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Saturday, February 7, 2015

General

• Merkel defends Ukraine arms stance in face of U.S. criticism
  Reuters
• Putin Rejects Attempts to Contain Russia After Peace Talks Fail
  Bloomberg
• Ukraine crisis: 'Last chance' for peace says Hollande
  BBC
• Russian-backed rebels massing to attack key Ukrainian towns: Kiev
  Reuters
• Defiance and Charm: A Measured First Week for New Greek Leader
  Der Spiegel
• Isolated Greece wants no more bailout money with strings
  Reuters
• Greece must present plans soon to avoid contagion: Buba VicePres
  Reuters
• Different delivery, one message to Greece's new leaders
  Reuters
• Greece Could Run Out of Cash in Weeks
  WSJ
• Ukraine Summit Is Unsuccessful; U.S. Contemplates Next Steps
  Bloomberg
• Merkel rules out arming Ukraine government but unsure peace push will work
  Reuters
• Fed’s Rate Dilemma: Job Gains vs. Low Inflation
  WSJ, Hilsenrath
• Petrobras Fresh Start Could Be More of Same With State Bank Lifer
  Bloomberg
• India to Inject $1.1 Billion in Nine State-Owned Lenders
  Bloomberg
• Gulf countries denounce Shiite rebel’s ‘coup’ in Yemen
  Washington Post
• Thousands march in Yemen to protest rebel takeover
  Washington Post
• Exclusive: Iran warns West that pragmatist Rouhani at risk from talks failure
  Reuters

Friday, February 6, 2015

General

• Isolated Greece rejects bailout extension
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bonds Drop as Eurogroup Chair Says No to Bridging Loans
  Bloomberg
• Greece Seeks Plan C After Eurogroup Rules Out Bridge Loan
  Bloomberg
• Brazil’s Swap Rates Rise to 2015 High as Inflation Accelerates
  Bloomberg
• Brazil January Inflation at Fastest Pace in Nearly 12 Years
  Bloomberg
• Treasuries Drop as Labor-Market Strength Renews Rate Speculation
  Bloomberg
• Jobs Report Crushes Expectations
  Bloomberg
• European Stocks Decline From Seven-Year High After Four-Day Gain
  Bloomberg
• Tsipras Vows to Keep Promises After German Rebuff
  Bloomberg
• Spanish Bonds Underperform Italy’s as Podemos Gains Popularity
  Bloomberg
• Ukrainian, rebel convoys head for rail town to evacuate civilians
  Reuters
• Merkel Said to Plan Tough Message for Putin in Moscow
  Bloomberg
• Merkel dampens hopes for Ukraine ceasefire deal in Moscow talks
  Reuters
• Currency Devaluations Are an Undeclared War
  Bloomberg
• Denmark Pledges More to Come If Speculators Still Doubt Peg
  Bloomberg
• Yen Rally Surprises Traders as G-10 Adopts Stimulus: Currencies
  Bloomberg
• SNB’s Foreign Currency Reserves Hold Steady Amid Cap Exit
  Bloomberg
• China's reserve ratio cut more help to banks than borrowers
  Reuters
• Junk-Era Backsliding in Brazil Bonds Shows Mounting Woes
  Bloomberg
• PBOC Uses Yuan Fixing to Force Appreciation as Bearish Bets Jump
  Bloomberg
• China’s Stocks Fall in Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since May
  Bloomberg
• The Diverging Fates of China's Provinces
  Bloomberg
• CICC Sees China Loans Blowing Out to Highest Since Crisis
  Bloomberg
• Plosser says Fed ‘Will Struggle’ With Policy Statement at March Meeting
  WSJ
• Rich Brazilians, Wary of Government, Look Abroad
  WSJ
• Irish Fighting Bankers Show It’s Not Just Greeks Protesting Debt
  Bloomberg

Evening

• West Coast Port Operators Suspend Weekend Cargo Amid Slowdowns
  Bloomberg
• Isolated Greece wants no more bailout money with strings
  Reuters
• Tsipras Charts Path Forward for Greece as Funds at Risk
  Bloomberg
• Merkel, Hollande end Moscow talks without word of peace deal
  Reuters
• Stunned Wall Street Cries: ‘Sell Treasuries!’
  Bloomberg
• U.S. REITs Slide Most Since September After Jobs Report
  Bloomberg

