Global Macro / Markets:
- Bitcoin is a bad currency. Here’s why it could change the world anyway – VOX
- The short guide to Capital in the 21st Century – VOX
North America:
- Austin or Bust: America’s Biggest Cities Lose People to the Urban B-List – Bloomberg
- Biggest US banks forced to hold $68bn in extra capital – Financial Times
- CBO: Federal Deficit through March $187 billion less this year than it was in fiscal year 2013 – Calculated Risk
- Oklahoma Swamped by Surge in Earthquakes Near Fracking – Bloomberg
- A Landscape of Fire Rises Over North Dakota’s Gas Fields – Bloomberg
- Just the Basics: Sources of Federal Revenues, Explained – Off The Charts
- Fed to give banks two extra years for some securities to comply with Volcker Rule – Wall Street Journal
Europe:
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- Greek rebound is astonishing – Reuters
- U.S. Gas Tantalizes Europe, but It’s Not a Quick Fix – New York Times
Asia:
- US warns China after renminbi depreciation – Financial Times
- U.S. warns China over currency depreciation – Reuters
- China’s Smog Splits Expatriate Families as Companies Pay for Fresh Air – Bloomberg
Local:
- Regressive claim against GST does not stack-up – The AFR
- The Strengths and flaws of the FTAs – The AFR
- Dump the G20 in favour of more trade talks – The AFR
- Trade: foreign policy or growth driver? – The Australian
- Don’t bleat over FTA slim pickings – The Australian
- Growers plea to keep rice in FTAs – The Australian
- Dairy farmers cheesed-off by Japan FTA – The Age
- What’s next for FTAs? – Canberra Times
- Farmers attack FTA with Japan – The Guardian
- Japan FTA merits are lost in translation – Business Spectator
- CFMEU agrees to slash wages in WA – The AFR
- NBN faces $1.2 billion hit from “coverage gap’ – The AFR
- 300,000 could miss out on NBN – Canberra Times
- Australia still stuck in doldrums: IMF – The AFR
- Brace for slow growth: IMF – The Australian
- Flexibility may defy “gloomy IMF” – The Australian
- Newman’s LNP in “danger zone” – The Australian
- Call for more foreign investment – The Australian
- Increase taxes to balance Budget – The Guardian
Other:
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- Is There a Wonk Bubble? – Politico