Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Low wages are both a cause and a consequence of low productivity – The Economist
- Oil Won’t Stage A Serious Rebound Until This Happens – OilPrice.com
- Crude Mystery: Where Did 800,000 Barrels of Oil Go? – WSJ
- Bond Vigilantes Give Way to Budget Brigade Urging More Debt – Bloomberg
- “Throwing money at the problem” may actually work in education – Equitable Growth
- These 25 Companies Are More Powerful Than Many Countries – Foreign Policy
- Coal’s ‘Last Man Standing’ Dragged to the Brink of Bankruptcy – Bloomberg
- Dollar dives as Fed pulls in rate hike horns – Reuters
Americas:
- GOP operatives, conservative leaders meet to thwart Trump – Washington Post
- The new battle cry: Why can’t the media ’stop’ Trump? – Fox News
- Statement From Conservatives Against Trump – theresurgent.com
- Republicans Are Far Outstripping Democrats In Primary Turnout – NPR
- Democrats sound alarm against Trump – Politico
- Obama is increasingly involved in the 2016 presidential campaign – Washington Post
- Do America’s poor move around enough? – Marginal Revolution
- Brazil Stocks, Real Lead Global Gains Amid Rousseff-Ouster Bets – Bloomberg
- Brazilians protest after Lula named chief of staff, gains immunity – Reuters
Europe:
- German magazine pulls reporter from Turkey ahead of EU summit – Reuters
- EU rejects Mifid II trading reforms – FT
- Greek joblessness may take 20 years to reach pre-crisis rate – Mail Online
- How Italy fell out of love with the EU – FT
- Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion – Bank of England
- BOE Says ‘Brexit’ May Delay Spending as Key Rate Kept at 0.5% – Bloomberg
- Norway’s central bank cuts key rate, as expected; sees further cut – Reuters
- France’s state of emergency takes many unexpected forms – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China’s Looming Currency Crisis – WSJ
- Under the Hood of Japan Trade Data Are Weak Exports to U.S. – Bloomberg
- China’s New Age of Economic Anxiety – New Yorker
- China’s Economic Rumbles – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Senate debate rages on, 20 hours and counting – Canberra Times
- How we pay for the banks’ success – Canberra Times
- ATO is ‘too big to fail’ – Canberra Times
- Superannuation: ready, fire, aim! – Canberra Times
- Gas glut to trigger cutbacks – Canberra Times
- Can Gen Y ever get ahead? – Canberra Times
- Foreigners’ millions in sick bills – The Australian
- Greens’ tax plan quashed – The Australian
- What shrinking newsroom tells us – The Australian
- Morrison to cut company tax in the budget – The AFR
- Turnbull set to get green light for early election – The AFR
- Compensation considered as roadworks, crashes cause Melbourne traffic havoc – ABC News
- Beverage industry hits out at sugar tax suggestion – ABC News
- Australia is sweet enough for a sugar tax: health body – ABC News
- Australia consumes more sugary drinks than the UK – ABC News
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