Thursday, February 5, 2015

General

• Trade Gap in U.S. Widened in December to Largest in Two Years
  Bloomberg
• ECB’s Greek Shock Reverberates in Bonds From Germany to Spain
  Bloomberg
• Greek banks hammered after ECB snub, Athens rejects 'blackmail'
  Reuters
• Hryvnia Plummets 32% as Ukraine Boosts Case for New IMF Lifeline
  Bloomberg
• Greek-German rift opens up at press conference
  FT
• European shares fall after ECB decision on Greek debt
  Reuters
• Greek Bank Bonds Tumble After ECB Ends Access to Funding Window
  Bloomberg
• Greece Sticks to Anti-Austerity Demands Following ECB Loan Cut
  Bloomberg
• Greece Wakes Up to Dornbusch Law as ECB Puts It on Crisis Clock
  Bloomberg
• Banker to the Broke: Lazard Advises Greece, Ukraine
  Bloomberg
• ECB Accord Under Scrutiny as Danes Defending Peg Ask, What If?
  Bloomberg
• A World Overflowing With Debt
  Bloomberg
• Petrobras, Now $262 Billion Poorer, Exposes Busted Brazil Dream
  Bloomberg
• Pushing on a String? Two Charts Showing China's Dilemma
  Bloomberg
• German, French leaders to take Ukraine peace plan to Kiev, Moscow
  Reuters
• Russian Inflation Soars to Fastest Since 2008 After Ruble Plunge
  Bloomberg
• The Rebel Leader Who Makes Putin Look Cautious
  Bloomberg
• Indonesia’s Economy Shrank Last Quarter on Commodities Slump
  Bloomberg
• Yemeni parties agree to form presidential council: negotiators
  Reuters
• Anthem hacked, millions of records likely stolen
  CNBC
• Abe Wants to Revise Pacifist Constitution as Early as 2016, Ally Says
  NYT
• Boko Haram’s Widening Raids Entangle Regional Nations in War
  Bloomberg

Evening

• RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy Protection as Losses Mount
  Bloomberg
• Greek, German ministers clash as ECB snub hits Athens' banks
  Reuters
• ECB Said to Allow Greek Banks 59.5 Billion Euros Lifeline
  Bloomberg
• ECB split points to sensitivity of Greek liquidity curbs
  FT
• NATO strengthens forces in eastern Europe against Russia risk
  Reuters
• Western Peace Initiatives on Ukraine Unlikely to Work, Experts Say
  Time
• Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Suspected in Anthem Attack
  Bloomberg
• Petrobras, $262 billion poorer, exposes busted Brazil dream
  Bloomberg/Chicago Trib
• Petrobras scandal adds to brewing storm for Dilma Rousseff
  FT
• The Strong Dollar Just Took a Bite Out of the U.S. Economy
  Bloomberg
• Russia sees security threat if U.S. gives Kiev lethal arms
  Reuters

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

General

• Debt mountains spark fears of another crisis
  FT
• Greece seeks ECB funds, Germany rejects austerity roll-back
  Reuters
• Merkel Says Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing
  Bloomberg
• Lira Weakens With Turkish Bonds as Erdogan Raps Central Bank
  Bloomberg
• Erdogan Renews Assault on Turkish Central Bank’s Monetary Policy
  Bloomberg
• Advancing Ukraine rebels appear to capture frontline town
  Reuters
• China Cuts Banks’ Reserve Ratio in Liquidity Move to Spur Growth
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Germany wants new Greek rulers to ditch promises - document
  Reuters
• Greek yields rise on report ECB wary of raising T-bill sales
  Reuters
• Greece’s Bill-Sale Demand Slumps as Nation Seeks New Debt Deal
  Bloomberg
• Brazil’s Real Falls as Drop in Commodities Damps Demand for Risk
  Bloomberg
• Longterm JGB rout continues ahead of 30-year sale
  Reuters
• Oil Falls Before Data With Commodity Stocks, Greek Bonds
  Bloomberg
• Petrobras CEO Foster and five other top executives resign
  Reuters
• China’s Stocks Resume Losing Streak as Services Growth Slows
  Bloomberg
• Greece has started debt-swap talks with IMF, minister tells paper
  Reuters
• Greeks Spooked by Debt Clashes Put Cash Under Bathroom Tiles
  Bloomberg
• S&P Cuts European Banks on Rules Forcing Losses on Bondholders
  Bloomberg
• OSCE Seeks Truce for Debaltseve Exodus, Reports Cluster Bomb Use
  Bloomberg
• PBOC Strengthens Yuan Fixing to a Level That Forces Appreciation
  Bloomberg
• Why Did the Chinese Executive Disappear? It’s ‘Personal’
  Bloomberg
• Rajan Says U.S. Must Accept Strong Dollar as Fed Normalizes
  Bloomberg
• Demand for government-backed FHA loans spikes
  CNBC
• Manhattan Bargain: Condos for Less Than $3 Million
  Bloomberg
• Budget Disarray Proving Shock Sparks Bond Slump: Brazil Credit
  Bloomberg
• Podemos Widens Lead Over Rajoy in Spanish Pollster Survey
  Bloomberg
• Japan to Mull Expanding Navy Patrols to South China Sea
  Bloomberg

