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China
- Party boss of China’s Guangzhou investigated for graft (Reuters)
- Doubling of Beijing’s cancer rate spurs pollution fears (MarketWatch)
- China’s Real-Estate Wrongs (Project-Syndicate)
- Moody’s warns Hong Kong banks over increased loans exposure to mainland (SCMP)
- China Pulling the Plug on Foreign Mainframes (Caixin)
- China’s Wealthy Should Move More Money Abroad, Investment Bank Says (Caixin)
- Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei megalopolis intended as showcase for economic reform (SCMP)
- Falsified gold deals uncovered in China (SCMP)
- China fails to collect 65pc of corporate taxation, says IMF (SCMP)
- Ping An Bank’s Branches Barred from Rolling Over Loans on Their Own (Caixin)
- China’s Manhattan Project Marred by Ghost Buildings (Bloomberg)
- Scientists Say Water Shortages Threaten China’s Agriculture (Businessweek)
- The four stages of Chinese growth (Michael Pettis)
- The Bear’s Lair: China may soon take giant step backwards (The Prudent Bear)
- Hohhot needs real estate liposuction or faces a market crash (WantChinaTimes)
- Study Finds Chinese Economy a Third Smaller Than Claimed (World Affairs)
Asia
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- Asia’s Rising Resilience to Oil Prices (Real Time Economics WSJ)
- Japan Jobless Rate Hits 16-Year Low, Signals Spending Rebound Ahead (IB Times)
- Taiwan’s central bank tightens control on housing prices (WantChinaTimes)
- Japan’s households stung by consumption tax (SoberLook)
- Japan Prices Rise Most Since ’82 on Tax, Utility Fees: Economy (Bloomberg)
- Japan jobless rate hits 16-year low, signals spending rebound ahead (Reuters)
Americas
- Canadian court rejects millionaire migrants’ compensation claim over defunct visa scheme (SCMP)
- CNPC Takes Big Gamble with Canadian Oil Sands Projects (Caixin)
- Why Mexico Is Becoming The New China (ETF.com)
- Argentina versus the Vultures – simple solution but leave morality out of it (Bill Mitchell)
- Puerto Rico: Tropical Tax Haven for America’s Super-Rich (Businessweek)
- Don’t get complacent about risks of housing downturn, OSFI warns lenders and insurers (Financial Post)
- Money to burn: Canada’s biofuels blunder (Financial Post)
- What’s up with the soaring loonie? (Maclean’s)
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United States
- Fed could trigger next world crisis: Stephen Roach (CNBC)
- Connect the dots to second-guess the Federal Reserve (FT.com)
- Millions of U.S. families can’t afford their homes (CBS)
- Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates down again despite new cut in Fed stimulus (LA Times)
- The areas US regulators are worried may be the next bubble in banking (Quartz)
- Why the latest GDP numbers are simply baffling (Fortune)
- Warning for GM and Ford: Car Loans Becoming the Next Bubble in Banking (24/7 Wall St)
- Is a Student Loan Crisis on the Horizon? (Brookings)
Europe
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- Europe rethinks how to cure its debt hangover (FT.com)
- Ukraine Nears End of Truce as EU Set to Discuss Crisis (Bloomberg)
- Thousands of homeowners set to lose out in bank mortgage sales – warning (Irish Independent)
- French jobless hits new high as eurozone sentiment falls (Fortune)
- What a Drag: The Burden of Nonperforming Loans on Credit in the Euro Area (IMF direct)
- Saving the euro: self-fulfilling crisis and the ‘Draghi put’ (Vox)
- Eurozone Economic Sentiment Deteriorates Unexpectedly In June (RTTNews)
- Europe has wasted a good crisis (Bruegel)
United Kingdom
- The BoE’s biggest test is yet to come (FT.com) …good read…
- Mark Carney: ‘new normal’ will see rates go to 2.5pc and stay there (Telegraph)
- UK could make its way in the world outside EU (Telegraph)
- Splendid Isolation? (Project-Syndicate)
- Carney’s Loan Cap Seen as Too Weak to Stifle Housing Boom (Bloomberg)
- The BOE’s Imprudent Policies (MoneyBeat WSJ)
- House prices: stop meddling, Mark Carney, and bite the bullet on interest rates (Telegraph)
- More than half of homes take more than they contribute (Telegraph)
- Mortgages to be dependent on repayments under rates rise (Telegraph)
