Macro and Markets
- Fed is on track to raise rates this year says Yellen – Reuters (ruh roh)
- Caterpillar sends warning on global demand – FT
- This is the best time to borrow money in all of history – Washington Post
- Emerging markets are facing a huge FX bill – Bloomberg
- S&P revises its oil and energy prices down for 2016 – SPRatings
Asia
- The significance of Xi JinPing’s visit to the US – The Diplomat
- If you want to see the real China, say Jim Chanos look here – GlobalTimes
- 30 charts and maps that explain China – IBT
Americas
- Pope Francis brings social message to Congress – Bloomberg
- Nobody is worried about the looming US government shutdown – BI
- Donald Trump doesn’t understand climate change – IBT (you don’t say!)
Europe
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- Is something rotten in corporate German culture? Bloomberg View
- Whats the big lesson from the VW emissions scandal? BV
- The weirdest thing about the world’s biggest beer festival – WaPo (no emissions from beer?)
- Emissions scandal could open door for full blown electric car industry – The Economist (good read)
The Antipodes
- Scott Morrison wants to reform tax for growth – AFR (good luck!)
- John Fraser says Australia risks being left behind – AFR (risks? we’re practically running backwards!)
- Risks posed by offshore funding are rising – BS Callam Pickering (good read that one)
…and furthermore…
- New theory of stealth dark matter may find the universe’s missing mass – ScienceDaily (Fascinating – no really)
- Millenials go “rogue” – Bloomberg Podcast (its your future – take it! Might be the next Greatest Generation, in my view)
- Millenials parents more likely to save for their kids college than Boomers – Reuters (oh really…how selfish of them)
And for something completely different, but maybe some Australian economists and their echo crowd in the media could do with the following fly by to put some sense into them (NSFW language at the end here!!)
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