Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The false choice between equality and globalization – VOX
- Junk bond illiquidity rears its ugly head – Wall Street Journal
- Investors blow froth off junk bond market – Financial Times
- Forex market volatility is at record lows – MoneyBeat
- Warren Buffett is sitting up on his largest cash pile – Bloomberg
- Gold Industry Takeovers Climb to Highest in Three Years – Bloomberg
North America:
- The prime working age population is growing again – Calculated Risk
- The US has a big shortage of truck drivers – Business Insider
- The amazingly rapid suburbanization of poverty – VOX
Europe:
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- New War Risk on Russia Fringes Amid Armenia-Azeri Clashes – Bloomberg
- Germany cancels defence contract with Russia – Financial Times
- Russian Sanctions Begin To Backfire – Business Insider
- Ebola terror at Gatwick as Sierra Leone flight passenger dies – Mirror Online
- Portugal Rescue Avoids Cyprus-Style Pain in Test of Bank Rules – Bloomberg
- Germany finally ends World War One reparations – Mail Online
- France urges G20 to put issue of US bank fines on agenda – Financial Times
- Britain has taken longer to recover from recession than at any time since the South Sea Bubble – The Independent
Asia:
- India’s Toilet Race Failing as Villages Don’t Use Them – Bloomberg
- China releases investigative journalist after almost year in jail – Reuters
- China: Billionaire Killed By Champagne Bottle Cork – worldnewsdailyreport.com
- PBOC’s $162 Billion Loan Spurs Speculation on Easing – Bloomberg
- Adam Posen on Japan’s Recovery: Going Right, Just Not Going Well – Wall Street Journal
- Beijing plans to bad coal by end of 2020 – The AFR
Local:
- Chinese double real estate bet – The AFR
- Hockey fails to sway senators – The AFR
- Calls to rein in “unfair cuts” – The Australian
- Aussie businesses Asia reach at odds with FTAs – The AFR
- Popular myths confuse online piracy debate – The AFR
- Labor’s NBN rushed, chaotic – The Australian
- To win the Budget debate, the Coalition needs to change it – The Australian
- Business confidence hits 11-year high – The Australian
- City childcare to cost more – The Australian
- CSG firms admit health impacts: activists – The Australian
- Call to stop HECS free-ride – Canberra Times
- Hockey holds back Budget modelling documents – Canberra Times
- Put your cards on the table, Mr Hockey – Canberra Times
- $18 billion East-West Link requires special laws – The Age
- Leap in gas prices no laughing matter – The Age
- Australia’s coming jobs boom – Business Spectator
- Households feel the pinch of a weak economy – Business Spectator
- Andrew Forrest is wrong, welfare spending is not “out-of-control” – The Guardian
Other:
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- Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza – New York Times
- Largest ever Ebola outbreak is not a global threat – Nature.com
- There’s No Defense for Today’s Income Inequality – Bloomberg View
- Has paper money outlived its purpose? – Money & Banking