W/E: Weekly Support (updated!)
EUROPE
Europe will dismiss
Swiss fears at its peril – Opinion
/ FT
Dimensions of integration no longer enjoy broad support, writes Philipp
Hildebrand
As European elections
approach, will the anti-EU surge? – Reuters
If there's one issue playing on the minds of EU leaders - perhaps even
more than galvanizing their economies and tackling unemployment - it is May's
elections to the European Parliament.
Banks that badly fail
ECB test will be closed: Eurogroup head – Reuters
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
Draghi Said to Face
Backlash in Dispute Over Italian Colleague – BB
Draghi is facing resistance from euro-area central bank chiefs on his
choice for a senior position in the currency bloc’s new bank supervisor, said
three people with knowledge of the matter.
ECB still assessing
if lower inflation temporary: Coene – Reuters
Monthly Bulletin, February 2014 – ECB
Statistics Pocket Book, February 2014 – ECB
Deleveraging patterns in the euro area corporate sector – ECB
UNITED STATES
Retail Sales decreased 0.4% in January – Calculated
Risk
Retail Sales Slide Across The Board, Post Biggest Miss Since June 2012 –
ZH
Cold weather chills retail sales, jobless claims up – Reuters
EMERGING / COMM. CURRENCIES
Emerging-Market Shakeout Putting Reserves Into Focus: Currencies – BB
Another High-Yield Chinese Shadow Banking Trust Defaults – ZH
China Trust Assets Surge
to $1.8 Trillion Amid Default Risks – BB
Australian Unemployment Jumps to 10-Year High; Aussie Drops – BB
EMEA Weekly – Danske
Bank
OTHER
The Fed to the Bank
of England: You go first – WaPo
The moves by central banks away from concrete measures amount to an
about-face on forward guidance.
The power of the new technology barons must be held in check, says
Michael Ignatieff
Investing Successfully
is Really Hard – Above
the markets