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Global Macro/Markets/Investing:
- Peak oil looms over the world again, but this time it’s peak demand – Financial Post
- Yuan’s swift fall fans currency tensions – Nikkei Asian Review
- Mess With Central-Bank Independence at Your Peril – Bloomberg
- Coal: after the $100 per metric ton boom, how long until the bust? – Reuters
- They think you’re crazy if you expect default – ValueWalk
- Productivity Won’t Save the World – Bloomberg
- Central banking and Bitcoin: Not yet a threat – VOX
- Bye to QE—for now? – Prospect, Magnus
Americas:
- Canadian factory sales join exports in three-month gains – Financial Post
- It’s Canada vs. the protectionists in the new world trade wars – Financial Post
- Housing in Canada overheating but don’t expect a collapse, according to new report – Financial Post
- It’s not just off-shore buyers driving up housing prices and killing dreams of ownership for some – Financial Post
- Venezuela’s economic collapse turns this border stop into a boomtown – Washington Post
- Here’s what America would be like with legal pot – Washington Post
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Europe:
- Inflation rises at fastest pace in two years – Telegraph
- Warnings over rising food prices as UK inflation hits near two-year high of 1% – Guardian
- A new measure of economic asymmetries in the Eurozone – VOX
- Theresa May is underdog in the Brexit war with markets – FT
- ‘Brexit’ May Hurt Britain Where It Thrives: Science and Research – NY Times
- New Cold War or hollow clatter of new Russian sabres? – BNE Intellinews
- A hard Brexit and reduced migration won’t benefit UK workers – The Conversation
- Radical pension shake-up in the UK gets shelved by government – CNBC
- A new measure of economic asymmetries in the Eurozone – VoxEU
- Russia’s Incredible Vanishing Middle Class Ruffles Central Bank – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Planned merger of Chinese steelmakers triggers sector rally – Nikkei Asian Review
- China Credit Surge Fuels Economic Stabilization, Debt Concerns – Bloomberg
- China GDP grows 6.7% in Q3 – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan investors in dilemma over U.S. bonds as hedging costs bite – Nikkei Asian Review
- As China’s Economy Slows, a Look at What Could Happen – NY Times
- China’s Crackdown on Crown Resorts Shakes Casino Industry – NY Times…did the Chinese pick Crown as the weak link for a data shakedown?…
- China’s economic growth of 6.7pc shows ‘uncanny stability’ – ABC
- India wants to clear the air around its controversial GDP numbers – Quartz
- China Steel Mills Defy Global Calls for Cuts as Output Rises – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Don’t blame the smashed avocado, it’s the coffee – Fairfax
- Australia air freight crunch hits flights of fancy foods – Reuters
- BHP draws rebuke from Wayne Swan after complaining it gets more love in Chile than Australia – Fairfax
- House prices: Even the head of the Treasury is becoming a ‘Mum and Dad bank’ – Fairfax
- Young people don’t expect to rely on the ‘bank of mum and dad’: study – The Conversation
- Mortgage price war could threaten bank dividends, says JPMorgan – Fairfax
- Welcome to the bottom of the interest rate cycle – we hope – Fairfax, Pascoemeter
- Mortgage arrears break records in two states and NT – ABC
- Rising power costs weigh on BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam – Reuters
- Canadians court Australian junior miners as industry picks up and gold soars – ABC
- Peter Costello warns on Australian finances, Future Fund returns – ABC
- Penalties too weak to discourage bankers’ bad behaviour, ASIC boss Greg Medcraft says – ABC
- Reserve Bank governor says business expectations could hold down inflation – Guardian
- Details of Chinese high rollers now in the hands of China’s mainland authorities – Fairfax…any impact on offshore RE investment?…
- ASIC chief Greg Medcraft: The banks are having us on over tracker mortgages – Fairfax
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Other:
- CEOs’ political leanings can influence how employees vote – Washington Post
- Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business – Guardian…really good read…
- What is Your Confirmation Bias Quotient? – ValueWalk
- Half of US adults are recorded in police facial recognition databases, study says – Guardian
- The mystery of Africa’s disappearing presidents – Quartz
- New findings: anxiety is linked to death from cancer in men – The Conversation
- Inside the U.S. robot that will fight a Kuratas from Japan – Market Watch…get a load of these…