Sunrise over Byron Bay – DE
Asia
- China Seeks to Calm Markets as It Devalues Currency for 3rd Consecutive Day – NYT
- China denies currency war as global steel industry cries foul – Ambrose
- Dangerous chemicals at Tianjin blast site were stored just 600 metres from residential complex – Hong Kong Free Press
- China Scrambles To Hide Toxic Fallout Of Tianjin Chemical Explosion – ZH
- China hit by explosion at second factory – less than 24 hours after deadly blast in Tianjin – SCMP
- Aerial tour of the China blast site – BBC
- China Air Pollution Kills 4,000 People a Day: Researchers – Bloomberg
- China’s Long Minsky Moment – New Yorker
- China reveals increase in gold holdings – FT
- Malaysia takes a hammering – Yahoo
Europe
- Rumours of the euro’s likely demise are greatly exaggerated – EUROPP
- IMF: Lagarde eyes new act in Greek drama – FT
- Tsipras wins bailout vote, faces widening rebellion – Reuters
- Finland’s Stubb on Greece: ‘I’ve Never Seen Risks Like That in Negotiations’ – WSJ
- Statement on Greece by the European Commission in liaison with the European Central Bank – EU
- Statement at the End of an IMF Staff Visit to Greece – IMF
- Finnish economy stuck in three-year-old recession – data – Reuters
United States
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- SEC Admits It’s Not Monitoring Stock Buybacks to Prevent Market Manipulation – Dave Dayen
- Food Banks Struggle to Meet Surprising Demand – AP
Americas
No idea Land
- Every man for himself on Tony Abbott’s sinking ship – AFR
- Good government needn’t be a punchline, Tony Abbott – SMH
- More pain in store for first-home buyers – AFR
- Clive Palmer loses case as long running battle with Citic rages on – AFR
- Cabinet ministers engage in open warfare on same-sex marriage – Guardian
- Tax Office eyes state tax takeover as part of functional review – Canberra Times
- ASIC has bank coffers in its sights – SMH
- Reserve Bank says low wage growth could reflect shift in bargaining power of labour – SMH
- Australia’s future bright despite bumps in the road – Business Day … How are these people still writing ? vomit rises to the throat.
Global Macro
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- Back to Fundamentals in Emerging Markets – Project Syndicate
- Very much anticipated: ECB QE had a big impact on asset prices, even before it was officially announced – Back underground
- Currency-rigging lawsuit settlements rise past $2 billion: lawyer – Reuters
- Which country is most likely to have the next financial crisis? – Marginal Revolution
…and furthermore…
- Humanity exceeds nature’s budget for 2015 – PhysOrg
- New Study Finds That Having Your First Child Makes You Miserable – Alternet
- By 2100, Earth Will Have an Entirely Different Ocean – Motherboard
- MIT Has Plans for a Real ARC Fusion Reactor – IEEE Spectrum.
- Clinical trials begin for Russia’s first medical exoskeleton – Robohub.
- People’s quantitative easing — no magic – FT
- Mental Model: Misconceptions of Chance – Farnam Street