Evening

• ECB Shuts Off Direct Funds to Greece as Reform Progress in Doubt
  Bloomberg
• What the ECB's Move on Greek Government Debt Is Really All About
  Bloomberg
• The ECB Just Tightened The Screws On Greece
  Bloomberg
• Greece May Run Out of Cash as Early as March
  Bloomberg
• Dollar rebounds after slide, oil slumps
  Reuters
• Turkish Lira Slumps to Record Low
  WSJ
• Turkey's in an Uproar. Here's What's Happening
  Bloomberg
• Turkey seizes bank linked to Erdogan foe, opposition cries foul
  AFP
• Ukrainian president calls for NATO states to provide weapons
  Reuters
• Italy's Berlusconi declares end of reform pact with Renzi
  Reuters

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

General

• Oil jumps as dollar plunges, up nearly 20 pct in 4 days
  Reuters
• Denmark Sells Record $16.3 Billion in Kroner to Save Peg
  Bloomberg
• Greek Finance Minister Wants Bridge Agreement on Debt
  WSJ
• Commodities Head for Biggest 3-Day Rally Since 2012 as Oil Gains
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bonds Rally With Italian Peers as Tsipras Said to Retreat
  Bloomberg
• China Sees Biggest Outflow of Capital Since at Least 1998
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Three Greek banks tap 2 billion euros in emergency funding - sources
  Reuters
• Merkel Said to Expect Greek Funding Talks to Drag On
  Bloomberg
• European Stocks Rise as Greece Backs Down From Writedown Request
  Bloomberg
• Japan’s Key Yield Rises Above Germany First Time After Auction
  Bloomberg
• RBA Unexpectedly Cuts Cash Rate Joining Global Easing: Economy
  Bloomberg
• Corporate America Feels Downdraft While Recovery Lifts Households
  Bloomberg
• Cash-Starved Oil Producers Trade Treasured Pipelines for Money
  Bloomberg
• Surprise! Investors Face Need to Expect the Unexpected on Rates
  Bloomberg
• China City Financiers Squeezed Onshore Tap Overseas Funds
  Bloomberg
• PBOC Said to Mull Policy Options to Address Capital Shifts
  Bloomberg
• China broadens graft probe into financial sector
  Reuters
• China’s anti-corruption probe broadens into finance sector
  FT
• Brazil industrial output contracts 3.2 percent in 2014
  Reuters
• U.S. Arms to Ukraine: Tilting the Balance or Fanning the Flames?
  Bloomberg
• Ukraine Rebels Upbeat After an Infusion of Aid
  NYT
• U.S. Military Stretched by Strategic Demands That Outpace Budget
  Bloomberg
• That Venezuelan Spiral Into The Socialist End State Continues
  Forbes
• Offices Minus Tenants Rise Beyond Manhattan: Real Estate
  Bloomberg

Evening

• China January HSBC services PMI at six-month low, more stimulus expected
  Bloomberg
• Brazil sovereign debt sales on hold amid Petrobras scandal: source
  Reuters
• Oil Is on a Gigantic Tear
  Bloomberg
• Vanoufakis Heads to Germany as Markets Bless Debt Retreat
  Bloomberg
• Fitch Joins Moody’s in Downgrading Petrobras to Cusp of Junk
  Bloomberg
• SocGen to Dismiss 1,180 Brazil Workers, Take $229 Million Charge
  Bloomberg
• Draft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor’s Home
  NYT
• European Central Bank resists latest Greek bailout plan
  FT/CNBC
• Ukraine Conflict Toll Rises as Warring Parties Muster Forces
  Bloomberg
• Sending arms to Kiev would be big gamble for U.S.
  Reuters
• Political Fractures in European Economic Unity
  NYT
• Modi faces possible Delhi poll defeat, clouding growth prospects
  Reuters
• Fethullah Gulen: Turkey’s Eroding Democracy
  NYT

