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EUROPE

Putting the Greek debt problem to rest – voxeu

Greece’s third economic programme has been relatively successful, but before it can return to private market financing, the country will require more official debt relief. This column introduces a new CEPR Policy Insight which asks how much debt relief is required and how it should be delivered. Any debt relief package for Greece that wishes to avoid shifting the burden of repayment several generations into the future will need to include some degree of face-value debt relief.

Pierre Moscovici Is Confident Trade Melodrama Can Be Prevented at G-20 – BB

EU Commissioner says protectionism is never an answer * Finance chiefs working to find common ground with U.S.

Ferdinando Giugliano: Europe Is Only Halfway To Healthier Banks – BB

Completing the euro-zone banking union would prevent future crises from spreading.

UNITED STATES

U.S. Plans Heavy China Tariff Hit as Soon as This Week – BB

President is planning $60 billion in tariffs, sources say * American businesses warn move could hurt U.S. economy

  FEDERAL RESERVE

Tim Duy: The Fed Is Signaling More Than 3 Rate Hikes This Year – BB

Stronger global growth, a weaker dollar, tax reform and rebounding business investment could make the economy overheat.

Here's What The Fed Will Say Tomorrow – ZH

Questions for Powell – Tim Duy

MARKETS / OTHER

Morgan Stanley: "That Was It For The Market For This Year" – ZH

Trading Legend Reveals How He Will Know "When The Real Bear Market Starts" – ZH

  FACEBOOK

Leonid Bershidsky: The Problem Is Facebook, Not Cambridge Analytica – BB

Outrage over a U.K. firm's use of Facebook data for the Trump campaign should lead to a much bigger question.

How Facebook Made Its Cambridge Analytica Data Crisis Even Worse – BB
CEO Zuckerberg, COO Sandberg remained silent amid controversy * Social network tried to get ahead of negative news reports

Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine – The Guardian

Former Facebook-er: Data-Harvesting Was "Shockingly Routine" – ZH

FB Could Become Solid GARP Play If Near-Term Pressures Continue – Chad Brand

FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says – BB

Facebook Shares Extend Plunge After FTC Probe Revealed – ZH

REGULARS

FirstFT Daily Briefing – FT

Facebook shares plunge, BlackRock’s AI gamble, baseball in London

WSJ City – WSJ

Why Facebook Could Lose Friends in High Places, Data Firm Touts Entrapment Tactics, Aramco Eyes Scaled-Back IPO

WSJ Economics – WSJ

U.S. and EU Talk Out the Tariffs | Fed Weighs Rates | China Promises Reforms

“Best of the web” daily charts – Lukas Daalder

Danske Daily – Danske Bank

Brussels Playbook – Politico

Kicking the Brexit can — Unanimity strikes again on Russia — Selmayr on the defense

Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – BB

US Open – ZH

Global Stocks Struggle To Rebound After Tech Drubbing As Rate Hike Looms

Frontrunning – ZH

FINNISH

Aamukatsaus – Nordea

Suomesta saadaan työmarkkinalukuja | Ison-Britannian inflaatio julkaistaan | Euroalueelta tulossa luottamuslukuja

Aamukatsaus – Danske Bank

Talouspoliittinen tilanne EU:ssa ja Suomessa keväällä 2018 – ETLA

Finanssipolitiikkaa epävarmuuden vallitessa – ETLA

Erityyppisten yritysten rooli kasvussa ja työllisyydessä – ETLA