Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- This is ’no longer an investment market but a battlefield’ – Business Insider
- Helicopter Money Takes Flight as Latest Drastic Monetary Idea – Bloomberg
- Investment opportunities abound but we must get over the barriers – FT
- Hedge Fund Manager Sees A Lot Of Similarities Between The Markets And Omaha Beach Circa June 6,1944 – DealBreaker
- Is Bitcoin Really Frictionless? – NY Fed
- Traders are getting increasingly punished for trying to sell unpopular debt at the wrong time – Bloomberg
- Quantifying the Fed’s Impact on the S&P 500 – GMO
- Scientists warn of perilous climate shifts – NY Times
- What can be done about the slow global economy – FT
Americas:
- The State of American Politics – Speaker.gov
- Bernie Sanders Is Currently Winning the Democratic Primary Race, and I’ll Prove It to You – Huffington Post
- “Brazil in Drag”: Hyman Minsky on Donald Trump – jwmason.org
- Brazil’s Boom-Era Missteps Now Haunt Economy – WSJ
- Fed Chair Yellen has a mini revolt on her hands – CNBC
- Illegal US immigrants are far likelier to be working than American men – Quartz
- The Fed’s Credibility Dilemma – Bloomberg View
- U.S. Mining Losses Last Year Wipe Out Profits From Past Eight Years – WSJ
Europe:
- The Trump-Cruz Police State Exists. It’s Called France – Bloomberg View
- Belgian intelligence had precise warning about Brussels airport bombing – haaretz.com
- Economists continue to debate how to safeguard the Eurozone – VOX
- The European Central Bank is trying to strongarm Italian banks into cleaning up their balance sheets – Reuters
- ECB policy spurs corporate bond sales – FT
- Causes of the Eurozone Crisis: A nuanced view – VOX
Asia:
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- Chinese Banks’ Illusory Earnings – Chovanec
- Case for a new India bullishness is strong – FT
- Five Painful Economic Truths for Korea as Election Approaches – Bloomberg
- Pop Goes China Property – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
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PM warns of Europe’s perfect storm – Canberra Times
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States buckle on schools funding cuts – Canberra Times
- ‘Politics not economics’ behind HECS from dead – Canberra Times
- Penny pinchers save housing market – Canberra Times
- Kohler’s advice didn’t work – Canberra Times
- Paramedics handed a huge pay rise – The Age
- ‘The gender pay gap is real’ – The Age
- Scott Morrison should have twigged on early budget, says Turnbull – The AFR
- Nation’s builders struggling to satisfy housing boom says Brickworks – The AFR
- Know your neighbours, buy cheaper apartments: co-housing is the next big thing – The AFR
- Tax-savvy ways to handle a transition to retirement pension – The AFR
- Turnbull’s inner circle excludes Morrison – The Australian
- Malcolm Turnbull criticised Scott Morrison over his handling of the GST in front of cabinet colleagues during a dinner – The Australian
- Australian manufacturing is back – The Australian
- Where jobs face the biggest threat – The Australian
- Fact check zombie: Josh Frydenberg repeats incorrect claim on emissions reduction targets – ABC News
- Fonterra: good news but some underlying issues – Interest.co.nz
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