Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How oldies are killing the world economy – and could yet rescue it – The Telegraph
- What do pros really think about the market – Humble Student
- Why the low volatility anomaly should persist – Monevator
- Why regulating high frequency trading is so difficult – Dealbook
North America:
- U.S. to ease repurchase demands on bad mortgages – LA Times
- Fannie Mae will buy 97% LTV mortgages – Housing Wire
- Fannie, Freddie to accept lower down payment mortgages – New Moving Markets
- How Much Will Student Debt Drag on Housing? – Wall Street Journal
- Why House Republicans Alienate Hispanics: They Don’t Need Them – New York Times
- U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS – Daily Beast
Europe:
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- Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow business jet accident – Reuters
- Germany Officially Leaves the Growth Track – Caixin
- Russian agricultural production soars after food sanctions – BNE
- Mark Carney launches investigation after real-time payment system crash delays house purchases – The Telegraph
- Bankers must brace for a pay cut, warns Bank of England – The Guardian
- ECB looking at corporate bond buys – Reuters
Asia:
- China’s growth slowest since global crisis, annual target at risk – Reuters
- Hopes for further stimulus as China’s growth drops to five-year low of 7.3pc – SCMP
- China must accelerate reforms, not rely on fiscal and monetary policy to drive growth: World Bank – Reuters
- Signs of stabilisation in China’s property market amid policy relaxation – SCMP
- Home sales in China soar after policy relaxation – SCMP
- There is no hard landing (yet) for China – Sober Look
- Economic inequality underpins Hong Kong’s great political divide – Financial Times
- China: Not Quite a Revolution – The Atlantic
- Why the days of superfast Chinese economic growth may be over – aei-ideas.org
Local:
- Whitlam’s wild ride in the race for reform – Gideon Haigh, Fairfax
- Division over bank as Australia caught between China and US – The Conversation
- Will Abbott ever ‘be like Gough’? – The Conversation
- Australia ‘paradise’ for white-collar criminals, says ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft – Fairfax
- Treasurer Joe Hockey says Chinese coal tariffs may be waived – Fairfax
- Gough Whitlam ‘changed the way business is done’ with lasting competition laws – Fairfax
- RBA issues fresh warning to property investors – The AFR
- Australia like a dog that ate too much – The AFR
- Why negative gearing should go – Fairfax
- Bob Day opens the door for one month dole wait – Fairfax
- Gough Whitlam was no economic radical – Fairfax
- Job stress claims surge – Fairfax
- Busting decades of Whitlam myths – The Australian
- Norris: Mortgage books are ‘sound’ – The Australian
- Another sign the RBA will act on housing – Business Spectator
- Wealthy Aussies favouring property – Business Spectator
Other:
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- Why most finance-related research conclusions are false – NBER
- Inheritance and Inequality – Project Syndicate