Global Macro & Markets
- Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population – Guardian
- The real questions we should ask about Facebook and tax – Guardian
- The External Debt of the Emerging Market Economies – Economonitor
- China heads for record crude buying year as cargoes snapped up – Reuters
- Weak States, Poor Countries – Project-Syndicate, Angus Deaton…nothing weaker than a nation which sells its power for a 1% payoff…
- If you’re young, your job outlook is grim no matter where you live, World Bank warns – Financial Post
- The disconnect between exchange rates and trade – Bruegel
- US Dollar & Emerging Markets – TheShortSideofLong
- Goldman Declares the Death of Global Phillips Curve Exaggerated – Bloomberg
- Deutsche Bank Economist: The Fed Is in Danger of Making a Mistake of Historical Proportions – Bloomberg
Asia
- China third-quarter growth seen dipping to 6.8 percent, weakest since 2009 – Reuters
- Singapore to slow currency’s rise with slight easing bias – Nikkei Asian Review
- Strict information control intensifying China risk – Nikkei Asian Review
- China’s middle class overtakes US as largest in the world – Telegraph
- Japan govt cuts economic assessment as output sags – CNBC
- The only thing in China’s trade data that’s growing is the one thing that shouldn’t be – Quartz
- The next china default could be days away as steel firms suffer – Mineweb
- SDR inclusion is not the goal of China’s renminbi liberalisation – SCMP
- Low Chinese inflation leaves room for stimulus – DW
Americas
- Oilsands boom dries up in Alberta, taking thousands of jobs with it – Financial Post
- Politicians largely avoid topic of Vancouver’s ‘crazy’ property market – Vancouver Sun
- Brainard and Tarullo reject Phillips Curve, and in doing so, Yellen and Fischer – Market Watch
- Uber Is Taking Millions Of Manhattan Rides Away From Taxis – FiveThirtyEight
- Brazil’s Next Big Crisis Is Scaring Bankers and Wiping Out Jobs – Bloomberg
Europe
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- Britain falls back into deflation as tumbling fuel prices take effect – Telegraph
- Cyber-attack warning after millions stolen from UK bank accounts – Guardian
- Only eight times in the past 60 years has Britain’s budget been in surplus – Telegraph
- Russia abandons hope of oil price recovery and turns to the plough – Telegraph
- Ireland, Accused of Giving Tax Breaks to Multinationals, Plans an Even Lower Rate – NY Times
- Are Sanctions Saving Russia? – Project-Syndicate…should a GFC2 occur the sanctions will be what saves Russia…
- Threat of Brexit is now very real – CNBC
- EURO DEFLATION AND HOW TO INTERPRET IT – Pieria
- $50 Oil for 15 Years Isn’t What Scares Bank of Russia Governor – Bloomberg
- K. Unemployment Unexpectedly Drops to Least Since 2008 – Bloomberg
- Fiscal Council says budget ‘too expansionary’ – RTE…Irish budget a glimpse of the future?…
Terra Speculatorus
- Steady on, a Reserve Bank rate cut is no sure thing – Fairfax, Martin
- Five reasons Westpac’s interest rate rise matters – Fairfax
- Malcolm Turnbull defends investments after Labor’s Sam Dastyari accuses him of tax avoidance – ABC
- Bets for Aussie weakness are on the rise, again – CNBC
- Nippon Life seeks to seal deal this month to buy Aussie bank’s insurance business – Japan Times
- Great wall of xenophobia makes for simplistic foreign investment debate – The Conversation…xenophobia dissipates with hard data, and action on public concerns…
- Much more can be done to keep foreign criminal funds out of Australian property – The Conversation…asking for ID and fund veracity at point of transfer?…
- COAL CRASH: How long can Australia ride in the coal wagon? – The Monthly …not much longer…
- Work has begun on a giant skyscraper that will tower over the Melbourne skyline – Fairfax…just imagine all those extra apartments during an apartment glut…
- Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler says more rates cuts likely – NZ Herald
- Plan to install a huge replica Roman Colosseum – in Docklands – as wedding venue – Fairfax…Melbourne becoming a Chinese ghost city before our eyes…
- Westpac rate rise: Dividends rule, OK? – Fairfax, Pascoemeter
…and furthermore…
- Don’t let the Nobel prize fool you. Economics is not a science – Guardian
- The death and life of the great British pub – Guardian…great read…
- Lord Sugar tells his Apprentice to invest in property if he wants to be wealthy in business – Telegraph
- Global fund managers turn gloomy on Europe’s economic outlook – Telegraph
- The Virtue of Economists – SCMP
- Macro diversification through trade – VoxEU
- How “Freakonomics” author got college students to admit cheating – CBS…and the world’s elite universities look the other way…
- The Great Grunge? – Alhambra
- ‘We Need an Energy Miracle’ – The Atlantic
- What’s the Difference Between Data Science and Statistics? – Priceonomics
- Cure for pain: Chinese team reverse-engineers centipede venom to develop potential addiction-free morphine alternative – SCMP…big news!…
- Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller to Join – NY Times…will all our beers taste the same?…
- Why trying to help poor countries might actually hurt them – Washington Post
- Clinton: We have to ‘save capitalism from itself’ – DW…she is right, capitalism needs saving from itself…
- The Devil’s Dictionary of Post-Crisis Finance – Reuters…very good, a little Ambrose Bierce should be compulsory for all…