Global Macro/Markets
- How central banks have lost control of the world – Telegraph….good graphic…
- Brent crude extends rally as IEA warns of Middle East risks – Reuters
- Just 7% From the Bubble Peak, Nasdaq Investors Are Losing Nerve – Bloomberg
- Tracking GDP when long-run growth is uncertain – Vox
China/Asia
- China nears complete end to all residency restrictions – Market Watch
- China business sentiment lowest in 8 years – SCMP
- Bank Indonesia Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rate to Bolster Growth – Bloomberg
- China property dispute unearths debt skeletons – Reuters
- China boosted by Japanese inflows – China Daily
- Structural adjustment may cause liquidity squeeze – China Daily
- China’s new foreign investment regime will have far-reaching changes – Nikkei Asian Review
United States/Americas
- Canada’s millionaire migrants earn less than refugees, so why bother with wealth migration? – SCMP…classic piece of analysis, let’s see the equivalent Australian data…
- West Coast ports dispute drags on; labor secretary to intervene – Reuters
- Consumers might not be up to the job of carrying the U.S. economy – Market Watch
- What’s bothering the U.S. economy? – CBS
Europe/United Kingdom
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- Greek Euro Exit Risk Increases as EU Delivers Ultimatum – Bloomberg...like failed relationship each wants the other to walk out on…
- Greek crisis talks collapse in acrimony as Syriza defies EMU – Telegraph
- Hollande’s flagship economic reform law faces parliamentary test – Reuters
- Eurozone urges Greece to ask for extension of bailout – Market Watch
- German Investor Confidence Rises to One-Year High Before QE – Bloomberg
- Greek Euro Exit Risk Increases as EU Delivers Ultimatum – Bloomberg
- Tsipras Needs to Rethink His Timetable – Bloomberg, El-Erian
- None of the options for Brexit is appealing – Telegraph
- Meeting on Greek Debt Produces an Ultimatum – NY Times
Australia/New Zealand
- Australia needs a recession to ‘concentrate’ political minds – Fairfax
- Reserve Bank cools March rate cut speculation – Fairfax
- Saver Plus program gives poor keys to lasting success – Fairfax
- A new RBA rate cut could spike property prices by 15% – Fairfax
- You can’t blame foreigners for high house prices – ABC…IPA man let loose, with spurious hand waving…
- Reserve Bank cut rates in February because of chance to explain – ABC…is it the message or the rate cuts that aren’t getting traction?…
- Australia: More questions than answers in the Murray Report – Euromoney (requires free trial subscription)….very good read…
- Victor Smorgon Group eyes China agro market – China Daily …interesting…
- Australia should offer ‘matehoods’ in place of knighthoods, Liberal MP suggests – Guardian…Australian tennis great, and Torynuff MP, thinking outside the square…
- Keeping data vital to fighting child pornography: Tony Abbott – Fairfax...paedophilia such a pervasive issue we need everyone’s data?…
- Both sides falter in fairness test – The Australian
- We are the threat to fiscal reform – The Australian
- GST tweak offers $43 billion bonanza – The Australian
- Australia’s failed imported food testing system – The Australian
- Farmers seek level playing food on food safety – The Australian
- Pension test for family home can be made irrelevant – The Australian
- Ore slide ‘drains economy’ – The Australian
- ‘If students travel, they should pay HECS’ – The Australian
- Surplus capacity confounds industry and Budget – The AFR
- Time for Labor to support the Budget – The AFR
- Iron ore hangover in WA – The AFR
- ‘Massively screwed’: Super tax breaks for rich key budget fix – The AFR
- Morrison prefers housing carrot to pension stick – The AFR
- Huge demand leads to Brisbane apartment sales boom – The AFR
- Retirement’s 3-legged stool gets the wobbles – The AFR
- What if the China bears are right? – Business Spectator
- Government confirms staged tender will take place for $20 billion subs – The Guardian
And Furthermore
- Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program – Reuters…long rumoured, if proven then there will be an awful lot of questions (and a lot of hardware being replaced)…
- U.S. Embedded Spyware Overseas, Report Claims – NY Times
- Hackers steal almost $1 billion from banks in 30 countries in ‘unprecedented cyber-robbery’ – Financial Post
- Windows 10 is coming, it’s way better — and free – CBS
- Ford F-150’s new aluminum body sends shivers through steel industry – Nikkei Asian Review