China
- Letting China’s Bubble Burst – Project-Syndicate
- China’s little secret – a thriving free market in shares – SCMP
- China securities regulator asks for stock trading records from Hong Kong and Singapore in hunt for short sellers – SCMP
- Hebei’s Big Idea for Clean Coal Yields Few Results – Caixin
- Villain or Hero for Stock Market Saga? – Caixin
- CIC Launches Subsidiary to Invest in Overseas Projects – Caixin
- Are Chinese firms losing their taste for Wall Street? – CNBC
- China shares suffer worst month in nearly 6 years – Market Watch
- China’s Naked Emperors – NY Times, Krugman
- China Large Caps Attractive After Sell-off – ETF.com
- China’s unregulated P2P lending sites are still spreading financial instability – CER
- How Disneyland Shanghai’s 2016 launch will change Disney—and China – CER
- China watchdog probes automated trading as stocks close down again – Telegraph
- Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics after narrowly beating Kazakhstan’s Almaty – SCMP
- Saying ‘finance’ 146 times: what Chinese premier Li Keqiang’s choice of words say about his priorities – SCMP
- China’s securities watchdog probes automated trading as stocks slip again – Guardian
- Chinese regulators admit making inexperienced mistakes in share crash – ABC
- China’s slowdown follows pattern traced earlier by US, Japan – Nikkei Asian Review…good chart…
- China leaders reaffirm commitment to stock market, economy – Nikkei Asian Review
- China: Stock meltdown prompts market intervention – Euromoney
- Shadow play: how China’s unregulated banks feed its boom and bust economy – The Conversation
Asia
- Japan’s inflation edges up as households shut their wallets – CNBC
- India, Bangladesh To Swap Enclaves To End Decades-Old Border Dispute – IB Times
- US spied on Abe, Mitsubishi, Mitsui – Nikkei Asian Review
- Plan to curtail Indian central bank independence stirs worry – Nikkei Asian Review
- Malaysia, Vietnam just saying no to parts of TPP – Nikkei Asian Review
- Iran’s long road ahead – Euromoney
- Spending slips as consumer prices inch up – Japan Times
Europe
- Why Greece’s Lenders Need to Suffer – NY Times
- In Defense of Varoufakis – Project-Syndicate, El-Erian
- Don’t Lend to Your Euro Friends – Project-Syndicate
- Bailout Money Goes to Greece, Only to Flow Out Again – NY Times
- The Lethal Deferral of Greek Debt Restructuring – Project-Syndicate, Varoufakis
- Troika to extend the unsustainable Greek debt by decades – Sober Look
- European Banks’ Sovereign Debt Home Bias: Voluntary or Involuntary? – VoxEU
- Italy is the most likely country to leave the euro – Washington Post
- Greece crisis escalates as IMF witholds support for a new bail-out deal – Telegraph
- Spanish economy races ahead with fastest growth since financial crisis – Telegraph
- Reform momentum and its impact on Greek growth – Bruegel
- Now you see it, now you don’t:the first Italian case of bail-in – Bruegel
- IMF will not join Greece bailout until debt concerns addressed – SCMP
- Size of Ireland’s economy surpasses pre-global crisis levels – Guardian
- THIRD BAILOUT AND THE THIRD PUNIC WAR – Pieria
- Germans are unironically nostalgic for the golden days of 1950s debt forgiveness – Quartz
- What you don’t know about Italian olive oil also explains Greece’s disaster economy – Washington Post
- Russia cuts interest rates as Putin faces renewed crisis from falling oil prices – Telegraph
- Russia Cuts Rates for Fifth Time as Slump Contains Inflation – Bloomberg
- Last Time Unemployment Rose This Much, Norway Cut Rates – Bloomberg
- Alexis Tsipras: I ordered Varoufakis to ‘defend Greece’ – Telegraph
United Kingdom
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- Is the UK ready for a socialist leader? – CNBC
- UK economy on ‘firm footing’ as growth steps up a gear – Telegraph
- Is the UK economy on another credit-fuelled binge? – Telegraph
- David Cameron vows to fight against ‘dirty money’ in UK property market – Guardian
- HOUSING TRANSACTION CHAINS – Pieria
- British banks have an outsized exposure to a China downturn – Quartz
United States
- US wages increase at slowest rate since 1982 – FT.com
