Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Market Sends a Miserable Message: More Inflation, Weak Growth – WSJ
- Global trade growth is lackluster, so why all the controversy? – MarketPlace
- The Truth About Trade – Foreign Affairs
- Population living in extreme poverty, by world region over time – Our World in Data
- Bond liquidity in US has not deteriorated since financial crisis – The Trade News
- Apollo’s New Creed: Bond Bears Take On ETF Buyers – WSJ
- Free Trade Feud – Bloomberg
- Banks Are Hoarding $2.4 Trillion of Bonds – Bloomberg
Americas:
- The Odds Of An Electoral College-Popular Vote Split Are Increasing – Five Thirty Eight
- How to Choose Between the Most Corrupt, Least Popular Candidates of All Time – Slate
- The recovery of employment and the revival of US economic growth – VOX
- The vengeful world of Donald Trump, and why it matters – NBC
- Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Disliking Trump and Clinton, Votes McCain for President – NBC
- Confidence Even as Hillary Clinton’s Momentum Slows – NY Times
- Clinton’s unfavorable rating hits new high in poll | Trump targets Democratic states in final sprint – MarketWatch
- Voting Early, and in Droves: Over 22 Million Ballots Are Already In – NY Times
- After Hitting a 51-Year Low, the Homeownership Rate’s on the Rise – WSJ
- Leaked Images Show Illegals Casually Strolling Across Open Border – Breibart
Europe:
- German E.U. Official Is in Trouble Over Remarks About Chinese – NY Times
- ’Increasingly aggressive’ Russia a growing threat to UK, says MI5 head – The Guardian
- Brexit will ’take Britain back to the 1970s’, says former Bank of England expert – The Independent
- Mark Carney has had the last laugh at amateurish Theresa May – The Guardian
- Mark Carney to Stay at Bank of England Until June 2019 – Bloomberg
- Italy counts homeless, heritage cost of quake – Digital Journal
- Pound sterling is the worst-performing currency in the world this month thanks to Brexit – The Independent
Asia:
Advertisement
- China Official Says Party Leaders Have No Set Retirement Age – Bloomberg
- A Cheap Currency No Longer Packs the Same Punch – Bloomberg
- China’s maglev transit initiative picks up steam – China Daily
- Asset Bubbles From Stocks to Bonds to Iron Ore Threaten China – WSJ
- Bank of Japan at the Policy Frontier – Money & Banking
Trans-Tasman:
- Bob Day resigns. Again. Effective Immediately. – ABC
- ‘Misuse of public money’: government hands Bob Day-linked institution nearly $2 million – The Age
- CSIRO staff make history as pay offer rejected – The SMH
- Sussan Ley contradicts Peter Dutton on new asylum seeker policy – The Age
- Four out of five whistleblowers knocked back by ASIC over lack of evidence – The SMH
- Why Tony Abbott’s demand for a cabinet job comes with an implied threat – The SMH
- Cashless welfare card could benefit other communities, says Turnbull – The Guardian
- Aussie super firms scolded over phish-like marketing – IT News
- Government ramps up data hypocrisy while Labor ducks for cover – Michael West
- Only one job advertised for every six low-skilled jobseekers – The Guardian
- The Aussies Who Would Be Banned Under New Refugee Laws – Huffington Post
- NSW Coalition supports peer-to-peer trading for solar households – Renew Economy
- Housing market: Why Gen Y should buy now – ABC News
- Foreign-funded green groups could take whole swathes of Australia out of the productive economy. – Daily Telegraph
- Revealed: the systemic exploitation of migrant workers in Australia – The Guardian
- Paid parental leave: most Australian voters want end to ‘double-dipping’ – The Guardian
- Unemployment programs might give the government a nice feeling but they’re fatally flawed – The Guardian
- How ‘normal’ rates and tax hikes would smash Sydney property – The Guardian
- Labor subservient and complicit in grubby refugee policy – Canberra Times
-
Average house values still rising but rate of growth slowing says QV – Interest.co.nz
-
Govt delays introduction of AML extension bill – Interest.co.nz
-
Buyer interest waning in Auckland housing market – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The internet has been quietly rewired, and video is the reason why – Quartz
- Peter Thiel Is Wrong About the Future – Bloomberg
- No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming – Bloomberg