Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- It’s Time To Go After Big Money – larrysummers.com
- Bond Traders Led Astray by This Can’t-Miss Recession Predictor – Bloomberg
- Banks are still the weak links in the economic chain – FT
- Warren Buffett slips but still winning epic hedge fund bet – CNBC
- High risk of bankruptcy for one-third of oil firms: Deloitte – Reuters
Americas:
- Lessons from the Crisis: Ending Too Big to Fail – minneapolisfed.org
- Fed’s newest member suggests breaking up Wall Street banks – Reuters
- The Fed’s interest payments to banks – brookings.edu
- Fed’s Kashkari Floats Breaking Up Big Banks to Avert Meltdown – Bloomberg
- Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads – publicpolicypolling.com
- US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans – fox26houston.com
- Brazil’s Retail Sales Fall Most on Record in 2015 – Bloomberg
Europe:
- German ’bail-in’ plan for government bonds risks blowing up the euro – The Telegraph
- Odd Lots: How a Rural Irish Farmer Became a Top Expert on the Euro Crisis – Bloomberg
- The Never-Ending Story: Europe’s Banks Face a Frightening Future – Bloomberg
- When banks say ‘No’: how the credit crunch lowered UK productivity – Bank Underground
- Russia, Saudis tentatively offer to freeze oil output levels – ap.org
Asia:
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- Hedge funder’s attack on renminbi withers under scrutiny – FT
- China Loses Control of the Economic Story Line – WSJ
- Irrational Exuberance Takes Hold at China’s Stock-Trading Halls – WSJ
- China Turns on Taps and Loosens Screws in Bid to Support Growth – Bloomberg
- China’s Rich Kids Head West – New Yorker
Trans-Tasman:
- Coalition could clean up in Senate – Canberra Times
- Big banks pull plug on farmers – Canberra Times
- Turnbull ends GST debate – Canberra Times
- Cashless future ‘will save billions’ – Canberra Times
- Admission, care costs soar: Medibank – Canberra Times
- Is BCA-Liberals love affair over? – Canberra Times
- Ministers told to stop spending – The Australian
- Resources still power economy – The Australian
- ‘Charge drivers for using roads’ – The Australian
- End negative gearing ‘ponzi scheme’ – The AFR
- Housing gurus slam gearing changes – The AFR
- Labor’s negative gearing policy to bring only 5,000 new homes – The AFR
- Labor’s negative gearing plan could hit margin lending – The AFR
- Debate: what should negative gearing policy reform look like? – ABC 7.30 Report
- Christchurch still trying to recover from 2011 earthquake – ABC Lateline
- Smith wants Auckland to stick to intensification plan – Interest.co.nz
- Dairy prices dip again – Interest.co.nz