Things we're reading today include:
UK
- Stalemate between Lloyds and the Government is turning into a farce (Telegraph)
- London trader at centre of Merrill investigation into 'irregularities' (Times)
- L&G calls for Barclays chairman Michael Agius to go
(Telegraph)
Europe
- Analysis: Swiss bracing for change in bank secrecy (Associated Press)
- Three questions on monetary policy easing (European Central Bank Speech)
USA
- Citigroup stock falls below $1 a share (Cleveland Blog)
- Goldman executive’s share sale capped (Financial Times)
- Obama's Radicalism is Killing the Dow (Wall Street Journal)
Asia
- Asian shares fall on concerns over banks (Telegraph)
- India's economy: Bridges to somewhere (The Economist)
- Japan's economy: Rebalancing act (The Economist)
World
- Morgan Stanley predicts downturn will be worse than the Depression (Guardian)
- IMF urges financial regulation co-ordination (Financial Times)
- Hedge funds to see further falls (Independent)
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Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...
