Global Macro / Markets:
- Lagarde warns of ‘new mediocre’ era – FT
- Why the yield curve matters. – Reformed broker
- We are all foreasters, get over it. – Prag Cap
- Well This Is Just Embarrassing For The Fed Haters – BI
Americas:
- September employment report : 248,000 jobs, 5.9% unemployment rate – Calculated Risk and comments
- How you know it is all a lie: Pelosi Presses Obama to Talk Up Stronger U.S. Economy – Bloomberg
- Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes Put Pressure on New York Fed – NYT
- UPS, FedEx Want Retailers to Get Real on Holiday Shipping – WSJ
- You Know It’s a Tough Market When Ben Bernanke Can’t Refinance – Bloomberg
- JPMorgan Chase Says More Than 76 Million Accounts Compromised in Cyberattack – NYT
Europe:
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- Mario Draghi’s QE: too little for markets, too much for Germany – Ambrose
- ECB: ECB announces operational details of asset-backed securities and covered bond purchase programmes – ECB
- Draghi Dithers as Europe Deflates – Bloomberg
- The ECB’s ABC of ABS is missing a few letters – Bruegel
- UBS faces fine of up to $6.3 billion in French tax probe– Reuters
- Khodorkovsky Sees 1917-Like Crisis Nearing Under Putin – Bloomberg
- Can the energy transition make Germany independent of Russian gas ? – GET
Asia:
- Hong Kong CEO Vows to Stay, Offers Talks – WSJ
- In Pictures: Hong Kong’s Democracy Standoff: Beacon of Hope – Bloomberg
- Clashes Break Out at Hong Kong Protest Site – WSJ
- Albert Edwards Says Watch Japanese Yen and Be Very Afraid – Bloomberg
- Why isn’t Nth Korea angry about it’s isolation? – Diplomat
- Yen’s Steepest Decline in 20 Months Spreads Unease in Japan – Bloomberg
Local:
- Nauru wins case against US hedge fund – FT
- Sentiment weak says Jetstar chief – SMH
- The govt needs to back tax inquiry – BusinessDay
- Scramble for housing gets riskier – AFR
- Coalition budget battle falls apart – AFR
Other:
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- NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed with Ebola – NBC
- Delay in Dallas Ebola Cleanup as Workers Balk at Task – NYT
- Ebola’s Disease Detectives Race to Track Others Exposed – Bloomberg
- A Secret of Uber’s Success: Struggling Workers – Bloomberg
- Google to launch own mobile chat app: Economic Times – Reuters
- Aerial drone captures Iceland volcano – WSJ
- Japanese volcano from space – Twitter, and that video