Global Macro / Markets:
- Tapering is tightening? – FT Alphaville
- Here’s How Much Business S&P 500 Companies Generate Outside Of The US – BI
- Global shares hit six-month low as growth worries mount – Reuters
- U.S. Opposing China’s Answer to World Bank – NYT
Americas:
- US and Turkey in diplomatic stand-off – FT
- Former Fed chief Ben Bernanke defends AIG bailout in court – AP
- Bernanke says he didn’t know basis for AIG bailout loan rate – Globe and Mail.
- Fed Aim Off Target as Inflation Descends Near Danger Zone – Bloomberg
- Fed’s ‘Reverse Repo’ Tool Catches Republican Criticism – WSJ
- A Falling Budget Deficit, but a Lingering Attention Deficit – NYT
- FNC: Residential Property Values increased 7.5% year-over-year in August – Calculated Risk
Europe:
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- Eurozone on cusp of triple-dip recession as German exports crumble – Ambrose
- And extraordinary state of ‘managed depression’ – Martin Wolf FT
- ECB to publish results of bank audit on Oct 26 – France 24 , ECB
- Russia agrees to EU-Ukraine gas talks on October 21 – France 24
- It’s Draghi versus Weidmann on ECB QE – FT
Asia:
- Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy – East Asia Forum
- Protesters call new rally as Hong Kong government cancels talks – SCMP
- Is Japan Back In Recession? – Edward Hugh
- A Massive Chinese Property Company Just Canceled A Share Offering, And There Are Rumours The Chairman Is Missing – BI
- What’s Up With North Korea’s Kim? It’s a Mystery to CIA – Bloomberg
- Ruble Slide Continues Despite Intervention – WSJ
- CY Leung faces separate probes of HK$50 million deal with Australian firm – SCMP
Local:
- Telstra argues price rises are necessary – AFR , SMH
- Analysis finds it is no accident that federal budget makes the poor pay the most – SMH
- APRA ‘doing its job’ on housing, says Wayne Byres – AFR
- Property investors switching to sell mode – BusinessDay
- Qantas starts fees for children travelling alone – BusinessDay
- Watchdog report finds one in three customers receive poor life insurance advice – SMH
- Finding better indicators to read the health of the economy – Gittins
- Abbott, Hockey’s seats least affected by budget – Canberra Times
- Chinese investors are pushing into Sydney and Melbourne – BusinessDay
Other:
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- Ominous math of the Ebola epidemic worries experts – Washington Post
- Spain seeks answers as seven more enter Ebola isolation – Reuters
- Cairns nurse negative on Ebola test – Guardian
- Failing was fun, Nobel physics laureate says of LED quest – Japan Times
- 15 lessons from 15 years of blogging – Anil Dash
- Malala Yousafzai wins Nobel peace prize – Guardian