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EUROPE
Recovery reflects a
successful development strategy focused on securing foreign direct investment,
particularly from the United States.
MIGRANT CRISIS
Renzi slams ‘perverse’
EU rule on refugee spending – Politico
EU Court Adviser Flags
Limits on Detaining Migrants in Schengen Zone – WSJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Proposal unveiled to
keep Britain in EU, sceptics unmoved – Reuters
EU Publishes Draft Deal
to Keep U.K. in Bloc as Referendum Looms – BB
5 takeaways on the UK’s
EU renegotiation – Politico
Cameron: I would join
the EU under these terms – Politico
UK’s EU deal: The view
from the capitals – Politico
What’s Next for
Britain’s EU Negotiations – WSJ
Open Europe responds to
proposed EU Reform package – Open
Europe
UNITED STATES
OTHER
It
might seem odd that a country running a $600 billion trade surplus in 2015
should be worried about currency weakness. But a combination of factors,
including slowing economic growth and a gradual relaxation of restrictions on
investing abroad, has unleashed a torrent of capital outflows.
BofAML Warns The
Risk Of "Quantitative Failure" Is Growing – ZH
REGULARS
U.S. Stocks Pull Up to Stand Still
US primaries, mixed data, weaker oil
* How much to expect from the ECB meeting in March? * Bond yields with only a
modest rebound * GBP performing
The very mixed outcomes of the Iowa
Caucus are mirrored in the markets themselves as the European session opens and
the afterglow of the BoJ's dovish leap into negative interest rates on Friday
is finally wearing off.
Familiar Patterns Return to Capital
Markets
Chinese growth can push
the world economy but a slowdown on the opposite has a negative effect. Let's
take a closer look at Chinese data. Elsewhere we see different signals from the
corporate world.
Secret Summits and
Muppet Ventures
UK reform package to be
tabled in Brussels today * Greece rushes to set up screening centres for
migrants, hoping for more favourable bailout review * Draghi hints again at
further ECB action and calls for solutions to “anchor” UK in the EU * European
Commission set to ask Portugal to tweak its 2016 budget * Leaked EU Commission
document shows granting China market status could lead to job losses * European
Commission to launch investigation into use of €500 notes in financing
terrorism * Irish President criticises ECB treatment of Ireland during crisis
Iowa results — China
leak — Brexit deal
Stocks Slide As Oil Plunge Returns;
BP Suffers Biggest Loss On Record
Traders lack conviction
after the bumpy start to the year has deflated the Fed rate hike anticipation
since the December rate increase. Dovish central banks are nearly everywhere
most recently the slightly more cautious RBA overnight and a steady risk
appetite make policy divergence stories hard to come by.
Last night's remarks
from Federal Reserve vice chair Stanley Fischer show the US central bank to be
very much aware of the current turmoil as market conditons wipe out hawk
populations around the world.
FINLAND
& FINNISH
Joko tunnelma pian piristyy? * Fedin Fischerin mukaan
keskuspankki on nyt tarkkailuasemissa * EKP:n Nowotny laittoi jäitä hattuun *
Saksasta saadaan vahvoja työttömyyslukuja