China
- ‘Confessions’ of a corrupt official on the run: China’s veiled warning to other fugitives – SCMP
- More wealthy Chinese set to flood US investor visa scheme: think tank report – SCMP
- China remarriages surge in divorce tax loophole – Fin24.com
- Is China’s growth slower than the 7% consensus? – Sober Look
- Chinese finance minister rules out central bank help in local government debt-for-bond swap – SCMP
- Chinese prosecutors charge Zhou Yongkang’s close allies – SCMP
- Will Slow and Steady Win China’s Economy Race? – Caixin
- OECD warns of downside risks for mainland China economic growth – SCMP
- China’s real estate slump worsens – World Finance
- Record Fall In Property Prices Brings More Bad News For China’s Slumping Real Estate Market – IB Times
- Why Chinese investment is soaring in Europe – EU Observer
- China’s prudent monetary policy to continue – China Daily
- ‘Huge amounts’ of beef going to China despite ban:US official – China Daily
- Big data used in China’s new equity investment tools – Want China Times
- 2000 airports to be built in Chinese counties by 2030 – Want China Times
- Focus on economic policy at two sessions – Want China Times
- China’s Farmers Have Been Left Behind – Bloomberg
Asia
- Japan’s Recovery Is Complicated by a Decline in Household Savings – NY Times
- Asia’s Almighty Middle Class – Project-Syndicate
- Japan’s Accounting Problem – Project-Syndicate, Turner
- Tokyo showing signs of openness to signing on – Nikkei Asian Review
- The effort to stabilise the financial system in Japan: an outline and the characteristics of the programme for financial revival – Bruegel
- Shock for Chinese backers as billion-dollar Sri Lanka project runs into political mess – SCMP
- Why Japan’s factories, jobs aren’t coming back despite the weak yen – Japan Times
- OECD upgrades Japan’s growth outlook for 2015, 2016 – Japan Times
- India property hangover leads to gimmicks – Fin24.com
- Russia’s Putin calls for regional currency union – Reuters
- Ex-Soviet states battle challenge of low oil prices – Reuters
- Japan Needs a Bigger Land Grab – Bloomberg
- A Deal India’s Farmers Can’t Refuse – Bloomberg
- Modi’s Coal Conundrum – Bloomberg…where does QLD fit?…
Europe
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- ECB weighs curbs on Greek banks’ government debt purchases – FT.com
- Ruble Tops Global Currency Rally as Tax Respite Offsets Oil Drop – Bloomberg
- Empty Greek Coffers Bring ‘Accident’ Threat Closer – Bloomberg
- Is Finland’s Slump A Glimpse Into Europe’s Future? – Bull Market
- Swiss caught in the wake of massive FX currents – Reuters, Hadas
- What Greek Officials are Missing: The Link between Sovereignty and Solvency – Marc to Market
- Profound changes needed to make the Eurozone work – Irish Independent
- Europe: The perennial LNG sponge – Platts
- Dijsselbloem: Greece might need capital controls – EU Observer
- EU proposes new tax transparency rules – EU Observer
- Europe squeezes more reforms from Greece as Merkel steps into bail-out talks – Telegraph
- The whys and hows of a single market for Europe – Bruegel…very good …
- Negative rates put Nordic banks under pressure – Euromoney
- ECB Makes Life Tough For Its Neighbors – WSJ
- When Will The ECB Start To Taper? – EconoMonitor
- Russia Rebounds, Despite Sanctions – Bloomberg…that it does…
- Ukraine’s Oligarchs Are at War (Again) – Bloomberg…these ugly people will always make VVP look good….
United Kingdom
- Britain can only walk tall if productivity is reignited – FT.com
- What Margaret Thatcher really thought about Brexit – CapX
- Tories to take 1m out of higher tax rate after general election, George Osborne suggests – Telegraph
- Mapped: Where England’s best schools are pushing up house prices – Telegraph
- Transparency and the effectiveness of monetary policy after the Warsh Review at the Bank of England – Vox
- Operation Tabernula: The story of the biggest insider trading investigation in UK history – Telegraph
- Bank of England must be prepared to cut rates further, says chief economist – Telegraph
- Renting your way to poverty: welcome to the future of housing – Telegraph
- Can Osborne get off the rollercoaster? – BBC, Peston…probably not is the answer….
