Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Banks can offer fintech an olive branch – Financial Standard
- Corporate CEOs have failed to engage with startups – Venture Beat
- The five universal laws of human stupidity – Quartz
- This Is Rebalancing? – Bloomberg
- A New Rule Could End Up Punishing the Wrong Banks – Bloomberg
- Oil Price Optimism Wears Off as Texas Wildcatters Drill On – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Emboldened by Trump but Divided by Generations, Democrats Look to 2020 – NY Times
- 40% of Americans spend up to half of their income servicing debt – MarketWatch
- When Congress Made Taxes Fairer – NY Times
- The Trump Internet Keeps Making Fake Hate Symbols, And People Keep Falling For It – Buzz Feed
- Amid immigration setbacks, one Trump strategy seems to be working: Fear – Washington Post
- How the Republican right found allies in Russia – Washington Post
- Mexico calls on Trump to reuse TPP deals to reanimate Nafta – FT
- When Communism Inspired Americans – NY Times
- Congress reaches deal to keep government open through September – Washington Post
- Congressional negotiators reach deal on government funding – CNN
- Why a speech from Barack Obama is worth $400,000 – FT
- Toronto’s level of risky mortgage debt puts Vancouver’s to shame – Business Insider
- Unraveling Home Capital Has Ex-Investor Mulling Contagion Odds – Bloomberg
- Venezuela’s Maduro hikes minimum wage amid rising protests – Business Insider
Europe:
- Once a Lace Capital, Now Riven by French Politics – NY Times
- What is happening in Macedonia? – Aljazeera
- ‘The Promise’: Kirk Kerkorian’s Bid to Highlight Killings of Armenians – WSJ
- Investing in Europe: Where’s the Return? – CFA Institute
- How Ireland achieved a crucial Brexit coup – Irish Times
- The Bundesbank and the Macroeconomics of “BOMD”: Bank Originated Money and Debt – Patreon
- General election 2017: May says Tories would not raise VAT – BBC
- Europe Investors Bid Adieu to Political Jitters and Begin Buying – WSJ
Asia:
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- Kim Jong-May awkward and incredulous as journalist asks question – The Guardian
- As Economy Grows, North Korea’s Grip on Society Is Tested – NY Times
- Sudden collapse of Alitalia would be a shock to Italy’s economy-minister – Reuters
- South Korea says U.S. reaffirms it will pay THAAD costs; Trump calls Asia allies – Reuters
- Chinese migrants have changed the face of South Africa. Now they’re leaving. – Quartz
Trans-Tasman:
- Government can build better, cheaper infrastructure than private sector: Morrison – The AFR
- Auditor-General slaps down Berejiklian government for spending more than $1 billion a year on temp workers – The SMH
- Wollongong Coal wants Planning Assessment Commission review quashed so it can mine under water catchment – Illawarra Mercury
- Government needs to front up billions, not millions, to save Australia’s threatened species – The Conversation
- Serial job applicant exposes tech industry’s skills shortage myth – News.com.au
- Surplus, AAA rating at risk in homebuyer-friendly budget – The SMH
- Housing affordability crisis keeps families locked out of home ownership – ABC
- Turnbull calls NBN a ‘good debt’ for taxpayers – IT News
- Kim Dalton accuses ABC TV of shifting funds from Australian content – The Guardian
- Four ways the Australian housing bubble could burst – The Conversation
- University funding to be slashed and student fees hiked in May budget – 9News
- Westpac decision: Matt Canavan has been depositing his money in the bank he wants you to boycott – The SMH
- GST carve-up inquiry announced by Treasurer Scott Morrison following WA anger – ABC
- Chinese investment in Australia at highest point since GFC, but lags behind US and EU – ABC
- Big four bank profits to top $15 billion for first half – The SMH
- Government’s budget deficit for 2016-17 likely to be $38.3bn, report says – The Guardian
- Housing investor borrowing still flagging – Interest.co.nz
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Dramatic turnaround in imported inflation – Interest.co.nz
- Kiwis Get Twitchy as Foreigners Flock to New Zealand and Don’t Leave – Bloomberg
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