what a way to start the year…..Pass the popcorn, we are here
Macro Markets & Investing
- End of China’s commodity boom spells pain for producers with no end in sight – Guardian
- Prepare for more bond tantrums in 2016, warns think-tank – Telegraph
- Fed’s new rate-hike tools passed key test, Fischer says – Reuters
- Preferential regulatory treatment and banks’ demand for government bonds – VoxEU
- Biggest Economies Face $7 Trillion Debt Refinancing Tab in 2016 – Bloomberg…roll that over…
- In Currency Rout, Emerging Nations Save $2.8 Trillion War Chest – Bloomberg
Asia
- House of cards: property glut could spell doom for Chinese economy – SCMP
- China markets suspended for the day after 7pc fall triggers second stage of circuit breaker – SCMP
- Abe’s ‘new mercantilism’ bears fruit for Japan – Nikkei Asian Review
- China Dec. factory activity shrinks for 10th month-Caixin PMI – Nikkei Asian Review
- Singapore Home Prices Post Longest Losing Streak in 17 Years – Bloomberg
- India Index Signals First Manufacturing Contraction Since 2013 – Bloomberg
- China’s Top Arranger Sees More Bonds as Cure for Debt Hangover – Bloomberg
- Singapore logs surprise Q4 growth spurt but 2015 GDP is sluggish – CNBC
Americas
- Fed’s Mester sees pickup in growth in 2016 and is not worried about risks – MarketWatch
- Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Insurance – NY Times
- Consumers won’t know meat origin after US ends labeling law – AP
- Question #6 for 2016: Will real wages increase in 2016? – Calculated Risk
- U.S. oil ‘strippers’ maneuver to keep pumping amid crude slump – Reuters
Europe
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- Odey flags up threat of UK house bubble in fears for global economy – Telegraph
- ‘Helicopter tax credits’ to accelerate economic recovery in Italy (and other Eurozone countries) – VoxEU
- Failed Catalan government makes another Spanish election more likely – CNBC
- Brexit fight: City donors chased in dash for cash – Financial News
- UK economy finished 2015 strongly, says CBI – Reuters
- A British exit could be just the start of Europe’s unraveling in 2016 – Washington Post
Terra Specufestorus
- Home prices stagnate in December after 2015 surge – ABC…a chance to get in on the permanently high plateau…
- Sydney Home Prices Have Biggest Quarterly Drop in Four Years – Bloomberg….get in there before it’s too late…
- Maximum loan sizes slashed: how banks are cracking down on borrowers – Fairfax…get in while you can…
- China cracks down on foreign banks to stem cash flowing out of country – Fairfax …get in before the Chinese are back…
- Hundreds more apartments planned for banks of Yarra in Abbotsford – Fairfax …get in before they’re built…
- ‘The consumer is the person that’s going to suffer’: inside a slick Canberra lobbying effort – Fairfax
- Asian nations eye region’s breadbasket potential – Nikkei Asian Review
- There’s Money to Be Made Betting Australia Eases in 2016: Goldman – Bloomberg…you betcha…
- Aussie’s Drop Fully Savored by Vineyard as Hedges More Favorable – Bloomberg
…say what?…
- The Great Malaise Continues – Project-Syndicate, Stiglitz
- Working hours decrease due to technological progress and increase due to urban agglomeration – VoxEU
- Swearing: it’s fucking awesome – Quartz
- The Next Great Famine – New Yorker
- How Do You Train a Dog to Sniff Bombs? – Priceonomics
- ‘If the Bolshoi is sick, it’s because Russia is too’: the ballet company’s backstage dramas – Guardian…good read about truly surreal goings on …
- Togs or swimmers? Why Australians use different words to describe the same things – The Conversation…good read…