Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hey, Economist! What Did You Make of “The Big Short”? – NY Fed
- Saudi Arabia Plans $2 Trillion Megafund for Post-Oil Era: Deputy Crown Prince – Bloomberg
- Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money – NY Times
- Saudi Arabia Will Only Freeze Oil Production If Iran Joins – Bloomberg
- Russian Oil Output Rises to Record as Production Freeze in Doubt – Bloomberg
- As U.S. shale drillers suffer, even the bankrupt keep pumping oil – Reuters
- Economic growth doesn’t create jobs, it destroys them – The Guardian
- Will minimum wage hikes lead to a huge boost in automation? Only if we’re lucky – VOX
- Hedge Fund Momentum Trade Blows Up With Losses Worst Since 2009 – Bloomberg
- Lessons from 125 Years of US Bond and Stock Returns – piie.com
- Jim Rogers predicts that commodities boom could last 20 years – The Telegraph
Americas:
- Trump Does It His Way – NY Times
- U.S. March Nonfarm Payrolls Rose by 215,000; Jobless Rate 5.0% – WSJ
- Yellen Pivots Toward Saving Her Legacy – Economist’s View
- American Anger: It’s Not the Economy. It’s the Other Party. – NY Times
- The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy – NY Times
Europe:
- IMF Anticipates Greek Disaster.pdf – WikiLeaks
- IMF weighing exit from Greek bailout – FT
- IMF predicts Greek default will coincide with EU referendum, claims WikiLeaks – The Independent
- After WikiLeaks Revelation, Greece Asks I.M.F. to Clarify Bailout Plan – NY Times
- Greece demands IMF explanation over leaked debt transcript – Reuters
- Lenders eye start of Greek debt relief talks at IMF meetings in mid-April – Reuters
- Royal family considering dramatic Brexit intervention – The Guardian
- Britain courts fate on Brexit with worst external deficit in history – The Telegraph
Asia:
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- Defiant China slaps steel tariffs on Britain as trade war looms – The Telegraph
- China Hits Steel Made In UK With 46% Levy – Sky.com
- The Fall of China’s Hedge-Fund King – NY Times
- Trump, trade and ‘the China shock’ – Tim Harford
- This Benchmark Chinese Interest Rate Shows That Finance Is Still the World’s Most Dangerous Game – Bloomberg
- Japan’s at a turning point – and that’s a good thing – Interest.co.nz
Trans-Tasman:
- NZ is running a Ponzi economy – Interest.co.nz
- Why banks should be holding more capital against their housing loans – Interest.co.nz
- Will Turnbull wish he called early election? – Canberra Times
- Lease approved for $22b Adani mine – Canberra Times
- Car import rules remove safety protection – Canberra Times
- Time’s up, Tony: poll shows majority want Abbott to retire – Canberra Times
- PM knocked back on state taxing plan – Canberra Times
- Turnbull gets lesson in federation – Canberra Times
- It’s time to tax soft drinks – Canberra Times
- Why we should worry about the fixing budget – Canberra Times
- White collar corruption needs action – Canberra Times
- So many graduates end up jobless that questions must be asked about the system – Canberra Times
- Malcolm Turnbull says the states must stop asking the commonwealth for money after rejecting his income tax plan – The Australian
- It’s easier to blame Canberra – The Australian
- Turnbull slams “fantasy” on health and education – The AFR
- Apartment market hits a turning point – The AFR
- Malcolm Turnbull’s COAG: What next? – The AFR
- Perth apartment market correction a warning for East Coast markets – The AFR
- The rising Aussie dollar and the threat to a manufacturing revival – ABC The Business
- Mining leases approved for $21b Carmichael coal mine – ABC News
- Cost of hundreds of medicines set to fall – ABC News
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