Monday's News Links

[Bloomberg] European Stocks Advance as Data Confirms Manufacturing Strength

[Reuters] North American movie box office sets record in 2016

[Bloomberg] India’s Manufacturing to Shrink as Cash Shortages Cut Demand

[Bloomberg] PBOC’s Ma Says New Cash Transaction Rules Are Not Capital Controls

[Bloomberg] Samsung Warns of Slowing Growth in Key Markets Amid Uncertainty

[Bloomberg] Modi’s Speeches Spur Memes, Pub Drinking Games in Indian Cities

[CNBC] Potential new banking crises are a concern in Europe: Analyst

[Reuters] China says won't allow Hong Kong to be used as subversion base

[WSJ] Central Banks Loosening Their Grip on Markets

[FT] Markets outlook: the big issues facing investors in 2017

[FT] Renminbi faces confidence test as Chinese FX purchase quota resets

Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Real estate developers engaged in 'arms race' to fill Brooklyn luxury apartments

[Reuters] The head of Germany's Ifo economic institute believes Italians will eventually want to quit 

[CNBC] China's homegrown populism to test Xi Jinping

[WSJ] Europe’s Fate in 2017: Caught Between Low Rates and Populist Politics