Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Electronic money as an enhancement or replacement – VOX
- Markets Are Right More Often Than You Think – Bloomberg
- Demographics, robots and global economic growth – Washington Centre for Equitable Growth
- Davos in the spotlight – The Economist
Americas:
- Trump Expected to Order Mexican Border Wall – NY Times
- President Trump is planning to sign executive orders on immigration this week – Washington Post
- Trump Places Tall Order on Trade – WSJ
- Prepare for Fiscal Bloodbath, Not Fiscal Stimulus – Daily Reckoning
- Trump clamps down on federal agencies – The Hill
- Trump bans government scientists from sharing their work with the taxpayers who funded it – Raw Story
- Obama, Republicans seek common ground on economy – LA Times
- Donald Trump Thinks the Unemployment Rate Is “Fiction.” Fine. Here’s What He Should Track Instead. – Slate
- Dems seek to limit Trump’s options for using nuclear weapons – The Hill
- Oil-dependent US states sliding into recession, S&P says – France 24
- Pressured by Trump, Mexico ready to discuss NAFTA rules in U.S. talks – Reuters
- These states would get hurt most in a Trump trade war – CNBC
- A Canadian oil pipeline leaked more than 50,000 gallons of oil on aboriginal land – Business Insider
- Hedge Funds Said to Offer Puerto Rico Financing as Talks Begin – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Trump’s approach to trade risks tit-for-tat reaction: ECB’s Praet – Reuters
- Britain shouldn’t get too excited by the prospect of a trade agreement with Donald Trump – The Economist
- Trump Takes Aim at the European Union – Foreign Affairs
- Scotland Gets Closer to Independence Vote With Brexit Ruling – Bloomberg
- Theresa May Needs Parliamentary Approval to Trigger Brexit, Supreme Court Rules – Bloomberg
- U.K. Government Loses Supreme Court Appeal Over Brexit Case – Bloomberg
- What Does the U.K. Ruling Mean for Brexit and What Comes Next? – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China foreign minister says wants to manage disputes with U.S. – Reuters
- Is Trump ready for war in the South China Sea, or is his team just not being clear? – Washington Post
- Chicken Feet And China: Back to the Future – Council on Foreign Relations
- China pushes back on Trump admin over disputed islands – NBC
- Donald Trump just forfeited in his first fight with China – Washington Post
- As Trump kills the TPP, can China-backed RCEP fill the gap? – SCMP
- In Its Third Month, India’s Cash Shortage Begins to Bite – NY Times
- China’s Efforts to Stem Capital Outflows Are Starting to Pay Off – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia open to China and Indonesia joining TPP after US pulls out – The Guardian
- Japan rejects Malcolm Turnbull’s push to salvage Trans-Pacific Partnership: report – The Age
- Bill Shorten vows new protections for lower-paid workers in fresh penalty rates challenge to Malcolm Turnbull – The Age
- Housing affordability: Barnaby Joyce comments show Government is out of touch, Bill Shorten says – ABC
- Queensland’s Taxi Council raising $2.3m for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation – ABC
- National wheat yields have stalled due to climate change – The Conversation
- Real estate: Housing outlook moderate to grim, according to experts and property industry – ABC
- Sydney housing: Negative gearing looms as major headache for Gladys Berejiklian – ABC
- Centrelink scandal: union reports appeals against welfare debts at ‘record’ levels – The Guardian
- How the Centrelink debt debacle failure rate is much worse than we all thought – The SMH
- Artificial intelligence has arrived, but Australian businesses don’t know how to use it – The Guardian
- Morrison outlines ‘Australia first’ trade policy after Trump’s TPP withdrawal – ABC
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This might be a year of mortgage belt tightening for many – Interest.co.nz