Morning Journal--How banks manage their balance sheets/risk

Economics

   This Week’s Data

            The March index of small business optimism dropped 1.3 points.

            http://advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/NFIB-Small-Business-Optimism-Index.php

   Other

           

            Structural employment problems (short):

            http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04/structural-employment-problems/

            Some analysis on how banks manage their balance sheets/risk (medium):

            http://dealbreaker.com/2013/04/senate-bill-may-solve-too-big-to-fail-by-shrinking-banks-by-70/

Politics

  Domestic

  International

           

            Business bankruptcies soar in Spain (short):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-08/next-domino-australia-doubles-tax-retirement-savings