Macro & Markets
- Criticism over communication dogs Yellen – Nikkei Asian Review
- Deal still faces political hurdles in member countries – Nikkei Asian Review
- Is the TPP ‘the new gold standard’ or just ‘thin gruel’? Why the trade deal is still a work in progress – Financial Post
- How a ‘price spike’ threat lurks even in a world awash in oil – Financial Post
- OECD unveils global push to end tax havens and loopholes – Telegraph
- Six bears, zero bulls point to lower Asia LNG price – Reuters, Clyde Russell…not to mention white elephants in Australia…
- Multinationals’ tax-dodging could be on the way out – CBS
- Crude stabilizes around $45-50, but could it be a false bottom? – Nikkei Asian Review
Asia
- China’s credit-fuelled expansion ‘unsustainable’ as country faces delicate transition to safer growth – Telegraph
- China’s currency surges to No.4 spot in global payments in August, overtaking Japanese yen – SCMP
- Spectre of 1997 financial crisis haunts Southeast Asia – SCMP
Europe
- Theresa May: Mass immigration making ‘cohesive society’ impossible – Telegraph
- Greece Without Illusions – Project-Syndicate, Varoufakis
- Greek bank recap is race against time – Reuters
- Europe’s Aging Society Seen as Roadblock for Economic Revival – Bloomberg
- EU-U.S. Data-Sharing Pact Is Invalid, EU’s Top Court Rules – Bloomberg
Americas
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- Trade Deficit in U.S. Widened in August by Most in Five Months – Bloomberg
- The Fed and its fear of financial analysis – Reuters
- Big U.S. firms hold $2.1 trillion overseas to avoid taxes: study – Reuters
- S. motorists opt for larger vehicles, lower fuel economy – Reuters, John Kemp
- Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings – Market Watch
- Harper sells out consumers on TPP, caves in to farmers – Financial Post
- Oil Industry Gaining in Push for Repeal of U.S. Ban on Petroleum Exports – NY Times
Terra Incognita
- Penalty rates: Liberal MPs push for cuts as Malcolm Turnbull suggests change is inevitable – Fairfax
- BEPS plan puts companies in the firing line, say experts – Fairfax
- TPP: Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership really benefit Australia? – Fairfax
- Five things you need to know about the Trans-PacificPartnership – The Conversation
- Winners and losers in the Trans-Pacific trade deal: experts respond – The Conversation
- Energy regulator calls for gas market overhaul to meet consumer needs – Fairfax
- TPP: Even money on Trans-Pacific Partnership win on current form – Fairfax
- Chill out: Lawyers play down TPP dispute provisions – Fairfax…so much soft sell on Fairfax vis TPP its almost suspicious…
- Australia and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: what we do and don’t know – Guardian
- From cars to cough medicine: why the Trans-Pacific Partnership matters to you – Guardian
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: Ministers and negotiators lock in major TPP trade deal, Government hails ‘giant foundation stone’ for Australia – ABC…can we trust them?…
- The TPP deal protects old companies at the expense of the new – ABC…would older Australians sell out newer Australians?…
…and furthermore…
- Enemies of the Sun – NY Times, Krugman
- Ending Rogue Fishing – Project-Syndicate
- Nuclear space race picks up pace: China unveils rocket capable of firing 20 nukes to defeat US missile shield – SCMP…back to the cold war?…
- Emerging economy corporate debt: The threat to financial stability – VoxEU…huge point…
- Fixing the global financial safety net: Lessons from central banking – VoxEU