Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- It’s Always a ‘Great Quarter, Guys!’ If You’re an Equity Analyst – Bloomberg
- Negative interest rates put world on course for biggest mass default in history – The Telegraph
- The Taylor Rule: A benchmark for monetary policy – brookings.edu
- G20: fossil fuel fears could hammer global financial system – The Telegraph
- Margin Debt Hits an All-Time High . . . So What? – The Big Picture
North America:
- Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement–April 29, 2015 – Federal Reserve
- America’s Student Debt Pain Threatening a Corner of Bond Market – Bloomberg
- The U.S. Can Stay World’s No. 1 Economy – Bloomberg View
- Fewer Americans Identify as Middle Class in Recent Years – Gallup
- U.S. Economic Growth Nearly Stalls Out – Wall Street Journal
- U.S. Economy Stalls in the First Quarter – Bloomberg
- Baltimore on Fire – C.C.com
Europe:
- German 10-Year Yields Reach the Highest Level in Six Weeks – Bloomberg
- The austerity delusion – The Telegraph
- Too tight to mention: why the Tories won’t talk about welfare cuts – The Guardian
- Let David Cameron Finish the Job – Bloomberg View
- Absence of contagion changes whole Greek game – Reuters
- Greek Banks Get More Funds as ECB Weighs Collateral Discount – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Alibaba Freezes Hiring as Ma Says Company Needs to Be Efficient – Bloomberg
- Obama accuses China of flexing muscle in disputes with neighbors – Reuters
- Abe’s quest to revive Japan – The Washington Post
- What Did the 26th ASEAN Summit Achieve? – The Diplomat
- No Deal, but Progress on Trans-Pacific Trade, Obama and Shinzo Abe Say After Meeting – New York Times
Local:
- AFP to face grilling on Bali nine role – Canberra Times
- Cold comfort in diplomatic deep freeze – Canberra Times
- Aldi, Costco hitting little guys: Coles – Canberra Times
- Iron ore reverses rally with 4.6% fall – Canberra Times
- How 55 millionaires paid no tax – The Age
- Housing crisis hits nation’s poorest – The Australian
- PM plays to small business on tax – The Australian
- Ailing Fortescue hits out at rivals – The Australian
- Hockey raises pressure as $39m Sydney mansion unsold – The Australian
- Prosperity is waning but Australia’s future is still rosy – The Australian
- Brisbane, Melbourne apartment prices fall – The AFR
- Cranes chart CBD high rise boom – The AFR
- Crackdown on SMSF borrowing flagged – The AFR
- Peter Costello throws down gauntlet over Coalition’s tax stance – The AFR
- The risky business of reverse mortgages – Business Spectator
- Who will pay the bill if coal power stations close? – Business Spectator
- Commodity prices: Over 100 years of booms and busts – Business Spectator
- Crunch time for Australian coal miners – The Business
Other:
- Video: Technology and Jobs: Should Workers Worry? – Bloomberg View