Obama Paints Wider Role for Government in Middle Class Revival (BBG) Obama to Seek a New Trade Deal With EU (WSJ)... or this is strawman why 2016 GDP will be higher Mobile phone sales fall for the first time since 2009 (Telegraph) Sequester Looms, No Deal in Sight (WSJ) Neither US party swallows a compromise (FT) Embattled Economies Cling to Euro (WSJ) For China, Spending Is Harder Than It Looks (WSJ) Bank of England's Sir Mervyn King says recovery in sight (BBC) - just a little more inflation first G7 fails to defuse currency tensions (FT) Japanese Leader Urges Firms to Boost Wages (WSJ) - ... Read More