Monday Morning Links

MUST READS
Weeks to save euro, says Soros - BBC
The week that Europe stopped pretending - Telegraph
Japan shares skid, Topix hits 28-year low - Reuters
Wall St. Dramatically Hikes Fed Easing Expectations - CNBC
Europe mulls major step toward “fiscal union” - Reuters
Pressure Builds on Merkel as Spain Calls for Bank Aid - Bloomberg
Banks Cut Cross-Border Lending Most Since Lehman: BIS - Businessweek
The many things that prey on our minds: A big hairball of risk - Economist
Ron Paul Crushes the Market, Outperforms by 9% - Benzinga
And This Week a Turn for the Worse - Noland, Prudent Bear
This Republican Economy - Krugman, NY Times
Run of the Mill - Hussman Funds

MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil plunges to 8-month low on weak US jobs report - AP
Gold pauses after rally sparked by U.S. data - Reuters
Stocks: Investors pin hopes on central bankers - CNN/Money
Oil Output Soars as Iraq Retools, Easing Shaky Markets - NY Times
Is this the turning point for gold (upwards) and equities (down)? - Mineweb
The most important gold market event since 1999 - USA Gold
Is another good summer for gold now ahead? - Mineweb
Gold Miners Finally Start to Outperform - Dollar Collapse
Gold rallies out of the doom zone - Peter Brandt
Gold bushwhacks bears, again - MarketWatch

ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING
The Hidden Message In Friday’s Unemployment Number - RCM
The Peculiar and Unique Position of Economics - Mises
How do economists assess the european economic crisis? A survey - voxeu
Are the UK, US and German safe havens safe at all? - Telegraph
Shirakawa Bows to Yen Bulls as Intervention Fails - Bloomberg
China’s lenders ordered to check bad loans - China Daily
To Help Fix Housing, Disclose Mortgage Addresses - Bloomberg
Will Canada’s housing bubble burst? - BBC
Merrill Losses Were Withheld Before BofA Deal - NY Times
Goldman’s Confidence That QE Will Be Announced On June 20 “Has Grown” - Zero Hedge
GOLDMAN: Here Comes QE At The Next Fed Meeting - Business Insider
Weighing the Week Ahead: Bernanke’s Next Move? - A Dash of Insight