Morning Journal--the Bank of Japan considers buying derivatives

Economics

   This Week’s Data

            February small business sentiment improved to 90.8 versus expectations of 90.1.

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

   Other

            Demographics and the labor force participation rate (medium):

            http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/03/long-term-trends-account-for-about-half-of-the-decline-in-the-us-labor-force-participation-rate-in-recent-years/

            The bankers are wrecking the economy (medium/long):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-11/dylan-grice-explains-how-crackpot-central-bankers-are-destroying-human-society

Politics

  Domestic

Last week in the land of the free (short):

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-11/guest-post-just-last-week-land-free

Illinois pension system is grossly under funded and it is the tip on the under funded iceberg (medium):

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-11/last-laugh-illinois-pension-system-charged-not-disclosing-structural-underfunding

  International

            This from the Italian comedian that scored big in the recent election (medium):

            http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/beppe-grillo-on-the-money-system-stand-up-show-1998.html

            And the latest German poll on euro membership (short):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-11/40-germans-40-49-just-say-nein-euro

                China starts to react to the flood of global money printing (medium):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-11/spot-chinas-hot-money-time-bomb

            And the topper---Bank of Japan considers buying derivatives (medium):

            http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-11/bank-japan-may-buy-derivatives-next