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Retail banking Blunt elbows There is less competition among banks than first meets the eye . HERE’S a puzzle: in bustling Manhat...

GRIM YEAR FORECAST FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

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GREECE´S TWO CURRENCIES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Greece’s Two Currencies Yanis Varoufakis .   ATHENS – Imagine a depositor in the US state of Arizona being permitted to withdraw on...

2015 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR JOBS. 2016 WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MATCHING IT / THE NEW YORK TIMES

2015 Was a Great Year for Jobs. 2016 Will Have a Hard Time Matching It. Neil Irwin .     Construction workers in Manhattan. The la...

RATIONAL MARKETS EXPECT CRAZY ECONOMIES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Rational markets expect crazy economies Gillian Tett   The financial crisis showed limits of models. Fiscal and monetary policy ...

NORTH KOREA´S NUCLEAR WEAPONS: ANOTHER BOMBSHELL / THE ECONOMIST

North Korea’s nuclear weapons Another bombshell After Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test, China must change its tune towards its outrageou...

GOLDMAN SACHS RETHINKS ITS STOCK MARKET OUTLOOK BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HASN´T HAPPENED SINCE AT LEAST 48 YEARS / YAHOO FINANCE

Goldman Sachs rethinks its stock market outlook because of something that hasn't happened in at least 48 years By Sam Ro    . (Sc...

WHAT IS REALLY BUGGING THE MARKET / JOHN MAULDIN´S OUTSIDE THE BOX NEWSLETTER

What Is Really Bugging the Market John Mauldin My good friend David Rosenberg, Chief Economist at Gluskin Sheff, has long been one o...

U.S. DOLLAR WILL DICTATE BROAD MARKET PERFOMANCE IN 2016 / THE FINANCIAL TIMES MARKETS INSIGHT

US dollar will dictate broad market performance in 2016 John Bilton   Interplay of US rates and currency critical in setting glo...

DON´T BLAME OIL FOR GLOBAL CHAOS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

Don’t Blame Oil for Global Chaos Cheap energy is a symptom, not a cause, of the world’s geopolitical mess. By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. ...