The Weekend Read

Quantitative easing didn?t end deflation. What makes us think fresh bouts of it suddenly will? Japan?s problem isn?t the supply of yen. It?s that investors and households lack enough confidence in the economy to do anything with BOJ-created money. If the BOJ goes too far, Japan?s bond market could collapse. ? William Pesek, Bloomberg

Bonds
Why Pimco cut its bond holdings ? CNN Money
China
China?s Five-Year Plan and Global Interest Rates ? Martin Feldstein
Chinese finance: A shadowy presence – FT
Currencies
The best alternative to a new global currency ? FT
Economics
Euro Zone Inflation Jumps to 29-Month High – CNBC
U.S. payrolls rose by 216,000 as jobless rate drops to two-year low – Bloomberg
Equities
Six threats to stocks in the second quarter ? MarketWatch
Why investors overpay for certain assets – Economist
Europe
Is the cost of saving the euro beyond reach? ? Telegraph
The Eurozone?s Coming Inflation Divide ? Project Syndicate
Geopolitical
The Arab Young and Restless ? Jeffrey Sachs
The Many Faces of the Arab Spring ? Project Syndicate
Japan
How Japan’s Earthquake Will Shake the World ? Andy Xie
Japan and the global supply chain – Economist
?Lehman Shock? Is Kid Stuff Next to Fukushima: William Pesek – Bloomberg
Monetary Policy
A Strong Focus On The Concept Of Currency Value – Forbes
As Economy Sputters, a Timid Fed ? NY Times
Europe rates to lead U.S. as global power shifts – Reuters
QE2: what happens when it ends? – FT
Sovereign Debt
A Cure for Fiscal Failure? ? Ken Rogoff

Fan Gang, a former Chinese central bank adviser, talks about the outlook for the Chinese economy and interest rates. He speaks with Ryan Chilcote in Cernobbio, Italy, on Bloomberg Television’s “On The Move.”

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