MUST READS The End of China’s Economic Miracle? – WSJ China likely to ease further soon – MarketWatch PBOC to inject liquidity if necessary – xinhuanet All eyes on oil: What will OPEC do this week? – CNN/Money Dudley Defense Leaves Senators Unimpressed as Fed Scrutiny Rises – Bloomberg Dudley Do Wrong Rejects Being a “Cop”, Embraces “Foaming the Runways” – NEP The Fed has boxed U.S. into a tough easy-money corner – MarketWatch Cleveland Cop Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy Dead for Playing with Toy Gun – reason.com Private Military Contractors Hired to Move Guns and Gold Out of Ferguson – Vice Most of the World Panics — Is the US Next? – Dollar Collapse Memories – of 2012 and 2007 – Noland, Prudent Bear A Most Important Distinction – Hussman Funds
MARKETS/INVESTING Global stocks gain on China rate cut, German data – AP Global stocks higher after central bank stimulus signals – Reuters Retiree stats and other things to be thankful for – USA Today Afraid of retiring into a bear market? Tips to hedge bets – CNBC Treasuries Fall First Time in 3 Days Before GDP Data – Bloomberg Gold falls on firm dollar, China rate cut lends support – Reuters The Real Reason Why The Netherlands Repatriated Its Gold – Sprout Money SNB’s Jordan Warns of Danger of Voters Passing Gold Initiative – Bloomberg Gold Wagers Gain as China Rate Reduction Stems Rout – Bloomberg
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING Rock Bottom Economics – Krugman, NY Times Lower oil prices and the U.S. economy – Econbrowser U.S., global business confidence slumps – MarketWatch What Big Economies Got Right, or Wrong, After Crisis – WSJ When economic models are unable to fit the data – voxeu Oil price slide and sanctions ‘cost Russia $140bn’ – BBC China’s Over-Reliance on Guaranteed Loans, in 3 Charts – WSJ Could Obama’s immigration initiative boost the housing market? – WaPo What Next For Home Prices? – S&P Housing Views The Consequences of Imposing Negative Interest Rates – Acting Man Central Banks: When We Succeed, We Fail – of two minds
