Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- As goes correspondent banking, so goes globalisation – FT
- The insurance sector and systemic risk – VOX
- Digging deep into this year’s wild ride for the U.S. oil industry – Sound Cloud
- The U.S. filed a WTO dispute to save jobs — by increasing imports from China. Here’s why. – Washington Post
- David Einhorn closed his investor letter with an interesting quote about Tesla – Business Insider
- Balance of power tilts from fossil fuels to renewable energy – FT
- Global trade is not growing slower – it’s not growing at all, finds a new report – WEF
- Renewed oil weakness sparks demand fears – Reuters
Americas:
- Bill Clinton Says His Wife Is ‘Natural Leader’ – Bloomberg
- Trump under oath: New testimony says he planned early anti-immigrant rant – Politico
- A Worry if Hillary Clinton Wins: What to Do With Bill – NY Times
- Hillary Clinton Committed to ‘New Approach’ on Trade Deal, Not Tweaks – WSJ
- UAW chief says Clinton told him she would renegotiate NAFTA – Reuters
- Is Trump a Russian Stooge? – Foreign Policy
- Obama says it is possible Russia would try to sway U.S. election – Reuters
- The Balloon is About to Pop (on the Two Party System) – Medium
- For the first time, forecast predicts hotter-than-normal in every square inch of the USA – USA Today
- U.S. New-Home Sales Posted Solid Gain in First Half of 2016 – WSJ
- Please, please, no more unemployment or inflation statistics conspiracies – AEI
- America is safer than it was decades ago. But homicides are up again in Chicago and cities across the country – Washington Post
- American Pessimism: Only 6 Percent Think the World Is Getting Better – Reason
- The Average Legal Pot User Spends $647 a Year on Weed – Bloomberg
- The basic reason why there just isn’t enough decent housing for the poor – Washington Post
- Peru Scrambles to Drive Out Illegal Gold Mining and Save Precious Land – NY Times
Europe:
- Why Security Experts Think Russia Was Behind the D.N.C. Breach – NY Times
- Russia’s Long History of Messing With Americans Minds Before the DNC Hack – Daily Beast
- Kremlin says idea it hacked U.S. Democratic Party emails absurd – Reuters
- UK joins Greece at bottom of wage growth league – The Guardian
- EU readies contingency plan for possible Monte Paschi wind down – source – Reuters
- The German Yield Curve is Getting Kinky – WSJ
- French ’priest killer’ on probation – BBC
- Dutch men revealed as world’s tallest – BBC
- Russia’s Currency Is Turning a Blind Eye to Oil Prices – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Five Things about Trump’s Rise that Would Make Xi Jinping Smile – Huffington Post
- Morgan Stanley Says China Remains as Key Risk to India Investors – Bloomberg
- Huawei revenue soars, eyes expansion – China Daily
- Letter foretold Japan rampage that killed 19 disabled people – AP
- Hong Kong June exports fall for 14th month, Brexit to deepen pain – Reuters
- China’s growing influence in Central Asia – FT World – World & Global Economy Video – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Crime rate drop linked to vocational education – The Age
- Aged care workers should be registered like hospital nurses, union says – ABC
- Townsville Youth Detention Workers Demand Royal Commission Include Queensland Too – ABC
- This Aussie Family Pays 59 Cents A Day For Power Thanks To The Tesla Powerwall – Gizmodo
- Tesla Powerwall: What’s the verdict from the family who installed Australia’s first unit? – ABC
- Coalition’s marriage equality plebiscite is playing right into opponents’ hands – The Guardian
- Why renewables will win out in the end – AFR.com
- Half of Australian workers unhappy in job – News.com.au
- Senior minister warns Kevin Rudd nomination could inflame Liberal tensions – The AFR
- Disability advocate says NDIS in chaos – News.com.au
- Julie Bishop speaks out against death penalty as Indonesian executions loom – The SMH
- Green bonds the new black in the market as environmental financing surges – ABC
- Health and Medicare the most important issues for voters in federal election, poll finds – The Guardian
- The male breadwinner is an outdated relic – The SMH
- If companies profit by doing good, why aren’t they all doing it? – The Guardian
- South Australia’s ‘absurd’ electricity prices: renewables are not to blame – The Guardian
- Labor says blaming electricity price surge on renewable energy ‘misleading’ – The Guardian
- Why Rod Sims lost it over privatisation – The AFR
- The only way is down for rates – The AFR
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Auckland to go up and out – Interest.co.nz
- Future of Auckland unveiled: Unitary Plan to go up and out – NZ Herald
- Unitary Plan doesn’t go far enough – Interest.co.nz
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