- Carney Details New Weapons to Cool British Housing Market (NY Times)
- Bank sees no dangerous bubble now (BBC)
- Mark Carney’s housing pill needs time to let economy digest it (Guardian)
- Revealed: Tesco hoarding land that could build 15,000 homes (Guardian)
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Commodities
- Ripples spread from alleged China metals fraud (FT.com)
- Surplus iron ore spells trouble for miners (FT.com)
- It’s The Oil, Stupid! Insurgency And War On A Sea Of Oil (Oilprice.com)
- Why the shift to alternate energies continues, despite shale boom (Reuters) …of course Australia is eliminating its alternative energy sector…
- Lawsuit Adds to Concern Over China Commodities Fraud (NY Times)
- China’s commodity-lending fraud just got $15 billion bigger (Quartz)
- Why Monsanto always wins (Fortune)
- Nigeria Offers To Step In If Russian Gas To EU Is Interrupted (Oilprice.com)
- Following Up On Silver (The Short Side of Long)
- Central Asia supplies close to half of Chinese gas imports in 2013 (BNE) …that doesnt include Russia…
- China’s Suspect Gold Deals Are Not ‘Chump Change’ (MoneyBeat WSJ)
- Out of Africa And Into Asia – Chocolate Makers Eye Asian Demand (MoneyBeat WSJ)
- After 125 years, Alcoa looks beyond aluminium (Mineweb)
- Rising Oil Prices – A Problem for the World Economy (SafeHaven)
- Oil and the Iraqi Civil War: How Security Dynamics May Affect Oil Production (Brookings)
Capital Markets
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- World Bank sells first ever ‘cat bond’ (FT.com)
- Pimco runs risks in turning up the ‘vol’ (FT.com)
- Lowest Put-Call Ratio in 3 Years Suggests Near-Term Caution Is Warranted (Financial Sense)
- Ultra-Low Rates Could Last Another Decade (Financial Sense)
- This Incredible Technology Could Form the Next Great Bull Market (Financial Sense)
- Investors: Beware Sound Economic Analysis (ETF.com)
- Fixing International Corporate Taxation—Not Just a Problem for Advanced Economies (IMF direct)
- World War V: When Will The Period of Zombie Volatility End? (SeeItMarket)
- ‘New Round’ of Fiduciary Feedback May Be Needed: SEC Markets Chief (Thinkadvisor)
- Fixed income risk appetite headed for euphoria (SoberLook)
- The Case For A Dull Housing Market (The Capital Spectator)
- Yes, there is a confidence fairy (Piera)
Australia/New Zealand
- Chinese and Japanese banks lead surge in Australian loans (SCMP)
- Tyrrells heads ‘down under’ with Coles deal (Telegraph)
- Glencore denies media claim it avoided Australia taxes (Reuters)
- Senators urge inquiry into Commonwealth Bank finance planning scandal (Reuters)
- RBNZ to Move Some Reserves Offshore as Vaults Replaced (Bloomberg)
- Foreign Buying of Australian Housing on the Rise, RBA Says (Bloomberg)
- CBA under pressure over payouts (Fairfax)
- CBA financial planning failure goes right to the top (Fairfax, Pascoemeter)
- Tell ’em they’re dreaming – Australian housing obsession is holding us back (Fairfax)…holding Australia back too…
- Abbott government hoses down calls for royal commission into Commonwealth Bank over allegedly dodgy financial advice (Fairfax) …another item the Torynuffs can’t mention, control, or prevent from exploding under anything they touch…
- Parliamentary inquiry considers special taxes on foreign real estate buyers (ABC) (Audio)
- Cashed-up foreign real estate investors view $85k fines as cost of doing business, parliamentary committee told (ABC)
- Japanese giant moves in on Australian grains (ABC) ...another asset sale…
- How the US is squeezing Australia dry (ABC)
- The ageing impact on Australian labour force participation rates (Bill Mitchell)
- Australia concerns over Chinese “shadow banking” property investors (Global Times)
- Australian labor costs problematic: Shell (Platts)
- Asian demand for Aussie Corporate Bonds on the rise (FinanceAsia)
- China, New Zealand Trade Exceeds Hopes (Real Time Economics WSJ)
- Financial advisers must ‘lift game’ after Commonwealth Bank scandal, says Asic (Guardian)
- Australian economy grew faster before mining boom, says RBA member (Guardian)
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