- Million dollar donors show elite’s role in 2016 race – FT.com
- Are US Middle-Class Incomes Really Stagnating? – Project-Syndicate
- The Fed’s Options – Economonitor
- Economists React to Second-Quarter GDP: ‘By No Means Satisfying’ – WSJ
- Washington’s fight over the budget might shut down the government again – LA Times
- Alan Greenspan: This is ‘extremely dangerous’ – CNBC…more dangerous than asset price bubbles Al?…
- FBI says hackers shake down big banks, threaten to shut sites if they don’t pay up – Market Watch
- S. economy saw modest growth in second quarter – CBS
- The Federal Reserve’s September cliffhanger – CBS
- Steady Job Growth Projected With Unemployment Rate Dipping Below 5 Percent – IB Times
- The Housing Market Still Isn’t Rational – NY Times, Shiller
- Federal Reserve Denies Credit Union for Cannabis – NY Times
- Sorry, Doomers, there’s still no sign of recession – Bonddad
- S. economy expands at 2.3% in second quarter, picking up speed – Washington Post
- Strong US growth paves way for September interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve – Telegraph
- Federal Reserve hints at interest rate rise but leaves them unchanged for now – Guardian
- The Economy Keeps Getting Better, but Young Adults Keep Living With Mom and Dad – Slate
- Pulling Down Underwater Borrowers – NY Times
- Quarterly Increase in U.S. Worker Pay Smallest on Record – Bloomberg
Americas
- Latin America’s Anti-Corruption Crusade – Project-Syndicate
- Mexico central bank defends peso, eyes weak economy – SCMP
- Currency crisis has Venezuelans struggling to call abroad – CNBC
- Deals Flow to Contractor Tied to Mexican President – NY Times
- Argentina central bank creditworthiness questioned – Euromoney
- Canada’s economy shrinks for fifth month in row – Financial Post
- Canadian economy has ‘limited power,’ as small business confidence drops to lowest level since April 2009 – Financial Post
- TPP pressure on Canada, but US is super-star in agriculture subsidies – Financial Post
- Brazil’s Corruption Crackdown Isn’t Just P.R. – Bloomberg
Terra Hypocritia
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- Taunts of footballer Adam Goodes sparks Australia racism furore – FT.com
- These are the 15 trips Bronwyn Bishop claimed when hearings were not held – Guardian…rancid halibut giblets smell better than Bronwyn right now…
- We feud over Adam Goodes because our big questions remain unanswered – Guardian …our politicians don’t do big questions for fear of offending voters…
- Major banks flout housing investor loan limits, APRA figures show – ABC
- From sexual harassment to being underpaid – I’ve seen how the work-for-visa system is broken – ABC
- Bishop and Goodes: the likely outcomes are so wrong – ABC, Barrie Cassidy…nailed – and TPP, and inaction on Super, Negative Gearing and FIRB. Wrong is the word…
- ‘Modified version’ of investor clause no fix in TPP – ABC
- Companies wasted the strong Australian dollar – Fairfax, Maiden…well actually all Australia wasted it on real estate speculation…
- Adam Goodes and racism: A PM’s statesmanship is left behind by premiers and a casino boss – Fairfax
- Who should replace Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker? Tony Abbott’s golden opportunity for progress from her mess – Fairfax…almost anyone is a good start…
- Non-banks set to boom thanks to APRA crackdown on property investors – Fairfax
- ANZ sacks rates trader after conduct breach – Fairfax
- Why higher interest rates might actually be a good thing – Fairfax, Pascoemeter
- NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn’s foreign investors care most about housing, disruption – Fairfax
- Welcome to blandsville? Myer and David Jones embrace grocery-style streamlining – The Conversation
- Aussie Wage Challenge: Find 5 Bartenders for Each Lost Miner – Bloomberg
- RBA’s Stevens Says China Portfolio Flows Could Be $400 Billion – Bloomberg
- ANZ Revises Up Investor Mortgages by 37% in Reclassification – Bloomberg
- Football Crowds Boo Black Star as Aussies Battle Racism – Bloomberg
- U.S. Bends on Patent Data as Dairy Vexes Pacific Trade Talks – Bloomberg
