Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Output gaps and unemployment by age and gender – VOX
- The future of hedge funds is in crisis – Business Insider
- Oil rally is not just about hedge funds: Kemp – Reuters
- Robo-Advisor Movement Is Dying As Growth Rates Crash – kitces.com
- President Obama: The TPP would let America, not China, lead the way on global trade – Washington Post
- What Are The Three Signs Of A “Disorderly” Currency Market: Richard Koo Explains – Zero Hedge
- Gold Rallies Above $1,300 as Investors Like Low Interest Rates – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Cruz’s Image Plummets, Trump’s Improves Among Republicans – Gallup
- Actually, Hillary Clinton is a fiscal conservative – Washington Post
- 2016 California Republican Presidential Primary – Huffington Post
- Republicans have a massive electoral map problem that has nothing to do with Donald Trump – Washington Post
- California suburbs growing fast as many are priced out of cities, data show – LA Times
- Survey says: 34 percent of Bay Area residents are ready to leave – CNBC
- U.S. Auto-Sales Boom Isn’t Out of Gas – WSJ
- Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Deepens as Government Misses Payment – WSJ
- On Puerto Rico, Congress Once Again Fails to Do the Obvious – New Yorker
Europe:
- Why European women have few babies – VOX
- Labour has secretly suspended 50 members for anti-Semitic and racist comments – The Telegraph
- Putin Took Credit for the Boom. Now There’s a Bust. – NY Times
- Frenchman takes former employer to tribunal over tedious job – The Guardian
- Chinese police to patrol Rome’s streets – The Guardian
- TTIP leaked documents could spell the end of controversial trade deal, say campaigners – The Independent
- Britain flirts with economic insanity – Washington Post
Asia:
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- China up close: Xi Jinping vs. Li Keqiang- Nikkei Asian Review – Nikkei
- The Bank of China Takes Manhattan – WSJ
- Inside the Unregulated Chinese Hospitals That Make Men Impotent – Vice
- China financial regulator clamps down on shadow banking – FT
- The Importance of China’s New VAT – marctomarket.com
- China: kicking the can down the road – slideshare.net
- BOJ sees little reason to act when households aren’t listening – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Government to close 17 detention centres – Canberra Times
- Bickmore blasts PM for ignoring parents – Canberra Times
- Nauru tragedies: A policy, politics fail – Canberra Times
- ‘1000 [public servants] will have to go. It’s simple’ – Canberra Times
- Kidman bid withdrawn, not over – The Australian
- Turnbott: Negative gearing a ‘basic freedom’ – The AFR
- ANZ’s numbers look shocking – The AFR
- Are doctors to blame for our health mess? – The AFR
- Turnbull’s Budget black hole doubts – Canberra Times
- Billions to come via tax crackdown – Canberra Times
- Budget fiddle will deliver zip – Canberra Times
- RBA suggests economy has deteriorated under Coalition’s watch – Canberra Times
- Junk foods make up half of children’s daily intake, research finds – ABC News
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