Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How tearing apart Nafta could wreak havoc on supply chains – Bloomberg
- Banks Make Unwanted Risk Lucrative With Bets for Hedge Funds – Bloomberg
- Here’s a Glimpse of the Global Trade Carnage From a U.S. Border Tax – Bloomberg
- Specter of global trade war rises as trump puts ‘america first’ – Bloomberg
- Bank competition and financial stability: The role of financial innovation – VOX
- Millennials Weren’t the Only Ones Making Bad Trades Last Year – Bloomberg
- U.S. May Export More Oil in 2017 Than Four OPEC Nations Produce – Bloomberg
- End of central bankers’ ’15 minutes of fame’ draws near: BoE’s Carney – Reuters
- Stock-market trading is changing in the age of passive investing – MarketWatch
Americas:
- House votes to overturn Obama gun rule – The Hill
- Liberals prepare yourselves — the economy could start out really strong under Trump – Vice
- Why Fed Officials Are Worried About Rising Apartment Towers – Bloomberg
- The Fed’s Bond Portfolio Is Growing Up, and That Means Less Support for the Economy – WSJ
- Manufacturing Accelerates in U.S. for a Fifth Straight Month – Bloomberg
- Distrust in Trump’s White House spurs leaks, confusion – Politico
- Trading in Trump’s Lies – Politico
- Will GDP and Unemployment Numbers Be Politicized Under Trump? – The Atlantic
- How Immigration Uncertainty Threatens America’s Tech Dominance – WSJ
- How a former editor allegedly used Vice Canada to recruit drug mules for a global smuggling ring – National Post
- Trump to Mexico: Take Care of ’Bad Hombres’ or US Might – AP
- In a ’humiliating’ and ’threatening’ tone, Trump lambasted Mexico’s president during a phone call – Business Insider
Europe:
- For Europe, There’s a New Threat in Town: The U.S. – NY Times
- European parliament leaders call on EU to reject Trump’s likely ambassador pick – The Guardian
- The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union White Paper – www.gov.uk
- The cost of leaving the euro is rising every month for Italy – The Telegraph
- Germany Inc. Touts Benefits of Trade After Trump Dumps on Euro – Bloomberg
- Brexit: MPs overwhelmingly back Article 50 bill – BBC
- EU will lose out from bad Brexit deal on City, says leaked report – The Guardian
- The End of Russia’s Olympic Truce on Dissent – WSJ
- Technological creativity and the Great Enrichment: Reflections on the ’Rise of Europe’ – VOX
- Tsipras tries to put the lid on gloom, blames IMF for delay – ekathimerini.com
Asia:
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- Japan’s robot chefs aim to show how far automation can go – FT
- Japan 10-Year Yield Surges as BOJ Bond-Buying Boost Disappoints – Bloomberg
- Top Japan Hedge Fund Says Trump Rally Will Fade – Bloomberg
- Indian IT Minister Says Apple Plans To Make iPhones In Bengaluru – BuzzFeed
- Mattis to re-assure Japan, South Korea that Trump won’t bite – CNBC
- Japan considers buying more U.S. energy as Abe prepares to meet Trump – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- U.S.-Australia Rift Is Possible After Trump Ends Call With Prime Minister – NY Times
- The “Worst Deal Ever” With Australia Really Is Pretty Bad – BuzzFeed
- Wake up Australia: the US alliance has never been our security ‘guarantee’ – The SMH
- Liberal ‘clean coal fantasy’ will hit renewables investment: Greens – ABC
- Asset test for aged pension should include family home, Australian Chamber of Commerce says – ABC
- Oil spill near ExxonMobil drilling platform in Bass Strait to be investigated – The Guardian
- Greens intend to put a motion to the senate calling for the date of Australia Day to be moved – The Greens
- Resources Minister Matt Canavan opens $5 billion infrastructure fund for clean-coal power stations – ABC
- Abbott government bungled Indigenous funding overhaul, a major report finds – ABC
- Turnbull’s new energy adviser worked for coal industry lobby group – The Guardian
- Trump is only finishing what Hollywood and the media started – Waleed Aly – The Age
- Australia PM to Trump: “We’re the racist ones mate” – The Beaverton
- Abbott government bungled Indigenous funding overhaul, a major report finds – ABC
- Small Business Ombudsman ‘fed up’ with banks – ABC
- Older Australians reject calls to include family home in pension test – ABC
- Westpac tightens rules for Gen X buyers – The AFR
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