- Britain’s budget surpluses and economic policy gaps – Guardian
- Will UK banks leave London as bank levy rises? – CNBC
- Treasury to announce tax evasion clampdown – BBC
- For the sake of growth and our young people, build more houses – New Statesman
United States
- China’s capital flight lands on New York doorsteps – Reuters
- Public Pension Cuts Exempt Police and Firefighters – NY Times
- The Bonds That Can Cure America’s Ills – Bloomberg
- FOMC Decision – Short Side of Long
- Deeds, not Words? Or, Say Less and Mean More– Aleph Blog
- The unmistakable legacy of the plantation – RWER
- Slow Growth for US Interest Rates – Project-Syndicate
- The Fed Versus Price Stability – Project-Syndicate
- Fed’s biggest risk is quick rate hike: Evans – Market Watch
- Is 2% core inflation the Fed’s target, or a ceiling? – Bonddad
- As Fed weighs a rate hike, U.S. economy is looking a bit paler – Chicago Tribune
- Attention, Borrowers: The Fed Just Put You On Notice – FiveThirtyEight
- The Double-Edged Sword of a Strong Dollar – Financial Sense
- Fannie, Freddie Could Need Another Bailout As Risks Rise: Watchdog – IB Times
- NLRB Election Rule: House Votes To Block Pro-Union ‘Ambush Election’ Regulation – IB Times
- Market Mistakes Balanced Fed for Dovish Fed – Marc to Market
- US current account deficit largest since 2012 – Irish Times
- Wages Haven’t Been This Crucial to U.S. Economy in Half Century – Bloomberg
- The Fed Needs Some Guidance – Bloomberg
Americas
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- Vancouver mayor urges overhaul of B.C. rental legislation – Vancouver Sun
- Let’s talk about Generation Screwed – Vancouver Sun
- No immediate action from Ottawa to cool Canada’s housing market, says Stephen Harper – Financial post
Oceania
- Norfolk Islanders plot Australia revolt amid financial crisis – FT.com
- The ‘metadata’ Bill – Pearls and Irritations
- Six ways Australia’s education system is failing our kids. – Pearls and Irritations
- Playing dumb: Maybe Abbott government ministers know exactly what they’re doing – The Monthly…I often think to myself that they couldn’t be as stupid as the things they’ve done…
- Productivity Commission childcare plan could cost low earners $8,000 – report – Guardian
- Pod housing for under $100,000 – NZ Herald
- The miracle economy of the southern hemisphere is not Australia – Quartz
- ASIC chief Greg Medcraft highlights ‘mischief’ and ‘abuse’ in reporting of misconduct– Fairfax
- Leighton to change name to CIMIC in wake of corruption allegations – Fairfax
- NAB’s dream-destroying ‘Death Star’ that is Clydesdale Bank – Fairfax…ugly…
- Developers odds-on to win at planning tribunal – Fairfax
- Workers in visa row forced to sleep in office, union claims – Fairfax…affordable housing?…
- Tony Abbott’s unique despair – Fairfax…if it is not Tony Abbott, his cabinet might help…
- Glenn Stevens says RBA discussing rate cuts even though benefits are dubious – ABC…but why?…
- Banking regulator APRA says individual banks targeted in crackdown on investor loans – ABC…oh really?…
- Friendless fiscal policy about to get invited to the economic party – Fairfax
- New Zealand puts free trade pact at forefront of Japan visit – Nikkei Asian Review
Capital Markets
- How Scary Is the Bond Market? – Project-Syndicate, Shiller
- How Far Will the Euro Fall? – Project-Syndicate
- Expect ‘Trench Warfare’ Among Investment Banks — Report – WSJ
- Bank regulation: ‘Basel IV’ sparks banker fury – Euromoney
- European corporates seize hybrid bond opportunity – Euromoney
- Regulatory capital: Banks spread the search for tier-2 buyers – Euromoney
- The dollar’s meteoric rise may be just about over – Market Watch
- Ignore Interest-Rate Noise – ETF.com
- Successive interest rate cuts fuel slide – Nikkei Asian Review…good look at Asia currencies…
- Feeling green: Debt-ridden emerging markets are heading for a nasty dollar hangover – Economist
- A framework for banking structural reform – Vox
- The Fed Loses Patience… Sort Of – The Capital Spectator
- One Surprising Way To Play Rising US Rates – ETF.com
- FED UP – Pieria…excellent…
- NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE IS LITTLE TO BE SAID FOR INVESTING IN AN IPO – Pieria…you can say that again…
- Janet Yellen Isn’t Going to Raise Interest Rates Until She’s Good and Ready – NY Times
