Broken Mountain, Russell Drysdale, 1950 National Gallery of Victoria
China
- Didi Chuxing and Uber, Popular in China, Are Now Legal, Too– NY Times
- China’s SOE Reform—The Wrong Path– PIIE
- ‘Old China’ bad, ‘New China’ good: Growing divergence in Chinese corporate health – Bruegel
- Beyond Structural Reform in China – Project-Syndicate
- The Overwhelming Case for a Carbon Tax in China – IMF Direct
- Where do zombies lurk in China? Mostly in steel and real estate, report finds – SCMP
Asia
- 1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal– The Guardian
- Abenomics: Three-piece dream suit– The Economist
- Meet Taikang: The Chinese Insurance Giant That Just Bought a Big Chunk of Sotheby’s– WSJ
- Bank of Japan blames Brexit as it renews monetary stimulus – Guardian
- It’s official: Japan’s debt mountain too high – Nikkei Asian Review
- Corruption, not terrorism, is the biggest threat to investors in Asia – Nikkei Asian Review…corruption is a far bigger threat than terrorism all around the world…
- BOJ Eases Policy by Doubling ETF Buying, Underwhelms Expectations – NY Times
- World’s biggest pension fund loses US$51b in stock rout – Business Times
- Modi and his challenges: Leading India on its march to prosperity – VoxEU
- BOJ Opts for Limited Stimulus Expansion, Plans Policy Review – Bloomberg
Europe
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- Norway considers giving mountain to Finland as 100th birthday present– The Guardian
- IMF’s Internal Watchdog Rebukes the Fund for Its Handling of Euro Crisis– WSJ
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel Stands Firm on Migrant Policy After Terrorist Attacks– WSJ
- Merkel admits EU is being RAVAGED BY TERROR but says Germany should welcome MORE refugees– Express
- Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks– BBC
- Do we really want to give Irish passports to all these Brits?– Irish Times
- Study says banks in EU stress tests could require €900bn– FT
- 3 reasons Russia’s Vladimir Putin might want to interfere in the US presidential elections– VOX
- German Inflation Exceeds Forecasts as Draghi Eyes Brexit Clues– Bloomberg
- IMF admits disastrous love affair with the euro and apologises for the immolation of Greece – Telegraph, AEP
- How a Currency Intended to Unite Europe Wound Up Dividing It – NY Times
- Region faces weakened and withdrawn post-coup Turkey –BNE Intellinews…good read…
- Serbia hands two more protest notes to Croatia as tensions escalate –BNE Intellinews
- Russia’s central bank purges “pyramidal” insurance sector –BNE Intellinews, Corcoran
- Single market access from outside the EU: three key prerequisites – Bruegel
- Italy’s bail-in headache – Bruegel…good read…
- Euro zone growth halves as France sees sharp slowdown in spending – CNBC
- ‘European banking sector is challenged,’ Barclays CEO warns – CNBC
- Why bad debts are the ‘missing link’ for stress tests: European bank chief – CNBC
- The assassination of a Ukrainian investigative journalist – Economist
- Brussels Can Still Sweat the Small Stuff – Bloomberg, Bershidsky
- Europe’s Bank Stress Tests are Missing One Crucial Element – Bloomberg
- Monte dei Paschi mulls rescue bids as EU banks await stress-test results – Guardian
United Kingdom
- Ford considers closing factories and raising prices in Europe in wake of Brexit– The Guardian
- Third of foreign students less likely to come to UK after Brexit– FT
- Our attitude towards wealth played a crucial role in Brexit. We need a rethink – Guardian, Stephen Hawking
- Brexit to weaken UK housing in near-term, Nationwide says – Business Times
- Reversing Brexit – Project-Syndicate, Kaletsky
- The difficulties of defining EU-UK economic relations – Bruegel
- Will TTIP survive Brexit? – Bruegel
- UK exports grow faster than global rivals for first time since 2006 as businesses target non-EU markets – Telegraph
United States
- US economy grows by just 1.2% in second quarter as businesses cut back – Guardian
- U.S. economy grew at a slow pace in spring, expanding at just 1.2 percent pace in second quarter – Washington Post
- Consumers seen powering U.S. economic growth in second quarter – Reuters
- U.S. trade, inventory data pose downside risk to second-quarter GDP – Reuters
