Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- On the Cost of Holding Reserves. Sometimes It Is Not That High – Council on Foreign Relations
- Why so many tech companies are valued at over a billion without making a dime in profit – Vice
- Regulator Proposes Walling Off Wall Street Investment Banks – Bloomberg
- How artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace – WSJ
- This is the most overvalued stock market on record – MarketWatch
- Global Supply Chains Are About to Get Better, Thanks to Blockchain – HBR
- Will the Proposed US Border Tax Provoke WTO Retaliation from Trading Partners? – PIIE
- A dangerous myth about trade deficits – EconLog
- Chart of the Week: The Productivity Puzzle – IMF
- Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin – Greenwich
- Big Oil’s Big Climate Divide – Bloomberg
Americas:
- CBO estimates 14 million more uninsured next year under GOP plan – WSJ
- Trump looks to woo conservatives on Obamacare repeal – Politico
- White House insists public can trust Trump’s words – Politico
- The American Dream is twice as easy to reach in Canada – Business Insider
- Gingrich: ’Corrupt’ CBO should be abolished – The Hill
- Don’t undermine the Congressional Budget Office. Use it. – Washington Post
- CBO: Republican health care bill raises premiums for older, poor Americans by more than 750% – VOX
- Fact-checking White House criticism of CBO health care analysis – Politifacts
- Trump Is Letting His Generals Figure Out How To Defeat ISIS – BuzzFeed
- Winners in Obama’s America Are Still Riding High – Bloomberg
- In Pricey Silicon Valley, Teachers Scramble for Housing – CityLab
- Brazilian president moves house because of ’ghosts’ – Mail Online
Europe:
- Russia appears to deploy forces in Egypt, eyes on Libya role – sources – Reuters
- Brexit bill: Lords pass landmark legislation on leaving EU – BBC
- Scottish leader demands new independence vote before Brexit – Reuters
- Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to seek second referendum – BBC
- UK PM May’s hand moves closer to Brexit trigger – Reuters
- Greek minister says opposition support needed for austerity – ekathimerini.com
Asia:
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- What Is The State Of Artificial Intelligence In China? – Forbes
- China’s bank funding gets even more twisted with the negotiable CD – WSJ
- SEAL Team 6 is reportedly training for a decapitation strike against North Korea’s Kim regime – Business Insider
- Asian countries are eating more wheat – The Economist
- Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia Is ’Prepared to Do More’ to Slow Housing, RBA Says – Bloomberg
- SA power: $500m plan outlined for state’s energy future – ABC
- South Australian government launches web site to explain their new energy plan – Our Energy Plan
- South Australia to build battery AND gas plant under $550 million energy plan – The SMH
- Adani’s planned Carmichael coal mine to shift millions to Cayman Islands shell company – ABC
- Turnbull Advises South Australians To Cut Deal With Right Wing Of Liberal Party “It’s The Quickest Way To Get Power” – The Shovel
- Victoria to Invest in Large Scale Energy Storage: 100MW Battery Facilities – Premier
- Most voters support minimum tax rates for high earners, including the Buffett Rule, survey finds – The Guardian
- Gas crisis: a crisis of guile and greed – Michael West
- Anti-mining tax advertising avalanche set to blast Grylls out of Parliament – ABC
- ‘Bastions of inequality’: selective schools increasingly cater to the most advantaged students – The SMH
- Renewable energy is now Australia’s cheapest energy option – Eco News
- Could Labor break up the big four banks? ALP frontbencher says it could happen – The Age
- Put family home in assets test – The Australian
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Central govt gives local govt a yes and a no – Interest.co.nz
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Is the Auckland housing market in check? And for how long? – Interest.co.nz
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