Global Macro / Markets / Investing
- Production fragmentation and the global trade slowdown – VOX
- How trade liberalisation fosters global innovation – VOX
- Oil prices climb on expectation of OPEC-led output cut – Reuters
- Hedge Funds Embrace Copper’s Wild Ride – Bloomberg
- Rising rates test resolve of investors who piled into bonds – Reuters
Americas:
- Obama says he may take on Trump – Politico
- A scramble to assess the dangers of President-elect Donald Trump’s global business empire – Washington Post
- Inside America’s eerie abandoned shopping malls – News.com
- America Called Bullshit on the Cult of Clinton – Reason
- As the U.S. Smolders, Venezuela Burns – Bloomberg
- Venezuela’s Nemesis Is a Hardware Salesman at a Home Depot in Alabama
Europe:
- Italy’s referendum holds the key to the future of the euro – FT
- Michael Flynn, on trip to Russia, said ’who knows’ whether Syria gas attack was a ’false flag’ – CNN
- Merkel to seek fourth term to defend threatened ’values’ – Yahoo
- Merkel to Seek 4th Term as Germany’s Leader – NY Times
- Angela Merkel to Stand for Re-Election as German Chancellor – WSJ
- France’s Fillon wins top spot in conservative primary, Sarkozy goes out – Reuters
- Tony Blair ’returning to politics’ because he thinks Jeremy Corbyn ’is a nutter’ and Theresa May ’is a lightweight’ – The Independent
- European leaders agree UK must be forced into hard Brexit – The Independent
- Italy’s Banks Are in a Slow-Motion Crisis. And Europe May Pay. – NY Times
Asia:
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- Malaysia asks foreign banks to stop ringgit trading – FT
- Yuan Falls to Eight-Year Low as Central Bank Cuts Reference Rate – Bloomberg
- China, Russia to Push for Free-Trade Area in Asia-Pacific – Bloomberg
- The world’s rising superpower has a particular vision of ethnicity and nationhood that has implications at home and abroad – The Economist
- China pledges further opening as leaders scramble for free trade – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian politicians are terrified of where Angry White Man will strike next – The SMH
- 7-Eleven: Covert video captures worker being forced to pay back wage in cash – ABC
- Budget Blowout, 24b deficit forecast due to weak wages, govt still going ahead with company tax break. – SBS
- NASA chief slaps down climate sceptic senator Malcolm Roberts: ‘A number of misconceptions’ – The SMH
- Richard Di Natale: ‘United States alliance now represents a security threat to Australia’ – The Age
- Coalition staffers’ workplace revolt over pay and conditions escalates – The Age
- CBD apartment prices are dropping nationally – News.com.au
- Leadership deficit in politics: Keating – SBS
- ADANI has announced it will build a 200MW solar plant in Central Queensland – Daily Mercury
- IAB study claims 27% of Australians use adblocking technology – Mumbrella
- Peter Dutton points finger at Muslims of Lebanese background in immigration row – The Guardian
- Response shows depths of hostility towards ‘double-dipping’ mums – News.com.au
- New union to challenge ‘shoppies’ after massive wages scandal – The SMH
- Rio Tinto cuts WA iron ore jobs, 500 expected to go – ABC
- Study indicates high rate of ‘intentional’ drug-related deaths among nurses – ABC
- Why won’t Australia ratify an international deal to cut mercury pollution? – Renew Economy
- Donald Trump’s election could take Australia into ‘unchartered waters’, former DFAT chief says – ABC
- Tax deductions for work clothes to be scrapped? – Canberra Times
- ‘Absolute disaster’: Apartments swamp Canberra – Canberra Times
- Turnbull is about to find out if the election was worth it – Canberra Times
- Morrison is going to have to hit reset – The AFR
- Scott Morrison open to cutting perks for the over 65s – The AFR
- Why officials only tinker with the Skilled Occupation List – The Australian