Global Macro / Markets:
- Who’s in the Bubble Basket? – sl-advisors.com
North America:
- US housing sector slumps in March – The AFR
- New-Home Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Slump to Eight-Month Low – Bloomberg
- For some U.S. states, budget woes are on the horizon – Fortune
- An unemployed aid program could help millions. Why aren’t more states using it? – Washington Post
- Banks’ Profit Measure Hits Decade-Long Low – Wall Street Journal
- Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion just got cheaper for states – VOX
Europe:
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- Accounting rules unravel the mysteries of Britain’s economy – Financial Times
- Bankers win friends again in Europe with lure of easy money – Reuters
- Euro Factory Surveys Rise as Price Weakness Persists – Bloomberg
- LNG Won’t Save Europe – National Interest
Asia:
- First hint of China’s manufacturing turnaround? – The AFR
- China ’the elephant in the room’ – BBC
- Living Without the Internet for a Year – farwestchina.com
- Wealthy Chinese are turning to American surrogates to birth their children – Quartz
Local:
- Transurban’s $7 billion QLD motorways deal – The AFR
- PM confronts the size of his Palmer problem – The AFR
- Hockey outlines Budget hit-list – The AFR
- “We all have to give”: Hockey – The Australian
- Nothing is free, says Hockey – Canberra Times
- Spending cuts trump tax rises – Canberra Times
- Hockey warns of pension cuts – The Guardian
- The beginnings of a Budget repair job – The Australian
- A surplus task without precedent – The Australian
- Household debt getting close to limit – The AFR
- Fears for childcare in quality overhaul – The Australian
- Eastern state gas prices could rise above world level – The Australian
- Leave the diesel rebate alone – The Australian
- APS bosses to pocket 5% pay rise – Canberra Times
- Why the RBA will keep its cool on inflation – Business Spectator
- Palmer and the Greens have got to be kidding – Business Spectator
Other:
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- Sherpas Move to Shut Everest in Labor Fight – New York Times
- Squatters in Venezuela’s 45-Story ’Tower of David’ – The Atlantic
- A post-crash manifesto to rebuild economics – Financial Times