- U.S. consumer agency seeks to overhaul debt collection industry – Reuters
- Hillary Clinton’s Policies Would Boost Growth and Budget Deficits, New Analysis Says – WSJ
- U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls to Five-Decade Low – WSJ
- Here’s why the U.S. economy is better than you think – Market Watch
- Is the Attempt to Link Trump and Putin a New McCarthyism?– Slate
- The Reviews Are In: Conservatives Say The DNC Was ’Disaster’ For The GOP– Talking Points Memo
- Republican security experts request congressional investigation of DNC hack– Washington Post
- Clinton Is Running As the Candidate of Democracy– NY Mag
- Hillary Clinton Warns of ‘Moment of Reckoning’ in Speech Accepting Nomination– NY Times
- This election isn’t just Democrat vs. Republican. It’s normal vs. abnormal.– VOX
- Clinton to Call 2016 Election ’Moment of Reckoning’ for U.S.– Bloomberg
- We are witnessing a visceral shift in the way the parties speak to the country– Washington Post
- Trump and the Oligarch– Politico
- Election Update: Why Our Model Is Bullish On Trump, For Now– Five Thirty Eight
- Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in June, Lowest since May 2008– Calculated Risk
- Federal Reserve says economy getting better but leaves interest rates unchanged – Washington Post
- Why Dropping the Trans-Pacific Partnership May Be a Bad Idea – NY Times
- One Thing Both Parties Want: To Break Up the Banks Again – NY Times
- The Fed teases a September hike, but will it chicken out? – CBS
- The Hillary Haters – Slate…good read, she is a woman who inspires…
- The Fed Meets Expectations, With a Caveat – Bloomberg, El-Erian
- Don’t Count on That U.S. Economy Data Quite Yet – Bloomberg
- Great Graphic: How the US Recovery Stacks Up – Marc to Market
- Here’s What’s Going Right, and Wrong, in the U.S. Economy – NY Times
Americas
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- Fixing the saving problem in Latin America and the Caribbean– VOX
- The Brazilian economy is struggling in a marathon of Olympic scale– The Times
- Top Vancouver realtor rapped for advising clients of way to avoid new 15% property transfer tax – Financial Post
- Canada’s biggest residential landlord is the most shorted company in North America – Financial Post
- Saving for development: Fixing the saving problem in Latin America and the Caribbean – VoxEU
Terra Incognita
- ASIC: $20 trillion worth of financial products may be affected by BBSW rigging – ABC
- Don’t expect super reform to come without a fight – ABC, Verrender…good read…
- Australian Bureau of Statistics reports 14 data breaches since 2013– The Guardian
- Not Just In The US: TPP Meeting More Resistance In Australia And Japan, Too – Tech Dirt
- Young Liberal sets up companies that harvest job-seeker data– The SMH
- Woolworths hands private label dairy contract to Bega Cheese, Murray Goulburn loses out– ABC
- Gutting Science: Malcolm Turnbull Has The Power To Reverse The Cuts And Stop The Exodus– New Matilda
- Road rage, running late and slow drivers push people to tailgate, research discovers– ABC
- Telstra will have to lower dividends and cut prices thanks to NBN, says Moody’s– The SMH
- Renewables a $10 billion opportunity over the next five years– The AFR
- Malcolm Turnbull refuses to nominate Kevin Rudd as UN secretary general– The Guardian
- ‘Petty’ Turnbull refuses to endorse Rudd for UN job – Canberra Times
- Mining industry denies political donations bought it influence over Queensland Government– ABC
- Why the RBA is on a knife edge – The AFR
- Australia stands up against the world’s tallest countries – Canberra Times
- Housing borrowing surged 8.8% in past year– Interest.co.nz
- Auckland’s intensification problem– Interest.co.nz
- New Zealand building boom to help cool property, supports case for rate cuts – Business Times
Commodities
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- Goldman says oil’s rebalancing remains fragile amid macro headwinds – Reuters
- Gold firms after Fed holds off signaling rate rise – Reuters
- The Death of OPEC – Project-Syndicate
- Surprise rally in coal prices expected to stretch as China buys more – Reuters
- Steel demand supporting iron ore price but Chinese SEOs could pose danger – CNBC
