Bungle Bungles, 1989, Fraser Fair, National Gallery of Victoria
China
- China’s Export Drop Tempts Policy Makers to Keep Weakening Yuan– Bloomberg
- Born In The U.S., Raised In China: ’Satellite Babies’ Have A Hard Time Coming Home– NPR
- Magnus: China Narrative Has Gone Stale This Year– Bloomberg
- China Debt Problems Get Watered-Down Medicine– WSJ
- China overtakes U.S. again as world’s top crude importer– Reuters
- ‘Learn from the euro zone’: China’s central bank chief hints at more fiscal power for provinces – SCMP
- Positive signs as China’s prolonged industrial deflation finally ends after demand grows for coal, steel – SCMP
- China crude imports climb to record top; storage capacity expanded – SCMP
- Fizzling Chinese economy and global uncertainty sparks copper fall and gains in gold – SCMP
- Chinese firms buying overseas assets advised to pay more attention to Beijing’s forex controls – SCMP
- Weak September trade shatters hopes for Chinese recovery – Nikkei Asian Review
- Xi Jinping Reminds China’s State Companies of Who’s the Boss – NY Times
- China Sept producer prices up for 1st time in nearly 5 years, CPI picks up – Nikkei Asian Review
- China has now eclipsed us in AI research – Washington Post
- China goes on unexpected commodities binge even as concerns linger – Reuters
- China producer prices end multiyear negative run – Market Watch
- Hong Kong Homes Becoming More Affordable Than China: BofA – Bloomberg
- New Restrictions Show Beijing’s Growing Concerns of Property Bubble – Caixin
- China Export Growth Slides 10% in September – Caixin
- China Exports Sink, But Shrinking Imports May Matter More – Peterson Institute
Asia
- Why the Vast Majority of Women in India Will Never Own a Smartphone– WSJ
- Rogue Indonesian tax collector unwittingly threatens supply chain – Nikkei Asian Review
- Singapore central bank stands pat despite GDP slump, markets bet on more easing – Nikkei Asian Review
- NO RECESSION YET, BUT HERE’S WHY SINGAPORE FACES BIGGER WORRIES AHEAD – SCMP
- Oil From $50 Billion Kashagan Field Starts Flowing to Export – Bloomberg
- Singapore’s Central Bank Is Being Put to the Test – Bloomberg
- Singapore’s growth miss may be the canary in the coalmine – CNBC
- Singapore Says Neutral Policy to Stay as Economy Shrinks – Bloomberg
- Embracing Diversity Could Solve Japan’s Economic Woes – Caixin
Europe
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- ECB bank supervision cannot tackle debt restructuring single-handedly– Bruegel
- Here’s why Russia is sending mixed signals on OPEC oil output plan – Market Watch
- Europe’s car industry enjoys a record-breaking September – CNBC
- Europe comes in from the cold on military spending – CNBC
- France’s Chaotic Election Could Put the Future of Europe at Risk – Bloomberg
- Land With Longest Stretch of Negative Rates Finds Rich Are Getting Richer Faster – Bloomberg
- GERMANY’S SCHAEUBLE BACKS IMF OVER ‘ULTRA-LOOSE’ MONETARY POLICY WARNING – Euronews
United Kingdom
- Hate crimes soared by 41% after Brexit vote, official figures reveal– The Independent
- Standard & Poor’s warns on UK reserve currency status as Brexit hardens– The Telegraph
- Rudd failed in bid to exempt students from migrant curbs– The Times
- Pound’s Plunge Squeezes U.K. Firms as Brexit Hedges Unravel– Bloomberg
- Legal challenge to UK government’s right to trigger Brexit begins– Reuters
- Standard & Poor’s warns on UK reserve currency status as Brexit hardens – Telegraph
- British banks keep cyber attacks under wraps to protect image – Reuters
- How London’s Gold Market, the World’s Largest, Evolved Over Time – Bloomberg
- WEAK POUND PROMPTS PRICE PUNCH-UP BETWEEN TESCO AND UNILEVER – Euronews
United States
- It’s not the ‘locker-room’ talk. It’s the ‘lock her up’ talk.– Washington Post
- Donald Trump Prepares New Attack on Media, Clinton– WSJ
- Justice Department to Track Use of Force by Police Across U.S.– NY Times
- Two speeches in two hours crystallize the state of Campaign 2016– Washington Post
- Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 7 points– Fox News
- Dangerous idiots: how the liberal media elite failed working-class Americans– The Guardian
- Toyota to hire 1,000 more employees at new U.S. headquarters in Texas– Reuters
- It’s Official: This Election Is Driving Americans Nuts– Bloomberg
- Obama to GOP: You built Trump– Politico
- Inside Donald Trump’s Total Meltdown– Time
- The shocking pain of American men– Washington Post
- What Hillary Clinton’s tax plan would really do to the economy – Washington Post
- The shocking pain of American men – Washington Post
- Mortgage rates rise in anticipation of Federal Reserve rate increase later this year – Washington Post
- Wells Fargo CEO steps down in wake of sham accounts scandal – Washington Post
- For John Stumpf, the Buck Stopped Where It Should Have – NY Times
- In City Built by Immigrants, Immigration Is the Defining Political Issue – NY Times
- How to Fix the Tax Code and Close Donald Trump’s Loopholes – NY Times
- S. targets corporate tax-reduction strategy with new regulation – Reuters
- Three Maps Help to Visualize America’s $18 Trillion Economy – Value Walk
- JOLTS, Labor Market Conditions index consistent with late 2017 recession – Bonddad
Americas
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- A foreign buyers tax for Toronto? Three-in-four in the GTA would support following Vancouver’s lead– Angus Reid
- The Canada–U.S. gap in women’s labour market participation– Stats Canada
- This year’s deficit could be as high as $34 billion, or $16 billion higher than expected: TD Bank – Financial Post
- Vancouver once again has Canada’s biggest jump in repeat home sales prices – SCMP
- A Straitjacket to Help Brazil Fight Fiscal Obesity – Economonitor
- Donald Trump ready to claim Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim stirred up the ‘groping’ storm – Market watch
- Argentina’s Macri Faces an Ugly Economic Dilemma – Bloomberg
Terra Population Ponzinomicus
- Tony Abbott says Donald Trump’s policies are ‘reasonable enough’ and his voters are not deplorables– The SMH
- Malcolm Turnbull throws shade at Tony Abbott over Donald Trump defence– Brisbane Times
- Single mums and students targeted again in Turnbull government ‘welfare revolution’– The SMH
- Tesla Powerwall sees a ’30 times’ increase in demand after Australia’s blackouts – Electrek
- Mathias Cormann’s justification for the $4bn tax cuts is economic snake oil– The Guardian
- Pauline Hanson Wants To Save Gamers From Australia’s Terrible Internet– Kotaku
- ASIC gagged from releasing names of insurers rejecting claims, paying knock-back bonuses– The SMH
- Australian universities the latest battleground in Chinese soft power offensive– ABC
- Perth set to have Australia’s most congested roads – Perth Now
- Apartment boom risks start showing: RBA– News.com.au
- Barnett urges big miners to accept price hike, says mining tax ‘magic pudding’– ABC
- Consumers warned about debt agreements as insolvencies rise– ABC
- The great land tax experiment – The AFR
- What will be left in the kitty for millennials when they retire?– Interest.co.nz
- Reserve Bank warns big banks about oversupply of apartments in inner cities – Guardian
- Australian car industry’s demise kills off Samoa’s biggest private employer – Guardian
- We should be putting the brake on the Carmichael coalmine, not hitting the accelerator – Guardian
- Australian house valuations hit record high, UBS research shows – ABC
- Debt agreement warning as personal insolvencies rise – ABC
- Population growth masking weak economy, making households worse off: CBA economist – ABC
- Chinese banks a bigger risk to Australia than domestic ones: RBA – ABC
- Bank inquiry a victory for public relations – ABC
- Distrust in government, banking industry needs urgent attention for sake of economy – ABC
- Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents – Fairfax
- The new resources boom – is the party already over? – Fairfax
