14th Feb - US Open: GDP Shake

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Previously on MoreLiver’s:

Thursday EU Open

Wednesday US Close

Wednesday US Open

Roundups & Commentary

Frontrunning – ZH

Overnight: Futures Slump As Global Q4 GDPs Dump – ZH

The Lunch Wrap – alphaville / FT

Emerging N.Y. headlines – beyondbrics / FT

Daily press summary – Open Europe

Morning MarketBeat: Does ‘Great Rotation’ Even Matter? – WSJ

Broker Note Briefing – WSJ

Poor GDP Sinks Euro – Marc to Market

Morning Briefing (EU/US): Diplomacy – BNY Mellon

  Despite its reassurances, Japan officials will not re-order their priorities on a dime

EUROPE

EU unlikely to punish France for budget lapse – euobserver

France predicts it will fail to meet EU budgetary targets this year, but the European Commission is unlikely to take action.

An EU-US trade deal: some of the stickiest potential sticking points – The World / FT

Portugal: ‘16.9% – Unemployment rises and business warns of more job cuts’ – presseurop

Monthly Bulletin, February 2013 – ECB (pdf)

Statistics Pocket Book, February 2013 – ECB (pdf)

The importance and effectiveness of national fiscal frameworks in the EU – ECB (pdf)

  4Q GDP

German Economy Contracted More Than Forecast in 4Q – BB

German, French economies throw recovery into doubt – Reuters

Europe's two largest economies, Germany and France, both shrunk markedly in the last three months of 2012, suggesting the euro zone has slipped deeper into recession and throwing a first quarter recovery for the bloc into doubt.

Valentine’s day GDP massacre – alphaville / FT

Valentine's Day Massacre – Free exchange / The Economist

ASIA

Japan's economic contraction supports government policy action – Reuters

Japan's economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter, failing to escape a mild recession and playing into the hands of a government pushing for more aggressive monetary expansion that's drawn international criticism.

OTHER

What I’ll be watching in 2013 – mpettis

1) how quickly growth adjusts 2) how quickly new debt emerges 3) financial scandals 4) bank activities 5) inflation 6) prices of hard commodities 7) trade numbers 8) Spanish bond market 9) Target2 10) Japan

EMEA Weekly – Danske Bank (pdf)

IN FINNISH

Saksako muka talousveturi? Ennemmin kasvurohmu – Jan Hurri / TalSa

Euromaat saavat yhteensä aikaan saman verran teollisuustuotantoa kuin euroajan alussa pian 15 vuotta sitten. Tilastojen takaa paljastuu talouden raju jako euroajan voittajiin ja häviäjiin. Saksan ja parin muun vahvan maan teollisuus kasvoi sen minkä Ranska ja muut heikot menettivät. Euro ei auttanutkaan taloutta yhdentymään niin kuin piti. Kävi päinvastoin.