Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Secular stagnation and the financial sector – Crooked Timber
- Sovereign wealth funds in the new era of oil – VOX
- World’s Biggest Pension Fund Loses $64 Billion Amid Equity Rout – Bloomberg
- Negative interest rates don’t work – philosophyofmoney.net
- Morgan Stanley: Get Ready for a Period of Low Returns in the Market – Bloomberg
- Commodity prices and exchange rates – Econbrowser
- Distressed Debt Ratio Highest Since 2009 on Crude Crash, S&P – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Four tough things universities should do to rein in costs – Washington Post
- There’s a Big Drop in U.S. Treasury Debt Supply Coming in 2016 – Bloomberg
- Silicon Valley Vies for a Piece of the U.S. Mortgage Market – Bloomberg
- US credit tightens ahead of Federal Reserve policy shift – FT
- There have been 334 days and 351 mass shootings so far this year – Washington Post
- Fixing the most expensive tax deduction – Washington Post
- Behind Puerto Rico’s Woes, a Broadly Powerful Development Bank – NY Times
Europe:
- It has finally happened (Irish recovery lags Great Depression) – irisheconomy.ie
- German wage moderation and the EZ Crisis – VOX
- Europe’s nationalist barbarians are the real enemy of a lasting union – MarketWatch
- Europe Tech IPOs Are Beating Silicon Valley Victims of Own Hype – Bloomberg
- Europe needs a sense of strategic direction to survive – FT
Asia:
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- Did the Yuan Really Pass the IMF Currency Test? You’ll Know Soon – Bloomberg
- IMF’s Executive Board Completes Review of SDR Basket, Includes Chinese Renminbi – IMF
- IMF poised to admit China’s renminbi in elite currency basket – FT
- Iron Ore Breaches $40 in Singapore as China Port Holdings Expand – Bloomberg
- Japan’s pension fund loses $64bn in third quarter – FT
- Notes on the China I’m Leaving Behind – NY Times
Local:
- Coming up with another $40,000: Solutions for funding off-the-plan property buys – Domainfax
- Mining workers fall from ‘champagne lifestyle’ to working poor as resources sector jobs wane – ABC News
- The state of the public service – Canberra Times
- Forget about the age pension – Canberra Times
- Liberals’ new conservative champion – Canberra Times
- Australia rejects UN fossil fuel pledge – Canberra Times
- ‘I would have died happy’: Abbott – Canberra Times
- Company tax cut a bonanza for big end – Canberra Times
- Older Australians ‘too cautious about finances’ says Productivity Commission – Canberra Times
- Government backs down on cuts to grandparent payment – Canberra Times
- Super rip-offs amount to $740 per member per year – Canberra Times
- Australia not ‘open for business’: BCA – Canberra Times
- ‘Australia headed for recession’ – Canberra Times
- Senate inquiry approves youth dole changes – The Australian
- Economic growth tipped to bounce back – The Australian
- BCA slams farmland curbs – The Australian
- Retirees’ homes under spotlight – The Australian
- $6bn boost to hit home – The Australian
- Retirees should give up homes – The AFR
- How to make $52m in two years: Sell to Chinese – The AFR
- Push for $2.5m lifetime super limit – The AFR
- International shipping rates hit a record low – ABC The Business
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