Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Helicopter drops might not be far away – FT
- New fund designed for world of negative rates – FT
- Hedge funds are getting ready for Armageddon – Business Insider
- Is The Fed Running Out of Ammo? – A Wealth of Common Sense
- Introducing ‘Kuznets waves’ in income inequality – VOX
- Saudi Arabia dashes hopes of output cut as oil woes deepen – The Telegraph
- Saudi Arabia to U.S. Oilmen: Cut Costs or Exit the Business – Bloomberg
- St. Louis Fed: Financial Markets Are Saying Oil Will Be Worthless by mid-2019 – Bloomberg
- Another Oil Crash Is Coming, and There May Be No Recovery – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Watching Trump and Sanders, Mitt Romney says he gets it: ‘We’re just mad as hell’ – Washington Post
- How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable – Rolling Stone
- Nearly 20 percent of Trump’s supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing the slaves – VOX
- Seven Reasons Democrats Should Be Terrified of Donald Trump – freebeacon.com
- Markit Flash U.S. Services PMI – Weakest U.S. service sector performance for 28 months in February – Markit
- U.S. New-Home Sales Fell Sharply in January – WSJ
- Brazil Credit Ratings Cut to Junk by Moody’s – Bloomberg
- To be countercyclical or not? That is the question for Latin America – VOX
Europe:
- Russian Bank Collapse Shines Light on Risks in Irish Shadows – Bloomberg
- The Graying of American Debt – NY Fed
- Large Banks Are Moving Out Of European Repo Markets – WSJ
- Would an ’independent’ Britain want to join the single market? – cer.org.uk
- IMF chief warns UK against Brexit – CNN Money
- Russia gives a gift of 10,000 automatic rifles to Afghanistan – Reuters
- Can Things Get Any Worse for Russia? You’re About to Find Out – Bloomberg
- The Migration Machine – Reuters
Asia:
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- Why China Does Not Have a Trade Surplus – baldingsworld.com
- China, Politics and the Art of Emerging-Markets Maintenance – Institutional Investor
- Control, Not Communication, is Top Priority for China’s Leaders – mni-news.com
- The South China Tiger Is Functionally Extinct. This Banker Has 19 of Them – Bloomberg
- Tucking 10,000-Yen Bills Under the Mattress Spells Worry for Abe – Bloomberg
- China’s Awkward Exchange Rate Regime – moneyandbanking.com
Trans-Tasman:
- Weak wages set workers back – The Australian
- Turnbull walks away from taxation reform – Canberra Times
- Border Force wants to arm its workers with stun guns – Canberra Times
- Negative smearing: Why politics trumps policy – Canberra Times
- ‘Housing bubble is out of control’ – Canberra Times
- Safe schools program: Why zealots are taking us back to the dark ages – Canberra Times
- Consign free trade myths to the bin – Canberra Times
- Fox Hunt: Melbourne grandma in China’s sights – The Age
- Both sides ‘to blame’ for budget woes – The Age
- Low-cost FMG defies iron slump – The Australian
- PM talks tough on gearing changes – The Australian
- Where the “Big Short” report was right – The AFR
- Sydney property is nothing like The Big Short – The AFR
- Sydney house hunter rages at high prices – The AFR
- Tax cut hopes fade as wages slow – The AFR
- CSIRO workers ‘stressed, upset’ as they wait for information on job cuts – ABC
- Auckland Council rejects densified Unitary Plan – Interest.co.nz
- Fasten your seatbelts for a bumpy ride in Auckland’s 2 speed housing market – Interest.co.nz
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