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Macro, Markets & Investing
- Brussels steel summit fails to find answer to oversupply problem – Guardian
- Are we doomed to be trapped in a bubble economy? – SCMP
- Currency markets convulsed by loss of confidence in central banks – Nikkei Asian Review
- Negative rates hitting mutual fund investors in the wallet – Nikkei Asian Review
- How to solve the global steel glut – Nikkei Asian Review
- ‘Doomed to fail’: OPEC’s ‘hunger games’ leave producers to fend for themselves – Financial Post
- Last time the Saudis opened the spigots the stock market crashed and Soviet Union collapsed – Financial Post
- Oil prices: which countries have the largest supplies of oil? – Telegraph…for those wondering…
- Saudis are going for the kill but the oil market is turning anyway – Telegraph, AEP
- Opec fears Iran’s production ramp-up, but how fast will it really be? – BNE Intellinews
- The Sub-Zero Club: Getting Used to the Upside-Down World Economy – Bloomberg
Asia
- Xi Jinping tightens reins on business ties of Chinese officials’ families in first mention of pilot scheme expansion after Panama Papers’ release – SCMP
- Hong Kong real estate agents face tough times as home sales drop 39 per cent in first quarter – SCMP
- Chinese Housing Market Shakes Off a Slump – NY Times
- Why China could never sign on to the Trans-PacificPartnership – The Conversation
- Debt-for-equity swaps no panacea for China’s banks – Nikkei Asian Review
- Chinese central bank chief calls for concerted effort towards global recovery – SCMP
- Vietnam emerges as contender for major textile exporter – Nikkei Asian Review
- Asia’s Rich Urged to Buy Dollars as Singapore Fuels Easing Bets – Bloomberg
- China Extends Controls on Wealth of Officials to Beijing, Beyond – Bloomberg
- It’s All Suddenly Going Wrong in China’s $3 Trillion Bond Market – Bloomberg
- China seeks to establish own gold benchmark – Business Times
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Europe
- Offshore in central London: the curious case of 29 Harley Street – Guardian…classic read…
- Europe’s not producing enough babies and that’s a big problem – SCMP
- Pressure on Russian balance of payments eases as capital outflow slows – BNE Intellinews
- Italy Bank Lifeline Buys Time as Atlas Fund Shows Herculean Task – Bloomberg
- U,K. House Prices Hit Record as Landlords Spark Chain Reaction – Bloomberg
- These major economies are threat to Germany – CNBC
- Meet the Norwegian Currency’s Oil Buffer – WSJ
- Spain targets slower deficit cut to preserve growth – Business Times
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Americas
- The Wall Street Primary – NY Times
- Robber Baron Recessions – NY Times, Krugman
- Early Warning Signs of Recession Flash Faintly in U.S. Jobs Data – Bloomberg
- Watch the Deficit, Not the Debt – Bloomberg, Kocherlakota
- 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax – Market Watch
- Argentina’s return to bond market pulls in $70 billion in demand – Market Watch
- What Makes Housing Too Expensive – Bloomberg
- America Isn’t Going Broke – Bloomberg
- When it comes to taxes, Americans get off easy – CBS
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Terra Incognita
- Labor gets support for Senate inquiry into associated entities targeting Sinodinos – Guardian
- Balancing the budget mantra overlooks benefits of infrastructure spending – The Conversation
- Vital Signs: spending away Australia’s Triple A? – The Conversation
- Reserve Bank has room to cut interest rates given low wages growth – ABC
- The federal government doesn’t manage Aussie economy – Callam Pickering
- You’ve been warned: The budget is credit rating crunch time for the government – ABC, Kouk
- No wonder we hate the banks – ABC
- Mortgage arrears near record lows as banks tighten lending – ABC
- Airline capacity cuts an early warning of Australian economic malaise – ABC
- Arrium creditors meeting sees businesses demand answers over outstanding payments – ABC
- CommInsure proves the need for a banking royal commission – The Conversation
- Federal budget 2016: Scott Morrison to give extra $120m to corporate regulator ASIC – Fairfax
- China seeks return of financial refugees – NZ Herald…and will they put the hard word on us too?…
- Money laundering fears over Bendigo Bank operations on Nauru – Fairfax
…and furthermore…
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- What the great degree rip-off means for graduates: low pay and high debt – Guardian…educating your kids outside the English speaking world saves thousands of dollars….
- More than 1,000 world leaders say the drug war has been a disaster – Washington Post
- Google Books just won a decade-long copyright fight – Washington Post…writers or publishers being harvested?………
- Panama Says Will Adopt International Tax Reporting Standards by 2018: Media – NT Times
- When Lies Are Allowed in a Business Deal – NY Times…are there business deals without them?…
- Why populist uprisings could end a half-century of greater economic ties – Washington Post…because those closer ties aren’t delivering popular outcomes?….
- Counterfeit goods worth a quarter of a trillion pounds a year, says OECD – Telegraph
- Macroprudential stable funding requirement and monetary policy – Martin North…interesting…
- College graduation: Another reason it pays to be rich – Market Watch
- When Lobbying was Illegal – Priceonomics
- All of humanity should share in the space mining boom – NZ Herald