Global/Macro/Markets
- The State Of The Global Economy In Two Giant Slides – BI
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch slashes gold call to $1,150 and warns it could get uglier – Market Watch
- Blameless Blackrock – Reuters
- Debt Rule Faces Dilution as Regulators Heed Bank Warnings – Bloomberg
- The most damning critique of DSGE – noahpinion
- Baltic Dry Index Collapses 35% – Worst Start To Year In 30 Years – ZH
- The Loopholes In The Volcker Rule – Forbes.
- Wall Street Predicts $50 Billion Bill to Settle U.S. Mortgage Suits -NYT
Australia & New Zealand
- Telstra eyes $3bn Sensis sell-off – AFR
- APRA announcement on DSI-B framework – The Age
- Olympic Dam gaffes leave miners unsure of PM – AFR
- State of the economy in 15 charts – Business Day
- Telstra fined $500k for urban phone line delays – The Age , The OZ
- New home sales surge on unit developments – ABC
- Tony Abbott compares secrecy over asylum seekers to wartime policy – Guardian
- New home sales rise boosts housing recovery hopes – AFR
- CHART: Full-Time Graduate Employment In Australia Has Hit A 20-Year Low – BI
- Australian retailers recruiting generals for yesterday’s war – ZD net
Europe
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- Volkswagen’s luxury car brands post record sales – BBC
- In the danger zone – The Economist
- Infosys Raises Sales Forecast as European Demand Revives – Bloomberg
- Greek presidency of EU combines comedy, tragedy – Market Watch
- Eurozone economy shrank 0.3% y/y in Q3: – Twitter Pic via @markiteconomics
- UK Official data paint disappointing picture of industry and construction in November – Markit
- ECB charts familiar course as Japan, US and UK begin to diverge – FT
Asia
- China exports, trade surplus miss forecasts – Market Watch
- Japanese Consumer sentiment worsens again – Japan Times
- India Removes Hurdle for Posco Project Before Park Visit – Bloomberg
- Chinese Millionaire Wants to Turn Wall Street Journal Into People’s Daily – The Diplomat
- India’s industrial output shrinks, trade gap widens – Business Standard
- China overtakes US as world’s largest goods trader – FT
- Indian envoy leaves U.S. in deal to calm diplomatic row – Reuters
- Slowing China crude imports to challenge exporters – FT
Americas
- December Employment Report: 74,000 Jobs, 6.7% Unemployment Rate – Calculated Risk
- US labor force participation back to 1948. – @MatthewPhillips
- Key job statistics in the U.S.- WaPo
- Is Jobless Rate Really Falling? – Bloomberg
- The Zombie Confidence Fairy – Krugman
- Bond yields may put US recovery at risk – AFR
- With Surplus in Hand, California Eyes Debt – NYT
- Holiday sales plunge at Sears U.S., Kmart stores – Reuters
- Is the next wave of job growth in the US coming from construction? – SoberLook
- Half of Congress Members Are Millionaires, Report Says – NYT
- The war over poverty – Krugman
- US subprime car loans return with a bang – FT
- US retailers warn on profits – FT
- Obama Readies Revamp of NSA -WSJ
- Housing experts warn of hiccups as new U.S. mortgage rules go live – Reuters
Other/Interesting
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