Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Rich Get Richer as Billionaires Increase in Number – WSJ
- The World Loves Refugees, When They’re Olympians – NY Times
- What’s slowing growth? Sorry, conservatives: It’s not the size of governments – Washington Post
Americas:
- Georgia poll: Clinton leads by 7 points – The Hill
- Poll: Clinton leads by 13 points among likely voters – Politico
- Wall Street’s Reluctant Embrace of Clinton – NY Mag
- This election, it’s foreign policy, stupid – Boston Globe
- The Newspaper Association of America is mad at John Oliver for telling the truth about journalism – Quartz
- Trump’s ’revolution’ should be embraced by both parties – NY Post
- A Letter From G.O.P. National Security Officials Opposing Donald Trump – NY Times
- More and more women are now dying in childbirth, but only in America – VOX
- Percentage of Pack-a-Day Smokers Hits Record Low in U.S. – Gallup
- U.S. housing agencies would need more taxpayer funds in a crisis: regulator – Reuters
Europe:
- Draghi Jumps Brexit Hurdle to Find Oil Damping Price Outlook – Bloomberg
- ECB Leaves Investors Guessing on Some Banks’ Stress-Test Results – Bloomberg
- Zingales on the Risk Italian Banks Pose to the EU – Bloomberg
- Vulnerable UK banks still paying billions in dividends to shareholders – The Independent
- West uneasy as Moscow and Ankara edge closer – FT
- Brexit: Lessons from history – VOX
- Millennials suffering twice the inflation rate of baby boomers – The Telegraph
- The Ten Commandments of an independent UK trade policy – VOX
Asia:
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- Banned from working, refugees are building Japan’s roads and sewers – Reuters
- Chinese tourist loses wallet and becomes refugee in Germany for two weeks by mistake – The Telegraph
- China’s first refrigerated container train leaves for Moscow – cri.cn
- China warns of ’crucial juncture’ over Hinkley delay – BBC
- China’s Credit-Based Stability Seen as Leaders Head to Beach – Bloomberg
- China’s Coal-Market Reforms Fuel Rebound in Prices – WSJ
- Debt-for-Equity Swaps Expected in Troubled Steel and Coal Firms – Caixin Online
- Australia is the biggest hurter of China’s feelings of the moment – Quartz
- Hong Kong Property Stocks Are Hottest Since Eve of 1997 Collapse – Bloomberg
- The less-noticed deterrent to North Korea attacking South Korea: Chinese tourists – Quartz
- When Chinese State Support Evaporates on Investors – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Blind Injustice: NAB has been charging an elderly blind farmer from rural Victoria 28 per cent interest rates on his mortgage’ – Michael West
- Australian Government’s Stupid Census Plans Puts Privacy At Risk, May Destroy Their Own Census – Tech Dirt
- ABS head must take blame if census compromised – IT Wire
- Census 2016: Labor urges all Australians to include their names – The Guardian
- Conservative Liberals use Four Corners to put Malcolm Turnbull on notice – The Guardian
- ‘We will split the Liberals on this’: Crossbench pushes on with doomed 18c race law crusade – The SMH
- Online gaming may boost school scores but social media is wasted time, study suggests – ABC
- Leading Economist Proposes Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia Union – cfmo
- Election 2016: Voter turnout lowest since compulsory voting began in 1925 – The SMH
- Stop trying to fix unfixable families, academic urges – ABC
- ‘Fair value’ Australian dollar still a problem for RBA – The SMH
- We’ve Devoured A Year’s Worth Of Natural Resources In Just Seven Months, And Australia Was A Huge Contributor – Gizmodo
- South Australia signalling the death of base-load generation – Renew Economy
- Working class or affluent? Find out where you fit in Australia – ABC
- China: Australia is full of “second class convicts” – Global Times
- Republican nominee drags Australia into Trans-Pacific Partnership debate – News.com.au
- Never had it so good? The misconceptions about the cost of living – The Guardian
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What should Generation Rent do with their savings? – Interest.co.nz
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Key expects banks to pass on OCR cut – Interest.co.nz
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