- Off-the-plan settlement risk rising, RBA warns – Fairfax
- Anglo close to selling Australian coal assets to Apollo consortium: sources – Reuters
- Chevron plans to start Gorgon condensate sales this month: sources – Reuters
- Sydney’s Housing Boom May Be Coming to an End – Bloomberg
- Banking: ANZ reaches the end of the road in Asia – Euromoney
- Cars, submarines –costs and jobs and a likely disaster – Pearls and Irritations, Menadue
Commodities
- What happens to gold prices in a Trump-less economy? – Financial Post
- Oil traders increase risky lending even as some deals go bad – Reuters
- Syria makes major wheat deal with Russia after dire local harvest – Reuters
- Zinc price slides, but is it a rewrite or a rewind of the bull story? – Reuters, Home
- U.S. gasoline glut disappears as refiners tweak production – Reuters, Kemp
- U.S. calls for WTO review of Chinese trade over 11 raw materials – Reuters
- Oil Rebound’s Dirty Little Secret Threatens U.S. Gas Bulls – Bloomberg
- The tangible and intangible factors will support the gold price – Mineweb
- Do we want mines or do we want to save the world? – Mineweb
- Platinum in bear market as rates, electric cars dent outlook – Mineweb
- Australian wheat harvest to hit record high, says Nidera – Agrimoney
- Grain futures tumble, despite US stocks figures falling short of forecasts – Agrimoney
- US wheat export retreat ‘boosts risk of another Great Grain Robbery’ – Agrimoney
- High world sugar prices could turn EU ‘dream’ into a ‘nightmare’ – Agrimoney
- SAUDI ARAMCO BOSS WARNS LOW PRICES THREATEN FUTURE ENERGY SUPPLIES – Euronews
Capital Markets
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- Plummeting interest rates stop savers shopping around – Telegraph
- Cashless future rapidly emerging as the most bankable option – SCMP
- While The World Watches Brexit China Concerns Grow – Value Walk
- Inflation Expectations are Out Ahead of Fed Rate Expectations – Value Walk
- Why the Wells Fargo Scandal Is Different – Slate
- U.S. TREASURIES, FORMER DIVERSIFIER, DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS – Longboard
Global Macro
- World’s billionaires lose £215m each as global economy struggles– The Guardian
- The great normalisation of global trade– VOX
- Fiscal crisis quantitative easing works in theory, too– VOX
- Gasoline demand: More price responsive than you might have thought– VOX
- Drowning in debt – Prospect, Magnus
- Is It Safe to Get Excited About Investing Again? – Bloomberg
- Tax Cuts Don’t Always Make Inequality Worse – Bloomberg
- How the Fed Turns Good News Into Bad – Bloomberg
- Preparing for the Post-QE World – Bloomberg
- The March To World War III – Value Walk
- US Debt Soars Getting Close To $20 Trillion Mark
- Increased Trade: A Key to Improving Productivity – Peterson Institute
- Big Bad Actors: A Global View of Debt – IMF Direct
- THERE ARE NOW MORE BILLIONAIRES IN CHINA THAN IN THE US – Euronews
…and furthermore…
- Universe has two trillion more galaxies than previously thought– The Guardian
- Number of nuclear warheads in the inventory of the nuclear powers, 1945-2014– Our World in Data
- High-Risk Diet– Bloomberg
- Red alert: Prepare for severe stock market crash, warns HSBC– RT.com
- Total tax revenues (% GDP) over time– Our World in Data
- Why instilling fear in your workers just won’t work – SCMP…but there is a common type of manager who gets their rocks off doing just that…
- Financial Inclusion and Beyond – Project-Syndicate
- Cancer’s Metabolism Might Be A Way To Kill It – Value Walk
- How Medieval Towns Paved The Way For Capitalism – Value Walk
- Will Eliminating Cash Save The Economy? – Value Walk
- It Would Be, It Would Be So Nice – Slate…we don’t take holidays because we are massively in debt…
- Why For-Profit Education Fails – The Atlantic
- A Mega-Drought Is Coming to America’s Southwest – The Atlantic
- Nikon Small World 2016 – The Atlantic…get a load of some of these…
- Global Elites Are Getting Ready To Blame You For The Coming Financial Crash – Zero Hedge