Here are the weekend headlines, all in one place
- Merkel loses support in two state elections
- The next 'big Soros bet' crushes hedge funds as yuan hangs tough
- BOJ likely to discuss exempting $90bln in short-term funds from negative interest rates
- UK's Osborne says "the hopes of a stronger global recovery have evaporated"
- Merkel's refugee policy being tested today
- Do we need more academic overview of central bank actions?
- EU President Schultz does not favour Trump for US President
- More from China: 1. Rating cut a 'misjudgement' & 2. No to circuit breaker reintro
- Senior China official says will avoid widespread layoffs during overcapacity cuts
- PBOC Zhou weekend comments: China growth target can be hit without overly easing
- China industrial production, retail sales, fixed asset investment data out now
- How to win when losing
- Finland's Minister of Finance is regretting this comment Finland downgraded to AA+ from AAA by Fitch
I've highlighted the bigger stories - Merkel losing support in German elections, weaker than expected Chinese data published on Saturday, and Finland losing its AAA rating from Fitch (S&P downgraded the country back in 2014).
The China data weighed on the AUD earlier; on the positive side if your a fund with a mandate for AAA bonds Australia is more attractive as Finland drops in the ratings.
