Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Declining Marginal Product of Capital – growthecon.wordpress.com
- The price of oil, China, and stock market herding – VOX
- Will Oil Prices and Energy Earnings Increase During 2016? – factset.com
- How Stories Drive the Stock Market – NY Times
- The trade consequences of the oil price – VOX
- Young, gifted and held back – The Economist
- IMF’s Lagarde says markets need clarity on China currency – Reuters
- Oil company defaults are spiking – CNNMoney
- Oil: US shale’s big squeeze – FT
- Who’s afraid of cheap oil? – The Economist
Americas:
- Trump questions the intelligence of his supporters – Vine
- How To Make Donald Trump President – NY Times
- What Bloomberg’s entry would do for Trump – FT
- Snowzilla, biggest snow on record in Baltimore, top 5 in D.C., fading – Washington Post
- Blizzard Shuts Down East Coast With Possible Historic Snowfall – go.com
- White people have least confidence in the American Dream – MarketWatch
Europe:
- Horror as gangs of migrants ’assault female swimmers and masturbate in hot tub’ in Germany – express.co.uk
- Lessons from the past are key to Europe’s survival – FT
- Russians’ Anxiety Swells as Oil Prices Collapse – NY Times
- Soros funds Dutch Yes campaign in Ukraine vote – euobserver.com
- The Refugee Surge in Europe: Economic Challenges – IMF
- Poland quibbles over who’s a refugee and who’s a migrant – politico.eu
- Thousands protest against Poland’s new surveillance law – Reuters
- EU considers ringfencing Greece to stop flow of migrants – FT
Asia:
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- Kuroda calls for China to impose tighter capital controls – FT
- Kuroda Advises China to Impose Capital Controls to Defend Yuan – Bloomberg
- Reserve Bank of India may cut rates even more than expected this year – Reuters
- George Soros Says He Expects Hard Landing for China Economy – Bloomberg
- Japan’s Future Economy – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 – WEF
- China and traditional industrialisation-led development: the world was not enough – FT
Local:
- Hazards on Malcolm Turnbull’s high road – Canberra Times
- Multicultural peace – at what cost? – Canberra Times
- Tax reform: Morrison pours cold water on adding GST to health and education – Canberra Times
- Morrison flags concerns over adding GST to health and education – ABC News
- How is Scott Morrison performing as Treasurer – Canberra Times
- Property boom a target for drug money launderers – Canberra Times
- Master reverse Feng Shui to nab a bargain in competitive housing market – Canberra Times
- NSW Government announces 10-year public housing reform plan – ABC News
- Morrison seeks mandate for tax changes – The Australian
- Super not ‘tax-free inheritance’ – The Australian
- Super is ‘not a tax-free inheritance pool’ – The AFR
- WA must develop global brand: opposition – The Australian
- Budget can be fixed, just like 1996 – The Australian
- Forget reform in policy-free zone – The Australian
- Students make demands on grounds universities duped them by promising a degree would lead to a decent career – The Australian
- Turnbull’s sales job to fix Australia’s investment image problem – The AFR
- Real estate benefits in global financial turmoil – The AFR
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