Links 3 April 2014

Global Macro / Markets:

• How to Explain Bitcoin to Your Mom! – New York Times
• Bitcoin and Beyond: The Possibilities and the Pitfalls of Virtual Currencies – St Louis Fed
• Presenting The Next Market Rigged By High Frequency Trading – Zero Hedge
• Will 130-year-old ’Dow Theory’ confirm bull trend? – USA Today

North America:

• U.S. Job Creation Index Reaches Six-Year High in March – Gallup.com
• U.S. private job growth accelerates in March: ADP – Reuters
• Unemployment Unlikely to Improve Over Next 6 Months – Brookings
• Lenders Are Taking More Risk – House of Debt
• Canada’s Getting Richer. Most Canadians Aren’t. – Bloomberg

Europe:

• UBS Said Set to Receive EU Immunity on Currency Rigging – Bloomberg
• Greece Government Said to Plan 2 Billion-Euro Bond Sale – Bloomberg
• House price gap between London and rest of UK widest on record – Financial Times
• France is Europe’s largest time bomb – Business Spectator

Asia:

• China’s Overnight Rate in Longest Rising Streak Since October – Bloomberg
• Captured in a Chinese tiger hunt – Financial Times
• Debt troubles within the Great Wall – Financial Times

Local:

• Parko: Cut income tax, raise GST – The AFR
• Parko speech revisits nightmare on main street – The AFR
• GST must rise as deficit decade looms – Canberra Times
• GST is worth talking about – Canberra Times
• The message we had to hear – The AFR
• Parko: Australia must prepare for a recession – The Australian
• RBA calls for super costs to be slashed – The AFR
• RBA calls for bank levy – Canberra Times
• Jobs go over red tape – The Australian
• Free trade deal stalls, but Japan ready to sign security pact – Canberra Times
• SA attacks Vics over car industry – Canberra Times

Other:

• Is the world going to run out of food – Canberra Times