Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Gold is doomed – Washington Post
- Junk-Debt Market Rocked as Cautious Creditors Stymie New Deals – Bloomberg
- Hedge Funds Hold First Ever Net-Short Position in Gold – Bloomberg
- Emerging market currencies crash on Fed fears and China slump – The Telegraph
- The Three Cs Keeping CFOs Up At Night: China, Commodities, Currencies – Zero Hedge
- Asset management and financial stability – VOX
- Mining Companies Slash Jobs as Commodities Prices Slide – Wall Street Journal
North America:
- U.S. Fears Data Stolen by Chinese Hacker Could Identify Spies – New York Times
- Gap Widening as Top Workers Reap the Raises – New York Times
- Poll: Trump doubles nearest competitor in 2016 GOP race – TheHill.com
- What’s the Matter With San Francisco? – citylab.com
- The New American Slavery: Invited To The U.S., Foreign Workers Find A Nightmare – BuzzFeed
- The remarkably high odds you’ll be poor at some point in your life – Washington Post
- Is Wage Growth Accelerating? All signs point to Yes! – tcbblogs.org
- Americans Are Finally Eating Less – New York Times
- The Housing Market Still Isn’t Rational – New York Times
Europe:
- Why Greece Should Leave the Eurozone – New York Times
- Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb – New York Times
- Europe braces itself for a revolutionary Leftist backlash after Greece – The Telegraph
- Syriza’s covert plot during crisis talks to return to drachma – Financial Times
- Greek doctors, nurses leaving in droves for jobs abroad – ekathimerini.com
- IMF confirms receiving Greek request for new loan – Reuters
- Greek bailout talks to start on Monday after delay – Reuters
- Foreign criminals use London housing market to launder billions of pounds – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Is the Chinese hard landing here? – cornerstonemacro.com
- China’s Global Ambitions, With Loans and Strings Attached – New York Times
- Terrifying highlights from Ray Dalio’s note on the China bubble – Business Insider
- As China’s Economic Power Increases, Questions Arise – New York Times
- Michael Pettis: China’s Economy, Internal And External Balance – Michael Pettis
Local:
- Bill Shorten prevails on refugee boat turnbacks – Canberra Times
- TPP: Australia on the verge of joining huge new Pacific trade deal – Canberra Times
- Netflix to shake up public service – Canberra Times
- Medical marijuana gets the green light – Canberra Times
- Parliamentary gridlock could cost Australia its AAA credit rating: S&P – Canberra Times
- Labour productivity: good news they didn’t want us to know – Canberra Times
- The federal budget assumptions are rubbish – Canberra Times
- Our $2664-a-month debt addiction – Canberra Times
- Funding timebomb set for property investors – The AFR
- When buying off the plan goes wrong – The AFR
- Property peak in as screws turn on investors – The AFR
- Labor adopts 50pc renewable energy ‘goal’ – The AFR
- Pollie entitlements cost us $500m a year – The Australian
- Pollies softening us for tax hit – The Australian
- Luxury house prices tumble – The Australian
- The man with the Uber plan – ABC The Business
- We’ve been promised tax reform, but will it be enough? – ABC The Drum
- Industry groups join forces to hit back at unions’ criticism of China trade deal – ABC Radio
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