Global Macro / Markets:
- China overtakes Japan as world’s second-biggest stock market – JT
- The countries punished by an Opec-fuelled oil price rout – Telegraph
- Acting Collectively: A Better Way to Restructure Government Debt – IMF Direct
- Oil Seen in New Era as OPEC Won’t Yield to U.S. Shale – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Why America Is to Blame for Mexico’s Carnage and Corruption – FP
- Alberta Producers With World’s Cheapest Oil Face Cascading Woes – Bloomberg
- Vehicle Sales Forecast: “Strongest November since 2001” – Calculated Risk
Europe:
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- Italian Unemployment Rate Rises to Record, Above Forecasts – Bloomberg
- Italian youth unemployment chart – @cigolo
- German jobless rate hits record low – BBC
- Bundesbank’s Weidmann Rejects Calls for German Stimulus Plan – WSJ
- Central banks can’t raise growth potential, says ECB’s Weidmann – Reuters
- Moldova Emerges as Battleground in EU-Russia Struggle – WSJ
- Euro zone bank lending: not as bad isn’t good enough – Reuters
- Swiss, French call to bring home gold reserves as Dutch move 122 tons out of US – RT
- UK house prices grow slowest in 11 months, says nationwide – BBC
- Spain falls further into deflationary territory – FT
- European Commission endorses Irish budget but warns on debt – Irish Times
- Labour force(d) mobility: Migration in Europe – Bruegel
- Vicious Cycle 2.0: European bank interconnectedness and vulnerabilities – Pieria
- Russia’s Banks Feel Capital Squeeze in Grip of Sanctions – Bloomberg
- EU Law Analysis: The nine labours of Cameron: Analysis of the plans to change EU free movement law – EU Law analysis
Asia:
- Fukushima workers still in murky labor contracts: Tepco survey – Reuters
- Record China Downgrades Test PBOC as More Defaults Seen – Bloomberg
- China set to launch deposit insurance – FT
- India woos neighbors as rift open door to China – France 24
- PetroChina Helps Lead Oil Companies Lower as OPEC Holds Output – Bloomberg
- Japan CPI falls to 0.9% – FT
- Another Brother in Prominent Shanxi Family Is Target of Graft Investigation – Caixin
- China’s $6.8-trillion hole ? – The Economist
- Hong Kong makes arrests as unrest over camp clearance continues – Christian Science Monitor
- Abe Tested by Weak Retail Sales as Japan Election Looms – Bloomberg
- Japan bond yield goes negative as BOJ faces oil threat – Reuters
Local:
- Victoria election 2014: government won’t take blame for Napthine loss – TheOz
- Brisbane storm: Supercell damage bill could reach $150 million, Campbell Newman says – ABC
- Brisbane stunned by severe storm: ‘no time to evacuate, no warning’ – Guardian
- 3 + 3 = 1 (and a half ) for Ausco Contracts – ArtsHub
- ABC sacks Quentin Dempster – Canberra Times
- Rio working in Glasenberg’s shadow – AFR
- Why banking’s ‘big nine’ would be a win for taxpayers – Chris Joye
- Recipe for disaster: How pie face lost its way – AFR
- The true cost of ‘free’ mortgage advice – AFR
- Coalition’s secret plan to control the ABC – SMH
- Criticism caps of ‘worst week’ – SMH
- $6bn hole in disability costing – TheOz
- Palmer MP quits ‘national disgrace’ – TheOz
- Labor on the brink of victory: Newspoll – TheOz , The Age
Other:
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- What Airbnb Gets About Culture that Uber Doesn’t – HBR
- The hidden downside of being a powerful women – Inc
- Despite Aid Push, Ebola Is Raging in Sierra Leone – NYT
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