1.Australia’s banking sector is being tipped to emerge stronger than in recent years. Runaway wreck stalling; time for the clean-up

2.  Stocks that Matter: BP Continuing our series looking at the most popular stocks in the portfolios of UK Unit Trusts and OEICs, we turn our attention to BP.

3.Wage Deflation Sets In– From MISH’S Global Economic Trend Analysis

4.Consumer bankruptcies in Canada spiked sharply in January, the beginning of what credit experts warn could be a wave of bankruptcies this year that are the inevitable result of rapidly rising unemployment. More Canadian go bust

5. Commentary: Those in the financial echo chamber still don’t get it – Memo to Wall Street: America hates you