Boral earnings – The Age
• Airline chief: Qantas is not Holden – The Guardian
• Carmakers threaten to close earlier – The Guardian

Other:

•  The Impact of Unemployment Duration on Compensation Growth – New York Fed
• Enslave the robots and free the poor – Financial Times
• Longest drug tunnel ever found in Nogales shut down – khpo.com