Monday, February 2, 2015

General

• Petrobras’s Junk Deadline Shows Damage From Bribery Probe
  Bloomberg
• Greece says not in 'Wild West showdown' with Europe
  Reuters
• American Factories Brace for Oil Shock as Growth Cools: Economy
  Bloomberg
• Greece Finance Minister Said to Press for EU Loan Restructuring
  Bloomberg
• Billionaire Paul Singer Says It’s ‘Quite Nutty’ to Hold Government Debt
  Bloomberg
• Documenting the raging civil conflict on the front lines in Donetsk, Ukraine
  Washington Post
• Brazil’s Real Leads Global Declines on Dimmed Economic Prospects
  Bloomberg
• Spain, Italy lead European shares lower on Greek nerves
  Reuters
• Tsipras Damage Control Fails to Budge Euro Officials on Greece
  Bloomberg
• Rebels pound Ukrainian troops after peace talks fail
  Reuters
• Consumer Spending Decreased in December by Most in Five Years
  Bloomberg
• Greek Leaders Hit the Road Hunting For Allies
  Bloomberg
• Europe Stocks Fall as Spanish Banks, Treasuries Decline
  Bloomberg
• China’s Stocks Fall for Fifth Day on Manufacturing, Minsheng
  Bloomberg
• China Jan HSBC factory PMI contracts for second month, misses flash estimate
  Bloomberg
• Deflation the danger as China's factories struggle
  Reuters
• China puts yuan back on the leash as PBOC battles outflows
  Reuters
• Dashed Dreams of Sunac Bailout Sends Kaisa Bonds Lower
  Bloomberg
• Greek Factories Slump as Crisis Risks Undermining ECB Action
  Bloomberg
• For Greece, Bank Trouble Looms Again as New Government Takes Shape
  NYT
• Ukraine rebels plan call-up, want 100,000-strong army
  Reuters
• Russian Manufacturing at Weakest Since 2009 as Ruble Sinks
  Bloomberg
• US companies face billions in Venezuela currency losses, Reuters analysis shows
  Reuters
• Oil Companies Draw on Creative Financing to Stay Afloat After Prices Tumble
  Bloomberg
• ECB Bond-Buying Plan Has Investors Questioning How It Works
  Bloomberg
• Banks’ $2.7 Trillion Debt Habit Will Be Curbed, Nouy Says
  Bloomberg
• Dutch Disease Spreads in Europe as Party Allegiances Break Down
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Analysts Raise 2015 CPI Estimate, Cut GDP for Fifth Week
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Asia up on Greek optimism, oil bounce lifts commodity currencies
  Reuters
• Greece Said to Drop Writedown Request Amid EU Opposition
  Bloomberg
• Greece's New Finance Minister Is Brilliant. So Why Does He Make Everyone So Nervous?
  Bloomberg
• Greece outlines debt "menu" in bid to win over sceptical euro zone
  Reuters
• Greece Seeks Third Debt Restructuring: Who’s on the Hook?
  Bloomberg
• Mortgage Bonds Underperform Most Since 2008 on Refinancing Risk
  Bloomberg
• Battle for Ukraine: How the west lost Putin
  FT
• Merkel Says Euro Area at Crossroads by Avoiding Tough Choices
  Bloomberg

Sunday, February 1, 2015

General

• SNB unofficially targeting 1.05/1.10 francs/euro - Schweiz am Sonntag citing sources
  Reuters
• Greece starts drive to sell new debt deal to doubting Europe
  Reuters
• Greece shakes Europe's political kaleidoscope: expect the unexpected
  Reuters
• France Open to Easing Greek Debt Burden: Finance Minister
  Bloomberg
• Greece: The dangerous game
  BBC
• Eurozone alarm grows over Greek bailout brinkmanship
  FT
• Greece’s Yanis Varoufakis begins European talks in France
  UK Guardian
• Greek turmoil an unexpected boon for German AfD eurosceptics
  Reuters
• A week in and Greece's new leftist PM sticks to tough line, for now
  Reuters
• China's factory sector unexpectedly shrinks in January
  Reuters
• Sunac China Agrees to Pay 2.37 Billion Yuan for Kaisa Companies
  Bloomberg
• East Ukraine death toll mounts after peace talks fail
  Reuters
• Fed's 'solid' growth view faces test as Greek drama unfolds
  Reuters

Evening

• Asian shares skid as China data raises growth concerns
  Reuters
• Yen, Aussie Bonds Gain on Shrinking Chinese Manufacturing
  Bloomberg
• Industrial Metals Slide After China’s Factory Activity Contracts
  Bloomberg
• Greece Asks ECB to Keep Banks Afloat as Debt Deal Sought
  Bloomberg
• Greece Wants Special ECB Help While Going ‘Cold Turkey’ on Aid
  Bloomberg
• Greece Finance Minister Varoufakis: 'Europe comes first'
  BBC
• Merkel Said to Avoid Meeting Tsipras, Doubt Tax Plans
  Bloomberg
• Deadly clashes rage in east Ukraine after peace talks fail
  Reuters
• U.S. taking new look at giving arms to Ukraine forces: NYT
  Reuters
• U.S. Taking a Fresh Look at Arming Ukraine’s Forces, Officials Say
  NYT
• PBOC’s Growth Focus Seen Delaying Yuan Band Changes to Post-2015
  Bloomberg
• Oil Workers in U.S. on First Large-Scale Strike Since 1980
  Bloomberg
• USSR Alive to Bond Traders for Wrong Reasons: Chart of the Day
  Bloomberg