Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Amazon’s market value surpasses Berkshire Hathaway’s – CNBC
- Government Holds the Promise of Faster Growth – Bloomberg
- Cheap Money Talks – NY Times
- Brexit-Induced Plunge in European Bank Shares Threatens to Cripple the Continent’s Credit Creation – Bloomberg
- What to Do in Brave New World for Bonds—and Stocks – WSJ
- S&P closes at all-time high, Nasdaq ends at 2016 high – CNBC
Americas:
- Trump closes in on running mate, says he seeks experience to unite GOP – Washington Post
- Behind a Bill Clinton speaking engagement: A $1,400 hotel phone bill and $700 dinner for two – LA Times
- Republican platform declares coal is clean – Grist
- America’s biggest health crisis? Not gun violence but porn and gays, GOP says – Boing Boing
- Regulator sounds new alert on banks’ property lending – FT
- Why can’t Trump or Clinton unite our badly divided country? It’s the wrong question. – Washington Post
- Rick Perry: Trump’s Mexico wall will be a ’digital wall’ – Politico
- When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism – The American Interest
- We need to call American breakfast what it often is: dessert – VOX
Europe:
- UK retail spending slowed in June as Britons faced EU referendum: BRC – Reuters
- U.K. Economy ‘Uninspiring’ in Run-Up to Brexit Vote, BCC Says – Bloomberg
- UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Brexit funding fears – The Guardian
- Italy to face 20 years of economic woe – BBC
- Europe Turmoil Shows Why Deutsche Bank Chases Wealth Abroad – Bloomberg
- The Week Brexit Got Real for Investors in Property Funds – Bloomberg
- EU Commission cuts euro zone, UK growth forecasts after Brexit vote – Reuters
- France hits out at UK plan to cut corporate tax – FT
Asia:
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- Our Boat Was Intercepted by China – NY Times
- North Korea Cuts Off Only Diplomatic Channel With U.S. Over Sanctions – NY Times
- Japan Abe orders new stimulus package after election win – Reuters
- Beijing’s South China Sea Options, From Benign to Belligerent – Bloomberg
- A Simple Explanation for the Rise in China’s Reserves in June? – Council on Foreign Relations
- Tokyo Welcomes Treasury Investors to ‘World of Japanification’ – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Let’s put e-voting where it belongs: on the trash-heap of bad ideas – The Guardian
- Almost 50,000 qualified teachers unable to find work in NSW schools – Daily Telegraph
- Andrew Bartlett: Pauline Hanson would be at home in modern Liberal Party – The SMH
- It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene – The Conversation
- Turnbull’s economic plan will divide both the Senate and business lobby groups – The Conversation
- Abandon all hope: Turnbull’s win screws the NBN permanently – Delimiter
- Penny Wong says homophobic election slurs show perils of plebiscite – The Guardian
- Rio Tinto’s $1 sale of Blair Athol coal mine ‘puts risk back on taxpayer’ – ABC
- Labor wants inquiry on ‘retrospective’ super changes before giving support – The Guardian
- Labor could support ‘workable, fair’ superannuation changes, Jim Chalmers says – ABC
- John Quiggin: Losing our AAA credit rating is not a harbinger of doom. It could be a blessing in disguise – The Guardian
- Coalition’s lost ground on women MPs shows we need to tackle new gender biases – The Coalition
- Are shipping container homes worth the hype? – Domain
- Turnbull urged to appoint housing minister – The Adviser
- Why the banks fear foreign pre-sales – Real Estate Conversation
- Former Hawke adviser leads banking review – SBS
- RBA dismisses credit downgrade fears – The AFR
- Banks will adapt to fintech: Ellis – The AFR
- Reserve Bank’s Luci Ellis warns on lending standards – The Australian
- Government has run out of housing excuses – Interest.co.nz
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