Sorry for the lack of W/E links, my youngest yard ape turned 8 yesterday so it was a bit of a crazy day.
Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- US warns of ‘increasingly unbalanced’ global economy – FT
- U.S. Growth Seen Slower Amid Dollar Headwinds WSJ
- Factories Be Warned: U.S. Wholesalers Face an Inventory Glut Bloomberg
- Spotify Nears Deal to Raise $400 Million at $8.4 Billion Valuation – WSJ
- What really causes economic downturns? – WeForum
- General Electric to Sell Bulk of Its Finance Unit – NYT
- Saudia Arabia maneuvers to retain oil crown – WSJ
- A historical look at deflation – Vox EU
- What Causes Recessions? – Noah Smith
Americas:
- Bernanke-Summers Debate II: Savings Glut, Investment Shortfall, Or Monty Python? -Forbes
- Dimon, now Summers: There’s a liquidity problem – CNBC
- How Wall Street captured Washington’s effort to rein in banks – Reuters
- Royal Dutch Shell Deal Is More Evidence Of Corporate America’s Lost Bragging Rights – Forbes
- Hillary Clinton expected to announce presidential run as soon as this weekend – Reuters
- California’s New Era of Heat Destroys All Previous Records – Reuters
- Is the future of America a crummy service job stamping on a human face, forever? – Vox
- Venezuela Inflation Seen Pushing 200% as Rationing Deepens – Bloomberg
- The Real Role of Land Values in the United States – CityLab
- Middle Class, but Feeling Economically Insecure – NYT
- Apple and the Self-Surveillance State – Paul Krugman
Europe:
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- Nomura and RBS accused of ‘deceit’ in mortgage securities trial – FT
- Deutsche Bank Said Close to $1.5 Billion Settlement on Libor – Bloomberg
- Oil discovery near Gatwick airport ‘significant’ – BBC
- Greece makes IMF payment, gets bank funds, but doubts remain – Reuters
- Putin gives visiting Greek prime minister Tsipras an ancient Greek icon once stolen by Nazis – Fox
- ECB president ‘blew up’ at plan that could have solved the Greek crisis in 2010 – BI
- The Eurozone’s False Recovery by Philippe Legrain – Project Syndicate
- The last coal miners of Spain – Telegraph
Asia:
- China’s “Terriyfng” Economy – Bloomberg Video
- How China Can Perfect Its ‘Silk Road’ Strategy – The Diplomat
- China TV host’s mocking of Mao Zedong draws fire, applause – Asian Correspondent
- China Bears on Wrong End of $4 Trillion Rally Refuse to Go Away – Bloomberg
- This is *really* nuts. When’s the crash? – FT
- The China Bubble – Crossing Wall Street
- End of the Affair – Economist
- Iran deal could stumble on sensitive nuclear monitoring – The Japan Times
Local:
- Banks look vulnerable as lucrative loans market gets personal online – Business Day
- Kids who say no to inheriting parents’ possessions – SMH
- ATO too ‘generous’ on corporate claims – Business Day
- BHP and Rio Tinto under audit – Business Day
- We can borrow what we need – Business Day
- Anti-piracy regulations sharpened – SMH
- Rates moves the biggest game in town – AFR
- Is Atlas Iron the first of many? – AFR
- Super, pension perks in Hockey’s sights – AFR
- Rich, godless voting Green– TheOz
- Death, Taxes and FairFax fantasies – TheOz
- Smaller states warned to stop blocking GST reform or ‘suffer consequences’ – ABC
- ‘Greece’ ore crash warning – TheOz
- Treasury does not know how much revenue Australia is losing to multinational profit-shifting – Canberra Times
- Plunging Iron ore digs a whole in Aussie Budget – WSJ Video
Other:
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- A cryptocurrency fit for Wall Street – FT
- ‘Warm blob’ in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US Science Daily
- 200 Years Ago This Week: Tambora’s Eruption Causes a Planet-Wide Climate Emergency Weather Underground
- Dream Teams – New Yorker