Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Draft Doha agreement would freeze output until October – Reuters
- Is Automation Always Good? – Forbes
- Saudi Prince Says He Could Add a Million Barrels Immediately – Bloomberg
- Iran will not attend Doha oil freeze talks on Sunday -sources – Mail Online
- March temperature smashes 100-year global record – The Guardian
- World’s biggest oil producers meet to discuss possible freeze on production – The Guardian
- Saudi Prince Reiterates Oil Freeze Depends on Others Joining – Bloomberg
- Negative Interest Rate Debate: Rogoff vs. Posen – Bloomberg
- Everyone Worries Too Much About ’Black Swans’ – Bloomberg View
- Technology and unemployment: Evidence from the Great Depression – VOX
- Global Crisis in the US vs the Eurozone: Banks and monetary policy – VOX
Americas:
- In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build – NY Times
- Charles Schwab study concludes that you need $6 million to be ’wealthy’ in the Bay Area – SF Gate
- California minimum wage hike hits L.A. apparel industry: ’The exodus has begun’ – LA Times
- A New Map for America – NY Times
- Americans’ views of immigrants marked by widening partisan, generational divides – PEW Research
- 11 charts that explain taxes in America – VOX
- Fight to Impeach Brazil’s Leader Tears at Fabric of Daily Life – NY Times
- Venezuela moves clocks forward 30 min to save power – Yahoo
Europe:
- Greece’s Creditors Weigh Extra Austerity Measures to Break Deadlock – WSJ
- IMF Lagarde: Don’t expect immediate outcome in Greek talks next week – Reuters
- Wolfgang Schäuble warns UK of tough Brexit negotiations – FT
- Brexit would cut foreign direct investment by fifth, report says – FT
- How Brexit will reduce foreign investment in the UK – The Conversation
Asia:
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- Why There’s Hope for the Middle Class (With Help From China) – NY Times
- India’s Audacious Plan to Bring Digital Banking to 1.2 Billion People – Bloomberg
- China’s transition: What transition? – BBC
- Back to 1997? Why Chinese yuan and Hong Kong property prices may go down by a fifth next year – SCMP
- Japan warned not to devalue the yen – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- We asked voters what they thought of Malcolm Turnbull and the results aren’t pretty – Fairfax...the whiff of political death is in the air…
- Fairfax-Ipsos poll points to knife-edge election between Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten – Fairfax
- Early election firms as bill stalled – Canberra Times
- Turnbull government and Labor to collide head-on in Senate over truckie pay order – Canberra Times
- Liberal fundraiser sponsored by NAB – Canberra Times
- Greens back rise in refugee intake to 50,000, new ‘skilled’ visa – Canberra Times
- Mr Real Estate McGrath hits a big bump – Canberra Times
- Australia’s real China boom is over – Canberra Times
- A chilling survey reveals ethics in financial services are going backwards – Canberra Times
- Triguboff has reason for concern about apartment market threat – The Australian
- Cooling market rattles McGrath – The Australian
- Five new threats to house prices keep buyers on their toes – The Australian
- World sweats on China’s reform resolve – The AFR
- A rates wake-up call for property buyers – The AFR
- Taxpayers’ $1.4b a year gift to the banks – The AFR
- Wave of apartment disputes coming – The AFR
- LNG players struggle with transformed market – The AFR
- Fears of house price falls if Chinese demand slows – The AFR
- Turnbull forced to fight on Labor’s bank bashing turf – The AFR
- High speed rail plan must improve city connectivity – The AFR
- LNP vows to boost regional infrastructure funding in government – ABC News
- Rising Australian dollar still a worry for RBA – ABC News
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