- The Glut Strikes Back as Oil Returns to Brink of Bear Market – Bloomberg
- How Donald Trump Changed My Mind About Gold – Bloomberg
- Japan’s top steelmakers boost output, but firm yen to erode annual profits – Reuters
- Hedge funds dump U.S. oil, turn record short on gasoline – Reuters
- Lithium surges in price as cars go electric – Nikkei Asian Review
- Oil sector credit downgrades rattle a shaken industry – Nikkei Asian Review
Capital Markets
- Buying Longer Bonds Holds Danger– WSJ
- Yen Volatility Surges to Highest Since 2008 Before BOJ: Chart– Bloomberg
- The point of no return for quantitative easing is getting closer – Market Watch
- What’s New About Today’s Low Interest Rates? – Project-Syndicate, Reinhart
- The Cheapest ETFs In The World – ETF.com
- What are the Implications of a Weaker Yuan? – ValueWalk
- The buck stops here: Vanguard money market funds The global case for strategic asset allocation and an examination of home bias – Vanguard…spot the home market bias in Oz…
- Dollar Pulls Back Further Post-FOMC – Marc to Market
- Long-bond fever ignores interest rate perils – Nikkei Asian Review
Global Macro
- Globalisation and politics: The new political divide – Economist…it is just another form of left and right…
- Deutsche Bank: Not Even Fiscal Stimulus Will Save Global Growth– Bloomberg
- Faltering Oil Rally Boosts Leveraged Loan Defaults, Fitch Says– Bloomberg
- Why Some Economists Are Talking About Dropping Money From the Sky– NY Times
- Islamic State’s oil revenue dives as it loses Iraqi territory– Reuters
- Helicopter Money: Why Some Economists Are Talking About Dropping Money From the Sky – NY Times
- What’s ahead for the WTO: Looking around the corner and beyond – VoxEU
- Secular stagnation in the open economies: How it spreads, how it can be cured – VoxEU
- An econophysics perspective of trade liberalisation – VoxEU
- Why Tax Havens Are Political and Economic Disasters – The Atlantic
- When Gains at the Top Hurt Those at the Bottom – The Atlantic
- IMF Apologizes For The Immolation Of Greece – ValueWalk
- The Death of the Central Bank – Bloomberg…yep, on that path…
- We’ve entered a danger zone in central banking – SCMP
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Accord Explained – NY Times
- Why Voters Don’t Buy It When Economists Say Global Trade Is Good – NY Times
- A Power Broker Who Wants Labor at the Table, Not on the Menu – NY Times
…and furthermore…
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- What Does ’Regulatory Capture’ Mean to Business and the Economy?– inc.com
- Beer from urine is totally safe to drink– Business Insider
- Unprecedented Alzheimer’s drug slows disease by 80 per cent– New Scientist
- 1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal – Guardian…classic read, mega wealth always has a mega ugly side…
- After 150 years, Japan is finally falling in love with cricket– Guardian
- Global Pokénomics gives businesses a real-world boost – Guardian
- These businesses are booming thanks to Russian hackers – Washington Post…there are Russian hackers on more than one side…
- Your kid is way more likely to be poisoned by crayons than by marijuana – Washington Post
- Why rich neighbors are bad for you – Washington Post
- New York Fed asks Philippines to recover Bangladesh money – Nikkei Asian Review
- A Brief History of (In)equality – Project-Syndicate, DeLong
- The Real Roots of Populism – Project-Syndicate
- Growth in a Time of Disruption – Project-Syndicate
- Panama Papers show Italian bribes’ path to Algeria: ICIJ – Business Times
- What Does Paternity Leave Have to Do with a Company’s Success? – Economonitor
- Failed states and the paradox of civilisation: New lessons from history – VoxEU
- Physician liability and medical innovation – VoxEU
- What leads to divorce? It’s often about work – CBS
- Public Dollars Don’t Favor Rich Students – The Atlantic
- The Olympics Have Always Been Political – The Atlantic…and they’ve always been corrupt, too…
- The Cheapest Generation – The Atlantic
- Memories from the (ferrous) scrap heap of history – Platts
- These 3 Animated Charts Capture The Economic Rise Of Asia – ValueWalk
- WHAT THE KREMLIN MAKES OF DONALD TRUMP – New Yorker
- CAN AN ADDICTION MEMOIR HELP US UNDERSTAND WALL STREET? – New Yorker
