Macro, Markets & Investing
- Harmless commodity crash accelerates as dollar soars – Telegraph, AEP
- Changing the financial order in Asia-Pacific – Nikkei Asian Review
- Steel stumbles to near record low as China demand cools – SCMP
- Hedge funds turn very bearish on U.S. crude – Reuters, John Kemp
- How the ‘great divorce’ between China and US will drive currency and rates markets – SCMP
- El Nino’s impact beyond agriculture to cost billions – CNBC
- Looking At Copper’s Bear Market – The Short Side of Long
Asia
- Relending program shows China girding for bank bailouts – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan Inc. tightens purse strings at home – Nikkei Asian Review
- Shadow Banking in China: A Morphing Target – Economonitor
- Bad-debt investment products present new risks in China – SCMP
- China Said to Ease Control on Brokers’ Proprietary Trading – Bloomberg
Europe
- Italy’s zero-cost bailout is too good to be true – Reuters
- Dixon: How the EU could woo the UK – Reuters
- German business confidence up in November – DW
- Europe must tackle bad loans to recover: IMF – CNBC
- Carney Says Low U.K. Interest Rates to Remain `For Some Time’ – Bloomberg
Americas
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- Drug Merger Reignites Tax Reform Discussion – NY Times
- Fed Official Expects Test for Big Banks to Be Stricter – NY Times
- The average house in Fort McMurray has lost $117,000 or 20% of its in value in one year – Financial Post
- Tight inventories, rising prices hurt U.S. home sales – Reuters
- Argentina in for a radical post-election grains output increase – Reuters
- Goldman Sachs forecasts four rate hikes next year – Market Watch
Terra Forecastus Dysfunctus
- MYEFO: Treasury downgrades its budget projections – Fairfax
- Brisbane’s troubled Airportlink sold for $2.8 billion less than construction cost – ABC
- PwC and the Magic Pudding company tax cut – Fairfax, Pascoemeter
- Australia’s central bank chief optimistic, but not too precise, on economy – SCMP
- Tax rich old men, restrict wealthy pumping pre-tax income into super: report – Fairfax
- Harper review: winners and losers from the Turnbull government’s response – Fairfax
- Weak dairy exports to China take their toll – Nikkei Asian Review
- Australia Cuts Potential GDP Growth to 2.75% as Population Slows – Bloomberg
…and furthermore…
- Pfizer takeover: what is a tax inversion deal and why are they so controversial? – Guardian
- Welcome to Austeria – a nation robbing its poor to pay for the next big crash – Guardian
- Do Bank and Market Safety Rules Conflict? – WSJ
- Why the Real Shadow Banking Risks Are in the US and Europe, Not Just China – Economonitor
- Want Innovation? Try Raising Minimum Wages – Bloomberg, Noah Smith
- The Future of Finance – Bloomberg, Clive Crook
- The impact of the oil-price shock on net oil exporters – Bruegel