Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why the falling cost of light matters – BBC
- Sleepy S&P 500 Approaching a Record of Inaction That’s Stood for Four Decades – WSJ
- Wall Street’s Hottest Investment Idea May Be Getting Too Hot – Bloomberg
- Considering a REIT? Here’s How to Evaluate Likely Returns – WSJ
- As Bitcoin ETF Nears, Analysts Warn of Trading Frenzy – WSJ
- The Economic Growth That Experts Can’t Count – NY Times
- Oil becoming a crowded trade as hedge funds pile in – Reuters
Americas:
- And Then the Breitbart Lynch Mob Came for Me – Foreign Policy
- Melania Trump missed out on ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to make millions, lawsuit says – Washington Post
- How Attorneys General Became Democrats’ Bulwark Against Trump – NY Times
- Google Said to Fund Legal Brief Against Trump Immigration Order – Bloomberg
- Trump leans on ‘fake news’ line to combat reports of West Wing dysfunction – Politico
- How to Get Out of the Cycle of Outrage in a Trump World – Thrive Global
- Trump’s White House tries to rehab its Hill outreach – Politico
- Spicer: New York Times owes Trump an apology – The Hill
- The battle over Trump’s immigration ban is heating up – Business Insider
- Black Knight: “7.4 million homes lost to foreclosure sale since 2007” – Calculated Risk
- Canada shouldn’t throw Mexico under the bus to placate Donald Trump – Canadian Business
- Meanwhile in Canada … Things Are Just as Bad – NY Times
Europe:
- Was Greece’s Deficit Inflated? – WSJ
- Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat—And Casinos Have No Fix – Wired
- Kremlin says it disagrees with Trump’s assessment of Iran – Reuters
- What Americans Talk About When They Talk About Putin – The Atlantic
- ECB sees seeds of next crisis in Trump deregulation plan – Reuters
- Draghi Rebuts Trump Lines on Currency Wars, Bank Rules – Bloomberg
- Saving the euro from itself is a work in progress for the ECB’s Draghi – Business Insider
- Germany opposes unilateral tariffs on imports: Merkel – Reuters
- The French election that really matters – Politico
- The €60 billion Brexit bill: How to disentangle Britain from the EU budget – CER
- Trump as Nero: Europe Must Defend Itself Against A Dangerous President – Der Spiegel
Asia:
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- Pakistan’s Economy Is a Pleasant Surprise – Bloomberg
- Eswar Prasad on Chinese Monetary Policy – Sound Cloud
- Geithner Is Exactly Wrong on China Trade – WSJ
- How Chinese mobile payments are quietly conquering the world – Tech Node
- China’s Factories Don’t Fear Trump – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s chief scientist compares Trump to Stalin over climate censorship – The Guardian
- Turnbull axes MPs’ Life Gold Pass for travel – Business Insider
- MPs’ travel gold pass scrapped as part of entitlements overhaul – The Guardian
- Furious Liberal MPs turn on ‘rat’ Cory Bernardi – The AFR
- Laura Tingle: The threat posed by Cory Bernardi isn’t that serious – The AFR
- Cory Bernardi misled party preselectors, former Liberal senator Sean Edwards says – ABC
- Cory Bernardi ready to lead silent, invisible, possibly non-existent majority – SBS
- Cory Bernardi’s unchained melody carries a simple note of cynical opportunism – The Guardian
- Why coal-fired power handouts would be an attack on climate and common sense – The Guardian
- Former coal worker wants Prime Minister to invest in Solar Power – Trans-Continental
- Cory Bernardi warns Malcolm Turnbull of fresh leadership talk in defection call – The SMH
- Govt Sticks With Same-Sex Marriage Plebiscite as Advocates Call for Politicians to ‘Do Their Job’ – Probono Australia
- Economists’ verdict: Health insurance price hikes ‘unwarranted’ – The SMH
- Transurban ready to pounce on WestConnex as Sydney toll roads power profits – The SMH
- Loyal voters don’t think govt right on tax – 9News
- ‘This is insane’: How Centrelink terrorised me over my ex’s debt – Canberra Times
- Is it time to crack down on property investors, again? – Canberra Times
- Deep divide over Oz’s economic path – The AFR
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RBNZ Governor won’t seek another term – Interest.co.nz
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Housing dominates Parliament opening – Interest.co.nz
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Migrants aren’t the cause of the housing problems – Interest.co.nz