Economy:
Is Bad Weather Behind Weak US Economic Trends? – Mises Institute
The Invention Of ‘The Economy’ – Planet Money
Markets:
Markets brace for Ukraine-Russia crisis impact – Globe and Mail
Growth and Interest Rates: I Appear To Be Wrong – New York Times (Krugman)
How history explains bitcoin, Mt. Gox bankruptcy – MarketWatch
The curious case of China’s falling yuan – BBC
Politics:
A serious tax-reform plan and its discouraging reception – Washington Post
Japan’s Ambitious Economic Revival Plan Is Running Into Big Problems – Business Insider
Like It or Not, 90 Percent of a ‘Successful Fed Communications’ Strategy Comes from Simply Pursuing a Goal-oriented Monetary Policy Strategy – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Banks:
RBS has lost all the £46bn pumped in by the taxpayer – Telegraph
Is Wall Street playing the lottery with its customers’ money? – The Guardian
20 Largest Banks by Market Capitalization – WikiBrains