Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bears at their lowest level since 1987 – Ryan Detrick
- Crushing the efficient market hypothesis – Pragmatic Capitalism
- The stock market is not broken – Fortune
- Now bond traders have a dark pool to muck about in – Wall Street Journal
North America:
- Three common misconceptions about the US economy – Morgan Housel
- The US boom in multi-family housing – Enterprising Investor
- The housing stock in the US is not built for a rapidly aging population – Wonkblog
- The labor market is on the rise – Capital Spectator
- Unemployment to Tick Down to 6.1 Percent for August; Continues to Resume its Slow Decline – Brookings
- The world needs a mighty U.S. military – Washington Post
- Vancouver single-family detached homes hit record high prices – Globe & Mail
Europe:
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- EU plans to target Russian oil groups with new sanctions – Financial Times
- ECB acts to boost eurozone with rate cut and asset purchases – Financial Times
- German companies struggle to rise to Silicon Valley challenge – Financial Times
- Negative Bund yields highlight Europe’s ‘chronic problem’ – Financial Times
- ECB Cuts Interest Rates. What Next From Mario Draghi? – Wall Street Journal
- Putin’s endgame – VOX
- Everything we thought we knew about the UK economy was wrong – The Telegraph
Asia:
- China’s State Media Says Buy Equities – Bloomberg
- China’s Education Gap – New York Times
- Japan’s first ever roundabouts confuse drivers – The Telegraph
- BoJ strikes bearish note – Financial Times
Local:
- Real GDP per capita growth over the past 10 years: not what you’d think – FT Alphaville
- Economy enters ‘danger zone’ – The AFR
- Monetary policy reaches its limit – The AFR
- We must be free to end our lives – The AFR
- Super battle far from over – The AFR
- The gender pay gap is getting wider – The AFR
- Murdoch’s radical pay-TV play – The AFR
- Hawke links penalty pay to youth unemployment – The AFR
- Frugal life awaits super-stripped – The Australian
- Sad demise of the dismal science – The Australian
- Deal struck over big project deals – The Australian
- Dole ’emergency’ as line triples – The Australian
- Hockey warns firms on tax – Canberra Times
- Graduates that head north could have HECS debts wiped – Canberra Times
- Financial inquiries find much to fix – Canberra Times
- Small miners feel pinch as iron ore price falls – Canberra Times
- Have baby boomers made a big investment mistake – Business Spectator
- The challenges underlying retail’s rebound – Business Spectator
- Coalition rubbishes Palmer fund – The Guardian
Other:
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- Surviving an ISIS Massacre [includes graphic images] – New York Times
- Gross National Happiness: a bad idea whose time has gone – Financial Times
- Total Factor Productivity as a Measure of Welfare – Growth Economics