EUROPE
Does anybody love the
troika? – Brussels
blog / FT
ECB's Coeure sees new talks on Greek debts in
mid-2014 – Reuters
MACRO
NUMBERS
German, French growth
creeps above forecasts in last months of 2013 – Reuters
Euro area trade surplus 153.8 bn euro in 2013 – Eurostat
Euro area GDP up by 0.3% in Q4 2013 – Eurostat
UNITED STATES
Interpreting U.S. economic figures in the last couple of months
has taken on a familiar pattern: wonder about possible weakness in demand, and
then shrug and dismiss it all as a product of bad weather.
MACRO NUMBERS
U.S. manufacturing output
falls as cold weather bites – Reuters
Industrial Production Plunges, Fed Blames Weather – ZH
Fed: Industrial Production decreased 0.3% in January – Calculated
Risk
Industrial production weaker than expected but partly likely
weather-related – Handelsbanken
Consumer sentiment holds steady in February – Reuters
Michigan Consumer Sentiment
Index Was Unchanged in February – BB
"Catastrophic" Winter Storms Send Confidence To 6-Month Highs –
ZH
CHINA
China Banks’ Bad Loans
Reach Highest Since Financial Crisis – BB
China Inflation Stays
Subdued as Producer Prices Extend Decline – BB
Swelling Debt Spreads Among China’s Local Governments – WSJ
China Hard Landing
War-Gamed for World Economy – BB
Chinese-style “tapering” eclipses US taper in scale – beyondbrics
/ FT
SAK ja EK eri linjoilla valtiontalouden
tasapainotuksesta – "Verojen kiristys ei oikea tie" – YLE
Brysselin kone: Mihin kulkee EU? – YLE
Ohjelmassa on haastateltavana ulkoministeri
Erkki Tuomioja.