- Victorian building surveyors guilty over more than 700 misconduct claims – Fairfax
- Cool change hits Melbourne’s auction market – Fairfax
- How battery-powered homes are unplugging Australia – Fairfax
- Insider traders using smartphone apps like Wickr tough to stop, admits ASIC – Fairfax
- With coal going begging, it’s time to stop digging – Fairfax, West
Commodities
- Gold Slump Invokes Predictions of Doom – WSJ
- Investors are sick of gold, and that’s why it’s time to buy now – Market Watch
- Oil companies travel back to 1986 in search of a future – Telegraph
- China makes FX rules ready for foreigners to trade its commodity futures – Reuters
- Minding the gaps in the copper cost curve – Reuters
- The allure of steel – Platts
- One in 10 gold mines now uneconomical – Mineweb
- Three Years Ago This Coal Mine Was Worth $624 Million. Now It Sold for $1 – Bloomberg
- Citic transparency falls short as Sino Iron swept under the rug – SCMP
Capital Markets
- The IMF’s Euro Crisis – Project-Syndicate
- Contrarian Case For Precious Metals Equity – ETF.com
- Who needs the Fed? The rate hike cometh on its own – Reuters
- Emerging Markets Not Oversold – Short Side of Long
- FOMC Helps Dollar, but It’s not Running Away – Marc to Market
- Emerging Market Central Bankers Are Getting Nervous About Their Plunging Currencies – Bloomberg
- Emerging market rapids v calm US waters – FT.com
- The world gears up for a surge in the US dollar – FT.com
Global Macro
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- Echoes of 1989 are bad news not just for China’s markets but the world – FT.com
- Patent Protection for Drugs Puts Pressure on U.S. in Trade Talks – NY Times
- A Tripolar Currency Regime Is in the Offing – Caixin
- Bill Gross: Say a Prayer for Our Broken Financial System – WSJ
- More Deals Likely as Financial-Data Battle Escalates – WSJ
- Market Manipulation Goes Global – Project-Syndicate, Roach
- Rule, Germania – Project-Syndicate
- Alpha, Beta, and Beyond – Project-Syndicate, Roubini
- Bill Gross: Low interest rates have created ‘zombies’ instead of curing the economy – Market Watch
- August could mean big things for markets and the Fed – CNBC
- The Inevitable, Indispensable Property Tax – NY Times
- THE TROUBLE WITH ORDOLIBERALISM – Pieria
- Big TTP trade deal – no boon to free trade – Financial Post
- Getting free trade right can be good for workers and exporters – The Conversation…and getting it wrong can ream us…
…and furthermore…
- Number of people killed by police hits 664 in U.S. this year – Market Watch
- Chain reaction: Cycling gets a luxury pricetag – CNBC
- Can you afford to live to 100? – CNBC
- Why 99% of trading is pointless – Market Watch
- Insurance: What exactly constitutes an “Act of God”? – CBS
- Do we really have a retirement crisis? – CBS
- How to Tax Gordon Gekko – NY Times
- What it’s like to be a part of the world’s richest 1 percent, in 15 incredible photos – Washington Post
- Will there ever be an organics label for worker rights? – Washington Post
- Debt Slaves: 7 Out Of 10 Americans Believe That Debt “Is A Necessity In Their Lives” – Zero Hedge
- Lottery income, healthcare, and supplementary health insurance – VoxEU
- Financial frictions, product quality, and international trade – VoxEU
- 7 everyday ways you are ruining your IQ – Telegraph
- Postcapitalism by Paul Mason, review: ‘deeply misguided’ – Telegraph
- There’s no need to fear dementia. The end of the epidemic is in sight – Guardian
- Paul Mason: Is capitalism dead? – video – Guardian
- The controversial idea that could lower student debt – Washington Post
- Why the great robot panic makes no sense – Quartz
- Cyber-Attack Warning: Could Hackers Bring Down a Plane?– Der Spiegel
- Can the Insurance Industry Survive Driverless Cars? – Bloomberg
- How Rich People Raise Rich Kids – Atlantic
- A College Without Classes – Atlantic
- Young and old: how big is the wealth gap? – Telegraph
Just a touch of nature
- No Agnostics in the Climate Foxhole – Project-Syndicate, John Hewson
- MH370: Part number on plane wreckage confirms debris is from Boeing 777, Malaysian official says – ABC