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EUROPE
Putin
Goes Medieval on the Russian Opposition – View
/ BB
Putin
presents himself as a war leader, and the hostage-taking of Navalny's brother
is an act of war in keeping with the rules outlined in the Kremlin's new
military doctrine, which lists internal dissent as a "military danger".
GREECE
Greek
Polling Points to Coalition as Voters Reject System – BB
Greek
polling data suggest neither Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s New Democracy nor
the main opposition Syriza party will win an outright majority in next month’s
election, meaning coalition negotiations or even a repeat vote will be needed.
Euro zone
politicians are not obliged to rescue Greece as the country is no longer of
systemic importance to the single currency bloc, a senior member of German
Chancellor Angela Merkel's party was quoted as saying.
Europe is now on course for a showdown between Alexis Tsipras and Wolfgang Schäuble
over Greek debt – Europp
/ LSE
Greeks
themselves knew all along that the euro crisis wasn't over…most of the money
that fled at the start of the emergency never came back.
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
ECB's
Draghi says euro zone must 'complete' monetary union – Reuters
Draghi said
structural reforms were needed to "ensure that each country is better off
permanently belonging to the euro area". He said the lack of reforms "raises
the threat of an exit (from the euro) whose consequences would ultimately hit
all members"
Praet
Warning of Oil Effects Signals Higher Chance of ECB QE – BB
ECB Chief
Economist Peter Praet warned that lower oil prices increasingly risk de-anchoring
inflation expectations, indicating that quantitative easing is becoming more
likely.
ECB
Gears Up For Quantitative Easing – WSJ
Mr. Praet
made it clear that the ECB is determined to buy sovereign bonds in an effort to
boost liquidity in the single currency region.
UNITED STATES
ASIA
The
travails of Abenomics should be a warning to President Xi Jinping of China, whose nation increasingly seems at
risk of a Japan-like lost decade. Although speculation has focused on the "why"
and the "how" of the Japanization of China's economy, the year ahead
will provide clues to the question of "when."
OTHER
Dollar
Slips at end of Year
– Marc
to Market
US Open – ZH
Futures Up
In Light Volume On Renewed ECB QE Hopes As Crude Slides Again
Saudi
King Abdullah Hospitalization Sends Stocks Tumbling But It's Oil That Is
Suddenly Paying Attention – ZH
The world
has only a handful of old-fashioned kings, the kind whose subjects must follow
their every command.
FINNISH
Olli Ainola: Tämän vuoden häikäilemättömin juoni – IL
Jyrki Katainen junttasi itsensä rumasti komissaariksi,
kirjoittaa Olli Ainola.
Näkökulma: Ollako vai eikö olla EU:ssa - YLE
Arviot Suomen 20-vuotisesta EU-taipaleesta pääsevät
valloilleen, kunhan juhlaviikot ovat ohi ja vaalikoneet käynnistyvät. EU-kriittisyydestä
on tullut eurooppalainen muoti-ilmiö eurokriisin puhjettua, EU-erikoistoimittaja
Susanna Turunen kirjoittaa näkökulmassaan.
Risto Pennanen: Kaikille bisnesenkelin titteli – TalSa
Veronmaksajien rahoja kaivataan hankkeisiin, joita kukaan järkevä
pankkiiri ei rahoita.
Putinin KGB-ajan salaiset DDR-dokumentit julki – Verkkouutiset
"Venäjän vastenmielisin" syyttäjä USA:n
pakotelistalle – Verkkouutiset
Irlanti, työpaikat ja asuntomarkkinat – puheet talouden
toipumisesta selvästi liioiteltuja – Tyhmyri
Vuoden luetuimmat – Roger Wessman