- What to know about high-speed trading before the next market disaster strikes – CapX
- One Huge Table That Shows the Winners and Losers of Global Financial Markets – Bloomberg
Commodities
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- The Way Gold Prices Are Set is Changing Forever – Bloomberg
- Watch Four Years of Oil Drilling Collapse in Seconds – Bloomberg
- Commodity price boom over, volume boom gathers pace – Reuters, Clyde Russell
- China slowdown pushes coal, iron ore to fresh lows – Reuters
- London Metal Exchange urged to act swiftly over ‘broken’ aluminium market – Guardian
- Dismal outlook for LNG in S Korea’s power market as coal, nuclear gain favor: KPX – Platts
- Perth Mint platinum coin sales surge – Mineweb
- Iron ore gloom chills Fortescue bond sale – Mineweb
- Will rare earth metals make you rich? – Mineweb
- South African gold mining’s fall from grace – Mineweb
- Why Goldman is wrong about commodity prices – Mineweb
- Silver may bottom this year, with meaningful gains next – Mineweb
- Commodity Crash Points To A Bottom – Short Side of Long
- China’s grain stockpiling distorts market – Nikkei Asian Review
Global Macro
- The Trans-Pacific partnership: it might be about trade, but it’s far from free. – Pearls and Irritations
- Fed urges lawmakers to toughen rules on Wall St. and commodities – Reuters
- STRESS TESTING SOCIETY – Pieria
- What’s Wrong With Finance – Motley Fool
- Labour and finance in the aftermath of the Great Recession – Vox
- Against the tide: The fragmentation of Europe – Euromoney
- Nearly two-thirds of the world’s patent applications come from three countries – Quartz
- Scenes From the Shadowy World of Swiss Banking – Bloomberg
- Estimating the impact of robots on productivity and employment – Vox
- OPEC’s decline will be Canada’s gain as the organization’s influence wanes – Financial Post
- Here’s the Next Biggest Threat to Global Crude Oil Prices – Bloomberg
- Beijing cuts US bond holdings, rethinks forex reserve usage – Want China Times
- Russia’s ‘Go East’ policy shakes up Asia – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan, Australia Signal Approval Of China-Based AIIB – IB Times
- Why Asia Should Welcome the Taper – Bloomberg
- The long road towards the European single market – Bruegel
- When will interest rates rise? The way things are going, maybe never – Telegraph
- Chinese investors rival French in buying up Bordeaux vineyards – SCMP
- Charlie Munger: Academic Economics — Strengths and Weaknesses, after Considering Interdisciplinary Needs – FarnhamStreet
…and furthermore…
- Frequent flyers in health and the way we remunerate doctors – Pearls and Irritations
- Who Invented the Computer Virus? – Priceonomics
- The Economics of Busking – Priceonomics
- The Most Obnoxious And Overused Startup Jargon – Forbes
- Pottery-makers may embrace 3-D printing to hone their designs – Japan Times
- Laughing All the Way to the Crash – Atlantic
- Bait and Switch: The Fraud Crisis in the Seafood Industry – Atlantic…some dodgy fish passes muster here too…
- In your irises: The new rise of biometric banking – BBC
- Tesla makes it ‘impossible’ for drivers to intentionally run out of range – Fortune
- Indian parents are scaling walls to help their kids cheat because economics – Quartz
- Reinventing Performance Management – HBR …how many organisations completely fuck this up?…
- 12 Best Online Courses for Learning Practical Business Skills – Time
- Should we publicly shame delinquent taxpayers? – Vox
- Rich kids use the Internet to get ahead, and poor kids use it ‘mindlessly’ – Market Watch
- The log-on degree: College in America is ruinously expensive. Some digital cures are emerging – Economist
- How The Atlantic Uses Twitter to Drive Traffic to Content – Medium.com
- Gambling On Sports? You Betcha! – Medium.com…it is ‘investing’ for a lot of people….
- Elon Musk Says Self-Driving Tesla Cars Will Be in the U.S. by Summer – NY Times
- Financing Education for All – Project-Syndicate
- Sea Power Can Eclipse Solar – Bloomberg
- Scientists Have Created ‘DNA Scissors’ That Can Alter Your Genes, but Should They Use Them? – Bloomberg
….Its a business Jim, but not as we know it……..
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- Moscow Strip Club Offers Discount for Pensioners – Moscow Times