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EUROPE
Former Italian prime
minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated accusations on Wednesday that he had been
forced out of office at the height of the euro zone crisis in 2011 as the
result of a plot by European Union officials.
EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS
The Ultimate WSJ Guide to European Elections:
One, Two, Three … Vote – WSJ
Find out when you
should start paying attention to European elections. We're giving you timings
for first exit polls and what to watch out for in the results of individual
countries.
The European Parliament should be stripped of
its right to increase the EU budget and veto trade agreements – Open
Europe
The European Parliament elections may be a
landmark for Eurosceptics, but the EU’s future direction will be decided
elsewhere – Europp
/ LSE
BANK OF
ENGLAND
Inflation Report May
2014 – BOE
BoE Inflation Report:
not supporting the hawkish case at first blush – TradingFloor
Live blog: The BOE’s
quarterly inflation report – FT
BOE’s Inflation Report
in five key charts – FT
BOE sticks to its view
and analysts, some defiantly, stick to theirs – Reuters
BOE Looks Into the
Future – WSJ
BOE stresses no rush
to raise rates as recovery builds – Reuters
[video] Carney damps
down rate rise talk – FT
EUROPEAN
CENTRAL BANK
Markets expect June action from the ECB – Sober
Look
ECB readies package of rate cuts and targeted
measures – Reuters
ECB is preparing a
package of policy options for its June meeting, including cuts in all its
interest rates and targeted measures aimed at boosting lending to small- and
mid-sized firms (SMEs).
Time for Mario Draghi to open the sluice – The
Irish Times
Martin Wolf: The
recovery in confidence is too fragile, and the revival of growth too feeble
No QE Coming From The ECB – ZH
Yves Mersch: "ECB
in between state rescue and monetary policy" – ECB
ECB Mersch Sees Court
Approval for OMT – WSJ
Pentti Hakkarainen:
The common banking supervision - what it is about? – BIS
MACRO
NUMBERS
Industrial production
down by 0.3% in euro area – Eurostat
Euro area industrial production
ends Q1 on weak note – TradingFloor
EZ industry output
unexpectedly falls in March as energy production slumps – Reuters
UK labour market powers on in April – TradingFloor
UNITED STATES
10Y Treasury Yield Breaks Key Support – ZH
Producer price gain offers cautionary note on
inflation – Reuters
ASIA
China might miss its economic growth target for the first time in 15 years as
data points to a sharper-than-expected loss of momentum and top leaders are
talking about a "new normal" of slower growth.
OTHER
Global Business Cycle Monitor – Danske
Bank
Signs of
reacceleration in global growth
Macro Horizons – WSJ
An Utter Absence of
Inflation in the Industrialized World
Grand Central – WSJ
Hilsenrath’s Take:
ECB’s Draghi Emerging as a Savvy Consensus Builder * Lacker: Fed Should Limit
Emergency Lending Powers * IMF Chief Warns That Low Inflation Poses Risk to
Global Economy * BOJ Confident Inflation Will Stay Above 1% * China Central
Bank Prods Lenders on Mortgages
Fund Managers' Current Asset
Allocation – May – The
Fat Pitch
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FINNISH
Ekonomisti:
EKP ajaa Suomea taantumaan – keskuspankin uskottavuus vaarassa – Verkkouutiset
Nordeassa
arvellaan saksalaisten rivien tutisevan – Verkkouutiset
Suomesta
tuli oman vientinsä suurrahoittaja – TE
Suuri
sanoo pieni anoo – Laura
Huhtasaari / US
"Suuret maat päättävät siitä millaiseksi
euroalue kehittyy. Yksittäinen jäsenmaa päättää, mitä se on valmis hyväksymään.
”
Näin
näppärästi EU-johtajat savustivat ulos hankalaksi käyneen Kreikan pääministerin – TE
FT:
Kreikan kansanäänestys peruttiin – ”olisi merkinnyt euron loppua” – PS
EU-virkamiehet
valitsevat jäsenvaltioiden johtajat – Juhani
Huopainen / US
Pääministerimme
ei ymmärrä talouskuplaa – Henri
Myllyniemi / US
Vähittäiskaupan myynti laski maaliskuussa 1,5
prosenttia vuodentakaisesta – Tilastokeskus
Vähittäiskauppa jatkuu heikkona – Roger
Wessman
Inflaatio pysyi huhtikuussa 1,1 prosentissa – Tilastokeskus