Politics:
ECB WATCH: Jittery Markets Will Move ECB To Extend Tenders – Wall Street Journal
Coming financial reform bill spurs options strategies – Reuters
U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP: Chart of Day – Bloomberg
Economy:
Government Jobs Account for 95% of Job Increases– Bloomberg
Geithner Says U.S. Economy Seeing ‘Steady’ Private Job Growth – Bloomberg
Economy growing slowly but steadily – Washington Post
Boycott BP? That Hurts Station Owners — Not the Company – Daily Finance
Bernanke says global recovery depends on emerging markets, central banks – Washington Post
Fed’s Fisher: Need for tightening getting closer – Reuters
Waiting for the big one: Where do Europe’s money-market jitters sit on the financial Richter scale? – Economist
Markets:
CREDIT MARKETS: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back – Wall Street Journal
Markets unimpressed with jobs report – Pacific Business News
Headwinds, still, for a tumultuous year – Reuters
Commodities’ Biggest Drop Since Lehman Is Bear Signal – Bloomberg
Banks:
Six Giant Banks Made $51 Billion Last Year; The Other 980 Lost Money – Forbes
