Global Macro / Markets:
- Strip private banks of their power to create money – Financial Times
- Martin Wolf proposes the death of banking – pieria.co.uk
- Why The Average Investor’s Investment Return Is So Low – Forbes
- Low Treasury yields frustrate bond bears – Financial Times
North America:
- Houston notches more housing starts than California – Culture Map Houston
- The Housing Market Is Still Holding Back the Economy. Here’s Why – New York Times
- Where Are All the Homebuyers? – Bloomberg
- Housing Won’t Save the U.S. Economy – House of Debt
- Mortgage lending hits 14-year lows – Wall Street Journal
- Fannie, Freddie say overhaul would boost mortgage rates – Wall Street Journal
- Freddie Mac CEO says Senate housing bill risks market stability – Reuters
- The Chinese take Manhattan: replace Russians as top apartment buyers – Reuters
- New report calls U.S. a ’rising star’ of global manufacturing – Reuters
Europe:
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- ECB: Monetary policy communication in turbulent times – European Union
- European Firms Seek to Minimize Russia Sanctions – New York Times
Asia:
- Suspicion grows that China is exporting deflation worldwide by driving down yuan – The Telegraph
- Japan’s inflation rate has stalled as impact of yen depreciation wanes – Sober Look
- Property bubble will not wreck China’s economy – xinhuanet.com
- Land Sales: The Ever-More Lucrative Habit China’s Officials Just Can’t Kick – Wall Street Journal
Local:
- The truth behind Hockey’s magic number – Business Spectator
- Hockey hones his Budget razor – Canberra Times
- Abbott leaves door open for Budget debt levy – The AFR
- We’ll be fair with Debt: Abbott – The Australian
- Cabinet “to weigh debt levy” – The Australian
- Prepare to tighten your belt. Budget restraint necessary – The AFR
- Housing BANANAs hit Canberra – Canberra Times
- Bulk billing fee hits poor, spares rich – Canberra Times
- Baird: Fix GST for states – The Australian
- Audit Commission prescribes harsh medicine – The Australian
- McCrann: Rate freeze likely for months – The Australian
- NSW looks to scrap $775m public housing project – The Australian
- Only 130 companies will have to limit emissions, and taxpayers will pay – The Guardian
Other:
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- The economist who revealed how media bias works – Quartz
- House prices vs rents – edmundconway.com
- 100% Reserve Banking – House of Debt