Global Macro Perspectives
*** FT BeyondBRICs: Gulf: no escape from contagion fears ***
*** Roubini Global Economics: Why Portugal Needs a Bailout in One Chart ***
*** FT Alphaville: Portugal, a broken debt market ***
*** Felix Salmon: When Goldman’s board meetings leaked ***
*** The Big Picture: Marc Faber Interview ***
*** FT Alphaville: Brazil’s balance sheet, oil, and the BRL ***
PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian on U.S. and world economy, Middle East…
Some serious slaps to Ben Bernanke.
Skip CNBC bla bla bla and fast forward to 02:20…
U.S. construction spending fell 0.7% in January vs. 0.8% consensus and 1.6% fall (revised from 2.5% fall) in November. On year level we are at -5.9%.
ISM Manufacturing Index was reported at 61.4 vs. prior reading of 60.8 and consensus of 61.0.
Highest reading in more than 25 years. Improved ISM Manufacturing Index suggest strong(er) industrial production growth in the U.S.
*** FT BeyondBRICs: Saudi stocks plunge 7.4% ***
*** FT Alphaville: Saudi contagion shivers ***
*** Zero Hedge: Jim Rogers: “Saudi Arabia Is Lying About Being Able To Increase Its Oil Production” ***
*** FT Alphaville: Madoff, father of the automated trade ***
*** The Atlantic: The Myth of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’ ***
*** The Wall Street Journal Law Blog: The Big Suit? Michael Lewis Sued Over Mortgage Meltdown Book ***
*** The Big Picture: “Trade the First Day, then Stay Away” ***
*** The Slope Of Hope: No Ship, Sherlock ***
Official (China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing and National Bureau of Statistics) China PMI fell form 52.9 to 52.2; HSBC/Markit PMI fell from 54.5 to 51.7.
Weakening, but inline with expectations.