- German industrial output falls (WSJ)
- France posts record trade deficit in 2011 (WSJ)
- Australia holds rates steady (FT)
- Indonesia grows at fastest pace since late 1990s (WSJ)
- European corporate defaults are projected to increase (FT)
- America gaining energy independence (BB)
- US Farmers plan biggest crop since 1984 (BB)
- The cost of sustained unemployment (Free Exchange)
- The housing bottom is here (CR)
- Zero bounds and bitter mountains (Krugman)